Roman Catholic Diocese of Teramo-Atri

Diocese of Teramo-Atri Dioecesis Aprutina seu Teramensis-Hatriensis seu Atriensis
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Pescara-Penne
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 248,000 240,000 (96.8%)
Parishes	187
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	5th century
Cathedral	Basilica Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Teramo)
Co-cathedral	Basilica Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Atri)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Michele Seccia
Emeritus Bishops	Antonio Nuzzi
Website
www.diocesiteramoatri.it

Co-cathedral in Atri

The Diocese of Teramo-Atri (Latin: Dioecesis Aprutina seu Teramensis-Hatriensis seu Atriensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Abruzzo, central Italy. It was created in 1949, when the historic Diocese of Teramo was combined with the Diocese of Penne-Atri, in the Abruzzo. It is suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne.

History

After the invasion of Italy by the Lombards, Teramo became the residence of a gastald, depending on the Duke of Spoleto; under the Franks it was annexed by the Normans. In 1155 Count Robert of Loritello rebelled against King Roger II of Sicily and destroyed the city, soon rebuilt through the efforts of Bishop Guido (1122), for which he and his successors were granted the investiture of the principality. Probably at this time arose the custom of the bishops of Teramo of pontificating armed and having arms also on the altar. Hardly had the town risen again when it began a series of quarrels with Ascoli, which more than once threatened to become sanguinary. Teramo resisted till the end of 1270 during the Angevin invasion. A little later the bishops abandoned their temporal sovereignty and a royal captain was installed.

In the beginning of the 15th century the Melatino, di Janni, and Acquaviva began to struggle for possession of the town. In 1416 it was sacked by Lordino, a Frenchman, exasperated by being deprived of the title of high constable of the kingdom; during the pillage the treasures of the cathedral disappeared.

In 1818 the Diocese of Ortona, which is now only an archipresbyteral church, was incorporated with the See of Teramo.

Ordinaries

Diocese of Teramo

Erected: 5th Century
Latin Name: Aprutinus seu Teramensis

• Matteo de Balato (31 Dec 1252 - 1267 Died)

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• Bl. Antonio Fatati (6 Nov 1450 - 3 Nov 1463 Appointed, Bishop of Ancona e Numana)
• Giovanni Campani (23 May 1463 - 7 Jul 1477 Died)
• Francesco de Perez (9 Oct 1479 - 26 Oct 1489 Appointed, Archbishop of Taranto)
• Giovanni Battista Petrucci (Petruzzi) (26 Oct 1489 - 18 Oct 1493 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Caserta)
• Filippo Porcelli (18 Oct 1493 - 1517 Died)
• Camillo Porzj (4 May 1517 - 1522 Died)
• Francesco Cherigatto (7 Sep 1522 - Nov 1539 Died)
• Bartolomeo Guidiccioni (12 Dec 1539 - 22 Mar 1542 Resigned)
• Bernardino Silverii-Piccolomini (19 Apr 1542 - 13 Apr 1545 Appointed, Archbishop of Sorrento)
• Giacomo Savelli (13 Apr 1545 - 26 May 1546 Resigned)
• Giovanni Giacomo Barba, O.S.A. (26 May 1546 - 3 Jul 1553 Appointed, Bishop of Terni)
• Giacomo Silverii-Piccolomini (30 Aug 1553 - 26 Sep 1581 Died)
• Giulio Ricci (13 Nov 1581 - 3 Jul 1592 Died)
• Vincenzo Bugiatti da Montesanto, O.P. (23 Oct 1592 - 6 Jan 1609 Died)
• Giambattista Visconti, O.S.A. (16 Mar 1609 - 11 May 1638 Died)
• Girolamo Figini-Oddi (9 Feb 1639 - 1659 Died)
• Angelo Mausoni (10 Nov 1659 - Sep 1665 Died)
• Filippo de Monti (11 Jan 1666 - 2 Jun 1670 Appointed, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno)
• Giuseppe Armenj (Armenio) (28 Jul 1670 - 25 May 1693 Died)
• Leonardo Cassiani (24 Aug 1693 - 5 Nov 1715 Died)
• Giuseppe Riganti (29 Mar 1719 - 3 Nov 1720 Died)
• Francesco Maria Tansj (Tansi) (16 Jul 1721 - 18 Jul 1723 Died)
• Pietro Agostino Scorza (Scortia) (12 Jun 1724 - 9 Apr 1731 Appointed, Archbishop of Amalfi)
• Tommaso Alessio de’ Rossi (9 Apr 1731 - 6 Jan 1749 Died)
• Panfilo Antonio Mazzara (21 Apr 1749 - 30 Aug 1766 Died)
• Ignazio Andrea Sambiase, C.R. (16 Feb 1767 - 16 Dec 1776 Appointed, Archbishop of Conza)
• Luigi Maria Pirelli, C.R. (17 Feb 1777 - 29 Oct 1804 Appointed, Archbishop of Trani)
• Francesco Antonio Nanni, C.M. (26 Jun 1805 Confirmed - 8 Mar 1822 Resigned)
• Giuseppe Maria Pezzella, O.S.A. (24 Nov 1823 Confirmed - 18 Jun 1828 Resigned)
• Alessandro Berettini (5 Jul 1830 Confirmed - 29 Oct 1849 Died)
• Pasquale Taccone (30 Sep 1850 Confirmed - 20 Oct 1856 Died)
• Michele Milella, O.P. (20 Jun 1859 Confirmed - 2 Apr 1888 Died)
• Francesco Trotta (1 Jun 1888 - Jan 1902 Retired)
• Alessandro Beniamino Zanecchia-Ginnetti, O.C.D. (13 Jul 1902 - 21 Feb 1920 Died)
• Settimio Quadraroli (26 Aug 1921 - 4 Aug 1927 Died)
• Antonio Micozzi (23 Dec 1927 - 4 Sep 1944 Died)
• Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C. (18 Jan 1945 - 29 Jun 1951 Appointed, Bishop of Novara)

Diocese of Teramo e Atri

United: 1 July 1949 with the Diocese of Penne e Atri
Latin Name: Aprutinus seu Teramensis et Hatriensis seu Atriensis
Immediately Subject to the Holy See

• Stanislao Amilcare Battistelli, C.P. (14 Feb 1952 - 22 Feb 1967 Retired)
• Abele Conigli (16 Feb 1967 - 31 Dec 1988 Retired)

Diocese of Teramo-Atri

Name Changed: 30 September 1986

• Antonio Nuzzi (31 Dec 1988 - 24 Aug 2002 Retired)
• Vincenzo D’Addario (24 Aug 2002 - 1 Dec 2005 Died)
• Michele Seccia (24 Jun 2006 - )

References

• Cappelletti, Le chiese d'Italia, XXI
• Palma, Storia ecclesiastica e civile .. di Teramo (Teramo, 1852-6)

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