Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano

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Template:Infobox diocese The Italian Catholic archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano in Calabria has been a metropolitan see since 2001.^[1][2]

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The Gospel was first preached in Cosenza by missionaries from Reggio; its earliest known bishop is Palumbus, a correspondent (599) of St. Gregory the Great.^[3] Cosenza was erected as a diocese in 700.Template:Contradict-inline^[4] Cosenza was raised to the dignity of an archbishopric about 1050. Among the best known Archbishops of Cosenza have been: Ruffo, who perished in the earthquake of 1184; the Cistercian Martino (1285), a prolific but uncritical writer; Pirro Caracciolo (1452), the friend of St. Francis of Paula; Bartolommeo Fleury, who died at Rome (1495) in Castle Sant' Angelo, where he had been imprisoned for forgery of pontifical documents; Taddeo, later Cardinal, Gaddi (1535), who obtained from Paul IV the privilege by which the cathedral canons of Cosenza wear the choir habit of the Vatican basilica; and Giuseppe Maria Sanfelice (1650), frequently charged by the Holy See with diplomatic missions.^[3] Test123

In 1908, The diocese has a population of 159,500, with 109 parishes, 264 churches and chapels, 200 secular and 16 regular priests, 2 religious houses of men and 5 of women.^[3]

On April 4, 1979, the Archdiocese was united with the Diocese of San Marco e Bisignano as Cosenza e Bisignano retaining the former Diocese of Bisignano^[5] with remainder renamed as the Diocese of San Marco Argentano-Scalea.^[6] On September 30, 1986, the Archdiocese test123 was renamed to Cosenza-Bisignano and was elevated to a Metropolitan See on January 30, 2001.^[5]

• Basilica della Catena, Laurignano, Cosenza, Calabria
• Basilica of St. Francis of Paola, Paola, Cosenza, Calabria
• Sanctuary-Basilica of the Blessed Angelo of Acri, Cosenza, Cosenza, Calabria^[4]

Erected: 7th Century
Latin Name: Cosentina

Elevated: 1150
Latin Name: Cosentina
Immediately Subject to the Holy See

• Niccolò Brancaccio (13 Jan 1377 – 1379 Resigned)
• Giovanni d'Aragona (cardinal) (14 Nov 1481 – 17 Oct 1485 Died)
• Carlo Domenico del Carretto (24 Apr 1489 – 10 Oct 1491 Appointed, Administrator of Angers)
• Battista Pinelli (10 Oct 1491 – 1495 Died)
• Bartolomeo Flores (5 Aug 1495 – 1497 Resigned)
• Ludovico Agnelli (16 Oct 1497 – 3 Nov 1499 Died)
• Francisco de Borja (6 Nov 1499 – 4 Nov 1511 Died)
• Giovanni Ruffo de Theodoli (6 Nov 1511 – 1527 Died)
• Niccolò Gaddi (31 Jan 1528 – 21 Jun 1535 Resigned)
• Taddeo Gaddi (cardinal) (21 Jun 1535 – 22 Dec 1561 Died)
• Francesco Gonzaga (2 Mar 1562 – 12 Jan 1565 Resigned)
• Francesco Milesio (12 Jan 1565 – 10 Jan 1568 Died)
• Flavio Orsini (24 Jan 1569 – 16 Sep 1573 Resigned)
• Andrea Matteo Acquaviva d'Aragona (16 Sep 1573 – 1576 Died)^[7]
• Fantino Petrignani (6 Jan 1577 – 1585 Resigned)
• Silvio Passerini (20 May 1585 – 1587 Died)
• Giovanni Evangelista Pallotta (11 Sep 1587 – 5 Apr 1591 Resigned)
• Giovanni Battista Costanzo (5 Apr 1591 – 1617 Died)^[8]
• Paolo Emilio Santori (Santorio) (3 Jul 1617 – 20 Nov 1623 Appointed, Archbishop of Urbino)
• Giulio Antonio Santoro (29 Jan 1624 – 28 Sep 1638 Died)^[9]
• Martino Alfieri (11 Apr 1639 – 1641 Died)
• Antonio Ricciulli (27 Nov 1641 – May 1643 Died)
• Alfonso Maurelli (Castiglion Morelli) (31 Aug 1643 – 22 Feb 1649 Died)
• Giuseppe Sanfelice (22 Aug 1650 – 20 Nov 1660 Died)
• Gennaro Sanfelice (21 Nov 1661 – 19 Feb 1694 Died)^[10]
• Eligio Caracciolo, C.R. (15 Mar 1694 – 17 Oct 1700 Died)^[11][12]
• Andrea Brancaccio, C.R. (18 Apr 1701 – 4 Jun 1725 Died)^[13]
• Vincenzo Maria d'Aragona, O.P. (23 Jul 1725 – 18 Apr 1743 Died)
• Francesco Antonio Cavalcanti, C.R. (20 May 1743 – 7 Jan 1748 Died)
• Michele Maria Capece Galeota, C.R. (6 May 1748 – 20 Aug 1764 Appointed, Archbishop of Capua)
• Antonio D'Afflitto, C.R. (20 Aug 1764 – 26 Oct 1772 Died)
• Gennaro Clemente Francone (14 Dec 1772 – 27 Feb 1792 Confirmed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Gaeta)
• Raffaele Mormile, C.R. (27 Feb 1792 Confirmed – 28 Mar 1803 Appointed, Archbishop of Palermo)
• Vincenzo Nicola Pasquale Dentice, O.S.B. (26 Jun 1805 Confirmed – 1 Nov 1806 Died)
• Domenico Narni Mancinelli (6 Apr 1818 Confirmed – 24 Feb 1832 Confirmed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Caserta)
• Lorenzo Pontillo (20 Jan 1834 Confirmed – 10 Nov 1873 Died)
• Camillo Sorgente (4 May 1874 – 2 Oct 1911 Died)
• Tommaso Trussoni (14 Dec 1912 – 9 Apr 1934 Retired)
• Roberto Nogara (22 Aug 1934 – 24 Apr 1940 Died)
• Aniello Calcara (1 Jul 1940 – 5 Jul 1961 Died)
• Domenico Picchinenna (4 Sep 1961 – 29 May 1971 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Catania)
• Enea Selis (2 Sep 1971 – 30 Oct 1979 Resigned)

United: 4 April 1979 with the Diocese of San Marco e Bisignano
Latin Name: Cosentina et Bisinianensis

• Dino Trabalzini (18 Mar 1980 – 6 Jun 1998 Retired)

Name Changed: 30 September 1986
Metropolitan See

• Giuseppe Agostino (6 Jun 1998 – 18 Dec 2004 Retired)
• Salvatore Nunnari (18 Dec 2004 – 15 May 2015 Retired)
• Francescantonio Nolè, O.F.M. Conv. (15 May 2015 – )

• diocesicosenza.it

Template:Catholic Template:Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Cosenza-Bisignano

Coordinates: 39°18′00″N 16°15′00″E / 39.3000°N 16.2500°E / 39.3000; 16.2500

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