Roman Catholic Diocese of Livorno

The Italian Catholic Diocese of Livorno (Latin: Dioecesis Liburnensis) in Tuscany, was created in 1806. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pisa.[1][2] The current bishop is Simone Giusti.[3]

Diocese of Livorno Dioecesis Liburnensis
Livorno Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Pisa
Statistics
Area	250 km^2 (97 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2016) 207,531 187,000 (guess)
Parishes	48
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	25 September 1806 (214 years ago)
Cathedral	Cattedrale di S. Francesco
Secular priests	60 (diocesan) 37 (Religious Orders) 22 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Simone Giusti
Map
Website
www.diocesilivorno.it

Livorno was usually called Leghorn in English.

History

The diocese was created by Pope Pius VII in the bull "Militantis Ecclesiae" of 25 September 1806, at the urging of Queen Maria Luisa, Regent of Tuscany. The town of Livorno was raised from the status of oppidum to that of civitas (city).[4] The erection was opposed both by the Archdiocese of Pisa and the Canons of San Miniato, who would lose territory, power, and income from the change.[5] In his bull, Pius VII cites statistics as a factor in his decision to create a new diocese: that there were about 26,000 Catholics, and in the suburbs over 46,000.

In the same bull, the secular Collegiate Church of S. Francesco and its Chapter were suppressed, and the church was elevated to the status of a cathedral. A cathedral chapter was instituted, consisting of five dignities (the Provost, the Archpriest, the Archdeacon, the Dean, and the Primicerius) and fourteen Canons.[6]

The new diocese was composed of twenty-eight parishes, including eleven inside the city, four in the suburbs, two in the mountains of Livorno, five in the civil district of Colle-Salvetti, and two in Rosignano.[7]

Bishops

• Filippo Ganucci (1806–1813)[8]
• Angiolo Maria Gilardoni (13 Aug 1821 –1834)[9]
• Raffaello de Ghantuz Cubbe (1834–1840)[10]

Sede vacante (1840–1872)

• Giulio Metti, C.O. (29 Jul 1872 – 4 Sep 1874 Died)[11]
• Raffaele Mezzetti (21 Dec 1874 – 13 Aug 1880 Resigned)[12]
• Remiglo Pacini (20 Aug 1880 – 6 Jan 1886 Died)
• Leopoldo Franchi (1886–1898 Resigned)[13]
• Giulio Matteoli (24 Mar 1898 – 25 Jul 1900 Died)
• Sabbatino Giani (17 Dec 1900 – 18 Feb 1921 Died)
• Giovanni Piccioni (13 Jun 1921 – 10 Feb 1959 Died)
• Andrea Pangrazio (10 Feb 1959 – 4 Apr 1962 Appointed, Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca)
• Emiliano Guano (27 Apr 1962 – 26 Sep 1970 Died)
• Alberto Ablondi (26 Sep 1970 – 9 Dec 2000 Died)
• Diego Coletti (9 Dec 2000 – 2 Dec 2006 Appointed, Bishop of Como)
• Simone Giusti (18 Oct 2007 – present)

See also

• Timeline of Livorno

Notes and references

1. "Diocese of Livorno" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
2. "Diocese of Livorno" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
3. "Bishop Simone Giusti" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
4. Cappelletti XVI, pp. 259-267.
5. Cappelletti, p. 267.
6. Cappelletti, p. 262.
7. Cappelletti, pp. 267-272.
8. Bishop Ganucci was a native of Florence, and was serving as Bishop of Cortona (1802–1806). He was transferred to the new diocese by Pius VII in the consistory of 6 October 1806. He died on 12 February 1813. Cappelletti XVI, p. 271-272. Gams, p. 762 column 2. Ritzler-Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VII, pp. 164, 238.
9. Gilardoni was a native of Florence. On 23 June 1834 he was transferred by Pope Gregory XVI to the diocese of Pistoia e Prato. Ritzler-Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VII, pp. 238, 308.
10. Born in Aleppo, Ghantuz had been Archpriest of the cathedral of Pisa. He was appointed bishop of Livorno on 23 June 1834. He died on 2 December 1840. Ritzler-Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VII, p. 238.
11. Metti: Ritzler-Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VIII, p. 341.
12. Mezzetti: Ritzler-Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VIII, p. 341.
13. Born in Prato in 1826, Franchi had been Vicar General of the diocese of Prato. He was named Bishop of Livorno on 7 June 1886 by Pope Leo XIII; he was consecrated a bishop on 13 June, and took possession of the diocese on 21 November. He resigned the diocese on 11 February 1898 (or 24 March 1898, according to Piombanti), and was named titular Archbishop of Antioch in Pisidia (Turkey). He died in Prato on 16 November 1902. Giuseppe Piombanti (1903). Guida storica ed artistica della città e dei dintorni di Livorno (in Italian) (seconda ed.). Livorno: Fabbreschi. p. 142.

Books

• Cappelletti, Giuseppe (1864). Le chiese d'Italia (in Italian). decimosesto (16). Venezia: G. Antonelli. pp. 253–272.
• Gams, Pius Bonifatius (1873). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo. Ratisbon: Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz. p. 762.
• Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1968). Hierarchia Catholica medii et recentioris aevi (in Latin). Volume VII (1800–1846). Monasterii: Libreria Regensburgiana.
• Remigius Ritzler; Pirminus Sefrin (1978). Hierarchia catholica Medii et recentioris aevi (in Latin). Volume VIII (1846–1903). Il Messaggero di S. Antonio.
• Pięta, Zenon (2002). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi (in Latin). Volume IX (1903–1922). Padua: Messagero di San Antonio. ISBN 978-88-250-1000-8.