Archdiocese of Perugia–Città della Pieve

{{short description|Latin Catholic archdiocese in Italy}} {{more citations needed|date=October 2016}} {{Infobox diocese | jurisdiction = Archdiocese | name = Perugia-Città della Pieve | latin = Archidioecesis Perusina-Civitatis Plebis | local =  | image = Catedral de perugia.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = [[Perugia Cathedral]]  | country = [[Italy]] | metropolitan = | territory = | province = Perugia-Città della Pieve | coordinates = {{coord|43.1125|N|12.3891|E|source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:IT|display=title,inline}}  | area_km2 = 1,900 | population = 286,645 | population_as_of = 2013 | catholics = 256,000 | catholics_percent = 89.3 | parishes = 154 | churches =  | congregations =  | schools =  | members =   | denomination = [[Catholic Church]] | sui_iuris_church = [[Latin Church]] | rite = [[Roman Rite]] | established = 2nd century | cathedral = [[Perugia Cathedral]] | cocathedral = [[Città della Pieve Cathedral]] | patron = | priests = 119 (diocesan)<br>76 (Religious Orders)  | pope = {{Incumbent pope}}  | bishop_title = Metropolitan Archbishop | bishop = [[Ivan Maffeis]] | coadjutor = | auxiliary_bishops = [[Marco Salvi]] | vicar_general = | emeritus_bishops = [[Gualtiero Bassetti]]  | map = | map_alt = | map_caption =  | website = [http://www.diocesi.perugia.it/ www.diocesi.perugia.it] | footnotes = }} The '''Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve''' ({{langx|la|Archidioecesis Perusina-Civitatis Plebis}}) is a [[Latin Church|Latin]] [[archdiocese]] of the [[Catholic Church]]. It was historically the '''Diocese of Perugia'''. It became the '''Archdiocese of Perugia''' in 1882, but without [[suffragan]]s. It acquired suffragan dioceses in 1972. It was united in 1986 with the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Città della Pieve|Diocese of Città della Pieve]].<ref name=GCathPerugiaCittdellPieve>[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/peru0.htm#4869 "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve"] ''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016</ref><ref name=CathHierPerugiaCittdellPieve>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpcdp.html "Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve"]. [[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016</ref> The Current Archbishop is [[Ivan Maffeis]]

==History==

In the [[martyrologies]] are found the names of the martyrs [[Constantius of Perugia|Constantius]] (Constantinus, whom some believe to have been a bishop), Florentius, and Felicissimus, who died at [[Perugia]]. Under the [[Emperor Decius]] one Decentius was bishop, according to the tradition; but the first bishop of whom there is any certain knowledge was [[St. Herculanus]], killed by King [[Totila]] in 546; many admit there were two bishops and saints of this name, of whom the first is said to have died either in one of the great persecutions or under [[Julian the Apostate]] (Cappelletti).

Notable successors of St. Herculanus:

