Ferentino (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Historical Details

Diocese of Ferentino
- Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
- Erected: 4th Century
- Immediately Subject to the Holy See
- Rite: Latin (or Roman)
- Country: Italy
- Square Kilometers: 353 (136 Square Miles)

Past Ordinaries

Bono † (7 Jun 555 Appointed - )
Albert Longhi † ( 1203 Appointed - )
Landolfo Rossi † (29 Mar 1298 Appointed - 1303 Died)
Berardo † (10 Jan 1304 Appointed - )
Filippo † (8 Feb 1319 Appointed - 1348 Died)
Pietro Ruggero † (5 Nov 1348 Appointed - 1373 Died)
Alberto de Carreto, O.E.S.A. † (14 Jul 1374 Appointed - )
Gilberto de Ferentino, O.F.M. † (20 Apr 1379 Appointed - )
Giovanni Bonifacio Panella † (8 Mar 1392 Appointed - 15 May 1395 Appointed, Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo))
Niccolò Vivari † (21 May 1395 Appointed - 1417 Appointed, Bishop of Spoleto)
Angelo Vecchio, O.F.M. † (20 Aug 1395 Appointed - )
Francesco Antonio Sisti, O.F.M. † (9 Aug 1409 Appointed - 1433 Died)
Antonio Boccabella, O.F.M. † (23 Dec 1435 Appointed - 24 Jan 1445 Died)
Giovanni Tricarico, O.S.A. † (12 Feb 1445 Appointed - 1453 Died)
Antonio Laurenti † (28 Sep 1453 Appointed - 1498 Died)
Pietro de Fenestrosa † (4 Jul 1498 Appointed - 22 Sep 1499 Died)
Francesco Filipperi † (11 Oct 1499 Appointed - 1510 Resigned)
Tranquillo de Macarazzi † (16 Dec 1510 Appointed - 1548 Died)
Sebastiano Antonio Pighini † (4 Jun 1548 Appointed - 30 May 1550 Appointed, Archbishop of Manfredonia)
Dionisio de Robertis, O.S.M. † (30 May 1550 Appointed - 30 Mar 1554 Appointed, Archbishop of Manfredonia)
Aurelio Tribaldeschi (Sibaldeschi), O.S.Io.Hieros. † (30 Apr 1554 Appointed - 1584 Died)
Silvio Galassi † (3 Jun 1585 Appointed - 1591 Died)
Orazio Ciceroni † (31 Jul 1591 Appointed - 1603 Died)
Fabrizio Campani (Capanus) † (7 Apr 1603 Appointed - 15 Jun 1605 Died)
Dionigi Morelli † (5 Aug 1605 Appointed - 13 Oct 1612 Died)
Ennio Filonardi † (19 Nov 1612 Appointed - 1644 Died)
Enea di Cesare Spennazzi † (23 May 1644 Appointed - 1658 Died)
Ottavio Roncioni † (8 Jul 1658 Appointed - 2 Jul 1676 Died)
Giovanni Carlo Antonelli † (11 Jan 1677 Appointed - 20 Apr 1694 Died)
Valeriano Chierichelli † (21 Jun 1694 Appointed - 14 May 1718 Resigned)
Simone Gritti † (8 Jun 1718 Appointed - 23 Dec 1729 Appointed, Bishop of Acquapendente)
Fabrizio Borgia † (23 Dec 1729 Appointed - 2 Sep 1754 Died)
Pietro Paolo Tosi † (16 Sep 1754 Appointed - 31 Mar 1800 Died)
Nicola Buschi † (11 Aug 1800 Appointed - 23 Sep 1813 Died)
Luca Amici † (15 Mar 1815 Appointed - 8 Feb 1818 Died)
Gaudenzio Giovanni Antonio Patrignani, O.F.M. Obs. † (25 May 1818 Appointed - 15 Feb 1823 Died)
Giuseppe-Maria Lais † (10 Mar 1823 Appointed - 18 Jan 1836 Died)
Vincenzo Macioti † (1 Feb 1836 Appointed - 5 Aug 1840 Died)
Giovanni Giuseppe Canali † (14 Dec 1840 Appointed - 24 Jan 1842 Appointed, Vicegerent of Roma {Rome})
Antonio Benedetto Antonucci † (22 Jul 1842 Appointed - 25 Jul 1844 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Tarsus)
Bernardo-Maria Tirabassi † (20 Jan 1845 Appointed - 2 Jan 1865 Died)
Gesualdo Vitali † (27 Mar 1865 Appointed - 31 Dec 1879 Died)
Pietro Facciotti † (27 Jan 1880 Appointed - 19 Apr 1897 Resigned)
Domenico Bianconi † (19 Apr 1897 Appointed - 12 Jun 1922 Died)
Alessandro Fontana † (11 Dec 1922 Appointed - 21 Dec 1941 Died)
Tommaso Leonetti † (14 Apr 1942 Appointed - 10 Jul 1962 Appointed, Archbishop of Capua)
Costantino Caminada † (21 Jul 1962 Appointed - 6 Nov 1972 Died)
Umberto Florenzani † (1 Feb 1973 Appointed - 21 Dec 1973 Appointed, Bishop of Anagni)
Michele Federici † (21 Dec 1973 Appointed - 23 Nov 1980 Died)
Angelo Cella, M.S.C. † (6 Jun 1981 Appointed - 30 Sep 1986 Appointed, Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino)

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
4th Century	Erected		Diocese of Ferentino (erected)
30 September 1986	United	Diocese of Ferentino Diocese of Veroli-Frosinone	Diocese of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

1886 29,674 .0% 97 0 19 OTC

1950 54,500 55,000 99.1% 39 24 63 865 35 103 23 ap1951

1969 54,100 .0% 38 29 67 0 33 120 24 ap1971

1980 55,902 56,000 99.8% 33 27 60 931 30 112 28 ap1981