Diocese of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto

Present Prelates

Bishop (2011.06.10 – ...):

Bishop Ernesto Mandara (70)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ernesto Mandara (70)
(2011.06.10 – ...)

Bishop of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto (Italy)

Born:	1952.07.24 (Positano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1978.04.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.06.05

Titular Bishop of Turris in Mauretania (2004.06.05 – 2011.06.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) (2004.06.05 – 2011.06.10)

Bishop of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto (Italy) (2011.06.10 – ...)

Bishop Lino Fumagalli (75)
(Apostolic Administrator 2010.12.11 – 2011.06.10)

Bishop Lino Fumagalli (75)
(1999.12.31 – 2010.12.11)

Bishop emeritus of Viterbo (Italy)

In verbo tuo

Born:	1947.05.13 (La Storta, RM, Lazio, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1971.07.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.02.20

Bishop of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto (Italy) (1999.12.31 – 2010.12.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto (Italy) (2010.12.11 – 2011.06.10)

Bishop of Viterbo (Italy) (2010.12.11 – 2022.10.07)

Bishop Salvatore Boccaccio
(1992.07.30 – 1999.07.09)

In manus tuas

Born:	1938.06.18 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1963.03.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.12.07
Died:	2008.10.18 († 70)

Titular Bishop of Ulpiana (1987.10.29 – 1992.03.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) (1987.10.29 – 1992.03.17)

Coadjutor Bishop of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto (Italy) (1992.03.17 – 1992.07.30)

Bishop of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto (Italy) (1992.07.30 – 1999.07.09)

Bishop of Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino (Italy) (1999.07.09 – 2008.10.18)

Archbishop Nicola Rotunno
(1988.02.27 – 1992.07.30)

Born:	1928.12.01 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1951.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.06.30
Died:	1999.02.08 († 70)

Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi (1974.06.29 – 1978.04.13)

Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda (1974.06.29 – 1978.04.13)

Titular Archbishop of Minori (1974.06.29 – 1988.02.27)

Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sri Lanka (1978.04.13 – 1983.08.30)

Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Syria (1983.08.30 – 1987.12.08)

Archbishop-Bishop of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto (Italy) (1988.02.27 – 1992.07.30)

Bishop Marco Caliaro, C.S.
(1986.09.30 – 1988.01.09)

Evangelizare pauperibus

Born:	1919.04.29 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1944.07.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.03.19
Died:	2005.05.29 († 86)

Titular Bishop of Tamiathis (1962.02.10 – 1962.05.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (Italy) (1962.02.10 – 1962.05.23)

Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (Italy) (1962.05.23 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1988.01.09)

Bishops of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (Roman Rite)

Bishop Marco Caliaro, C.S.
(1962.05.23 – 1986.09.30)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Salvatore Boccaccio (1992.03.17 – 1992.07.30)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Anselmo Basilici (1814.12.19 – 1818.05.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Marco Caliaro, C.S. (1962.02.10 – 1962.05.23)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jolando Nuzzi (1959.08.08 – 1961.05.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alberto Castelli (later Archbishop) (1953.01.28 – 1959)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Tarcisio Vincenzo Benedetti, O.C.D. (1949.06.10 – 1952.11.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Domenico Fiori (1943.06.19 – 1948.08.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Egidio Luigi Lanzo, O.F.M. Cap. (1940.08.09 – 1943.01.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Domenico Ettorre (1936.11.19 – 1940.07.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Federico Emmanuel, S.D.B. (1929.04.18 – 1936.11.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Antonio Micozzi (1921.07.22 – 1927.12.23)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Giovanni Andrea Masera (1912.12.02 – 1921.06.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Pacificio Fiorani (1907.04.15 – 1908.07.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Benedetto Mariani (1881.08.04 – 1891.08.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Vincenzo Anivitti (1880.12.13 – 1881.05.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Placido Setacci (later Archbishop) (1879.05.12 – 1880.12.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francesco Tavani (1873.03.21 – 1905.03.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francesco Gandolfi (1848.04.14 – 1868.09.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Nicola Abrate (1842.01.27 – 1848)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Dominico Angelini (1839.07.08 – 1851.06.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francesco de’ Marchesi Canali (1834.09.30 – 1839.07.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francisco Spolverini (1826.07.03 – 1834?)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Guilelmus Zerbi (1818.10.02 – 1841.08.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Josephus Corari (1789.08.03 – 1819)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Antonio Leli (1771.12.16 – 1779.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Philippus Bruni (1765.08.05 – 1771.09.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Giulio Matteo Natali (1757.12.19 – 1765.06.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francesco Maria Forlani (1750.09.23 – 1757.12.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop-elect Laurentius Odorisi (1747.12.18 – ?)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Deodato Baiardi, O.S.H. (1738.03.03 – 1747.12.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Eustachio Entreri, O.M. (1732.07.21 – 1745.03.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Antonio Maria Santoro, O.M. (1725.03.21 – 1732.06.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Flaminio Dondi, O.F.M. (1717.04.12 – 1724.11.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Simone Marco Palmerini (1713.01.05 – 1716.07.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Archbishop Venantius Simi, O.S.B. (1705.03.02 – 1718.05.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Archbishop Ascanio Blasi (1702.12.11 – 1705.01.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Archbishop-elect Ulysses Rossi (1681.09.01 – ?)
Auxiliary Bishop: Archbishop Camillus Sanseverino, C.R. (1676.10.19 – 1679.10.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Giovanni Battista Piccolomini (1630.02.18 – 1633.06.20)

Contact Info

Address: Piazza Dottori 14, 02047 Poggio Mirteto, Italy

Phone: 0765 24755; 0765 24019

Website:

Statistics

Area: 918 km²

Population: 180,370 Catholics (89.0% of 202,600 total) (2020)

Statistics: 83 parishes, 4 missions, 104 priests (79 diocesan, 25 religious), 7 deacons, 161 lay religious (25 brothers, 136 sisters), 10 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Assunzione della Beata Vergine Maria (August 15), S. Liberatore (May 15) [Magliano], S. Gaetano (August 7) [Poggio Mirteto]

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 3 (1779) (Poggio Mirteto), May 18 (Magliano Sabina)

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History

1495.06.21: Established as Diocese of Sabina / Sabinen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Vescovìo and became suffragan of Roma)
1495.09.18: Gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Vescovìo
1841.11.25: Lost territory to Diocese of Narni and Diocese of Tivoli and lost territory to establish Diocese of Poggio Mirteto
1841.11.26: Gained title of Farfa
1925.06.03: Renamed as Diocese of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto / Sabinen(sis) et Mandelen(sis) (Latin) (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Poggio Mirteto)
1986.09.30: Renamed as Diocese of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto (Italiano) / 薩比娜–波焦米爾泰托 (正體中文) / Sabinen(sis)–Mandelen(sis) (Latin)

United Titles

Farfa (1841.11.26 – ...)

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1993.03, 1993.05)

Diocese of

Sabina–Poggio Mirteto–Farfa

Italy

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