* Joannes, who consecrated [[Pope Pelagius I]] (566) * Aventius (591) * Laurentius (649) * [[Benenatus]] (679)) * [[St. Asclepiodorus]] (about 700), whose relics were later taken to Metz * Conon (998) and Andreas (1033), who had various controversies with the abbots of San Pietro * Joannes (1105), who consecrated the monastery of Monte Corona * Vivianus, who was present at the council of 1179 * Giovanni (1206), who gave a convent to St. Francis * [[Salvio de' Salvi]] (1231), a learned prelate, who restored Santo Stefano, the ancient cathedral * [[Francesco Poggi]], O. Min. (1312), who built S. Domenico nuovo * [[Andrea Bontempi]] (1339), a cardinal, and legate general of Umbria * [[Andrea Giovanni Baglione]] (1434), who filled several convents with reformed religious * [[Dionisio Vannucci]] (1482), who erected the altar of the chapel del Sacro Anello * [[Giovanni Lopez (cardinal)|Giovanni Lopez]] (1492), a cardinal who enjoyed influence under [[Pope Alexander VI]] * [[Trilo Baglione]] (1501), deposed by Alexander VI for having taken up arms against [[Cesare Borgia]] and restored to his see by [[Pope Julius II]] * [[Antonio Ferreri]] (1506), who suspected by Julius II died in the Castle of S. Angelo in 1508 * Cardinal [[Agostino Spinola]] (1510), under whom the canons of the cathedral, who since the twelfth century had lived according to the Rule of St. Augustine, were relieved of that rule * [[Giacomo Simoneta]] (1535), a cardinal * [[Fulvio Corneo]] (1550), reformer of the diocese and founder of the seminary * [[Ippolito Corneo]] (1553), who established a house of reform, and a monastery for poor young men * [[Giulio Oradini]] (1562), who founded a college for clerks * [[Napoleone Comitoli]] (1591), the founder of other charitable institutions * [[M. Ant. Ausidei]] (1726), who embellished the cathedral * [[Alessandro M. Odoardi]] (1776), a zealous prelate, who discovered the body of St. Costanzo * [[Camillo Campanelli]] (1804), who took the oath of allegiance to Napoleon * [[Carlo Filesio Cittadini]] (1818), against the Provisional Government of 1831, who saved the city from pillage at that time * [[Gioacchino Pecci]] (1846), who became Pope Leo XIII, and who made Perugia an archdiocese without suffragans

==Ordinaries== ===Diocese of Perugia=== Erected in the 2nd century with the Latin name ''Dioecesis Perusina''

* [[Agostino da Lanzano]] (29 Oct 1390 – 27 Feb 1404 Appointed, [[Bishop of Spoleto]])<ref name=CathHierAgoLanz>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/blanzoa.html "Bishop Agostino da Lanzano"]. [[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016</ref> *... * [[Juan López (cardinal)]] (29 Dec 1492 – 15 Oct 1498 Appointed, [[Archbishop of Capua]]) * [[Troilo Baglioni]] (27 Aug 1501 – 4 Aug 1503 (resigned)) * [[Francisco de Remolins]] (4 Aug 1503 – Mar 1506 (resigned)) * [[Antonio Ferrero]] (30 Mar 1506 – 23 Jul 1508 (died)) * [[Matteo Baldeschi]] (degli Ubaldi) (28 Jul 1508 – Dec 1509 (died)) * [[Agostino Spínola]] (19 Dec 1509 – 15 Feb 1529 (resigned)) * [[Carlo Spinola]] (15 Feb 1529 – 15 Nov 1535 (died)) * [[Giacomo Simonetta]] (20 Dec 1535 – 20 Jul 1538 (resigned)) * [[Francesco Bernardino Simonetta]] (29 Jul 1538 – 1550 (died)) * [[Fulvio Giulio della Corgna]], [[O.S.Io.Hieros.]] (5 Mar 1550 – 22 Mar 1553 (resigned)) * [[Ippolito della Corgna]] (22 Mar 1553 – 1562 (resigned)) * [[Giulio Oradini]] (17 Apr 1562 – 10 Sep 1564 (resigned)) * [[Fulvio Giulio della Corgna]], [[O.S.Io.Hieros.]] (6 Sep 1564 – 5 May 1574 (resigned)) * [[Francesco Bossi]] (5 May 1574 – 21 Oct 1579 Appointed, [[Bishop of Novara]])<ref name=CathHierFranBossi>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbossif.html "Bishop Francesco Bossi"]. [[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016</ref> * [[Vincenzo Ercolano]], [[Order of Preachers|O.P.]] (27 Nov 1579 – 29 Oct 1586 (died))<ref name=CathHierVinErco>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bercolano.html "Archbishop Vincenzo Ercolano (Herculani), O.P."] [[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016</ref> * [[Antonio Maria Gallo]] (5 Nov 1586 – 19 Jul 1591 Appointed, [[Bishop of Osimo]]) * [[Napoleone Comitoli]] (19 Jul 1591 – 30 Aug 1624 (died))<ref name=CathHierNapoComi>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcomitoli.html "Bishop Napoleone Comitoli"]. [[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016</ref> * [[Cosimo de Torres]] (16 Sep 1624 – 3 Apr 1634 (appointed [[Archbishop of Monreale]])) * [[Benedetto Ubaldi]] (2 Apr 1634 – 14 Dec 1643 (resigned)), cardinal * [[Orazio Monaldi]] (14 Dec 1643 – Dec 1656 (died)) * [[Marcantonio Oddi]] (23 Jun 1659 – 24 Feb 1668 (died)) * [[Lucalberto Patrizi]] (3 Jun 1669 – 29 Aug 1701 (died)) * [[Antonio Felice Marsili]] (5 Dec 1701 – 5 Jul 1710 (died)) * Vitale Giuseppe de' Buoi (23 Feb 1711 – 23 Nov 1726 (died)) * Marco Antonio Ansidei (16 Dec 1726 – 14 Feb 1730 (died)) * Francesco Riccardo Ferniani (11 Dec 1730 – 25 Aug 1762 (died)) * Filippo Amadei (22 Nov 1762 – 9 Aug 1775 (died)) * Alessandro Maria Odoardi (29 Jan 1776 – 2 Feb 1805 (died)) * Camillo Campanelli (23 Sep 1805 – 30 Jul 1818 (died)) * Carlo Filesio Cittadini (2 Oct 1818 – 16 Apr 1845 (died)) * [[Gioacchino Pecci|Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci]], Archbishop (personal title), cardinal (in 1853) (19 Jan 1846 – 27 Feb 1880 (resigned upon election as Pope Leo XIII in 1878)) * Federico Pietro Foschi (27 Feb 1880 – 12 Nov 1895 (died))

===Archdiocese of Perugia=== ''Elevated: 27 March 1882'', with the Latin name ''Archidioecesis Perusina''

* Dario Mattei-Gentili (29 November 1895 – 30 September 1910 (resigned)) * [[Beda Giovanni Cardinale]], O.S.B. (8 November 1910 – 9 October 1922 (appointed [[Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina]]) * Giovanni Battista Rosa (11 December 1922 – 29 October 1942 (died)) * Mario Vianello (11 March 1943 – 13 August 1955 (died)) * [[Pietro Parente]] (15 September 1955 – 23 October 1959 (appointed [[Titular Archbishop]] of [[Ptolemais in Thebaide]]; future cardinal) * [[Raffaele Baratta]] (17 December 1959 – 15 October 1968 (retired)) * [[Ferdinando Lambruschini]] (15 October 1968 – 25 July 1981 (died)) * [[Cesare Pagani]] (21 November 1981 – 12 March 1988 (died))

===Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve=== United: 30 September 1986 with the [[Diocese of Città della Pieve]]; Latin name: ''Archidioecesis Perusina-Civitatis Plebis''

* [[Ennio Antonelli]] (6 October 1988 – 26 May 1995 (resigned); future cardinal * [[Giuseppe Chiaretti]] (9 December 1995 – 16 July 2009 (retired) * [[Gualtiero Bassetti]] (16 July 2009 – 27 May 2022 (retired), cardinal in 2014<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-francis-announces-names-of-new-cardinals|title=News from the Vatican - News about the Church - Vatican News}}</ref> * [[Ivan Maffeis]], (11 September 2022 - Incumbat)

== Citations == {{reflist}}

== General references== * {{cite book|last1=Ughelli|first1=Ferdinando|last2=Coleti|first2=Niccolò|title=Italia sacra sive De Episcopis Italiae|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zTkOnHgYhFgC|edition=Second |year=1717|publisher=apud Sebastianum Coleti|location=Venice|language=Latin|pages=1153–1174}}

== External links == {{Commons category}} * Benigni, Umberto. "[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11736a.htm Archdiocese of Perugia]". ''[[The Catholic Encyclopedia]]''. Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. Retrieved: 2016-10-02.

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