Diocese of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore)

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Bishop(s) Domenico Pompili, Bishop Delio Lucarelli, Bishop Emeritus

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese Name Changed: 3 June 1925 Metropolitan: Diocese of Roma {Rome} Rite: Latin (or Roman) Country: Italy Square Kilometers: 1,818 (702 Square Miles) Conference Region: Lazio Official Web Site: http://www.chiesadirieti.it/ Mailing Address: Vescovado, Via Cintia 83, 02100 Rieti, Italia Telephone: 0746.25.361 Fax: 0746.20.02.28

Historical Details

• Diocese of Rieti
  • Latin Name: Reatina
  • Erected: 5th Century
  • Country: Italy

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Rainaldo de Aretio, O.F.M. † ( 1249 Appointed - 1250 Resigned)
• Tommaso † (2 Feb 1252 Appointed - )
• Gottifredo † (23 Aug 1265 Appointed - 1275 Died)
• Pietro Guerra † (2 Aug 1278 Appointed - 20 Aug 1286 Appointed, Archbishop of Monreale)
• Andrea Perro † (27 Jul 1286 Appointed - )
• Niccolò , O. Cist. † ( 1294 Appointed - 1296 Resigned)
• Berardo di Poggio † (4 Feb 1296 Appointed - 1299 Died)
• Giacomo Pagani † (26 Aug 1299 Appointed - 1301 Resigned)
• Angelo , O.F.M. † (8 Jun 1302 Appointed - Jul 1302 Died)
• Giovanni Muti Papazzurri † (3 Aug 1302 Appointed - 1339 Died)
• Tommaso † (7 Dec 1339 Appointed - 1342 Died)
• Raimondo de Chameyrac † (5 Aug 1342 Appointed - 6 Mar 1346 Appointed, Bishop of Orvieto)
• Biagio de Leonissa, O.F.M. † (24 Oct 1347 Appointed - 20 Apr 1378 Died)
• Bartolomeo Mezzavacca † (Apr 1378 Appointed - 1380 Resigned)
• Ludovico degli Alfani † (23 Jul 1380 Appointed - 9 Feb 1397 Died)
• Ludovico Teodonari † (4 Sep 1397 Appointed - 1436 Died)
• Mattias Foschi † (10 Mar 1438 Appointed - 1450 Died)
• Angelo Capranica † (25 Sep 1450 Appointed - Dec 1468 Resigned)
• Domenico Camisati † (27 Feb 1469 Appointed - 1475 Died)
• Fazio Gallerani † ( 1475 Appointed - 27 Nov 1477 Appointed, Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Puglia))
• Giovanni Colonna † (10 Nov 1480 Appointed - 26 Sep 1508 Died)
• Pompeo Colonna † (6 Oct 1508 Appointed - 20 Mar 1514 Resigned)
• Scipione Colonna † (14 Mar 1520 Appointed - 1528 Died)
• Pompeo Colonna † ( 1528 Appointed - 27 Aug 1529 Resigned)
• Mario Aligeri † (27 Aug 1529 Appointed - 6 Oct 1555 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Osio † (23 Oct 1555 Appointed - 12 Nov 1562 Died)
• Marco Antonio Amulio † (23 Nov 1562 Appointed - 17 Mar 1572 Died)
• Mariano Vittori † (2 Jun 1572 Appointed - 29 Jun 1572 Died)
• Alfonso María Binarini † (18 Jul 1572 Appointed - 30 Aug 1574 Appointed, Bishop of Camerino)
• Costantino Barzellini, O.F.M. Conv. † (30 Aug 1574 Appointed - 9 Apr 1584 Appointed, Bishop of Foligno)
• Giulio Cesare Segni † (27 Aug 1584 Appointed - 16 Jun 1603 Resigned)
• Giovanni Desideri (Conte) † (16 Jun 1603 Appointed - 1604 Died)
• Gaspare Pasquali, O.F.M. Conv. † (31 May 1604 Appointed - 13 Jun 1612 Died)
• Pier Paolo Crescenzi † (4 Jul 1612 Appointed - 17 Mar 1621 Appointed, Bishop of Orvieto)
• Giovanni Battista Toschi † (29 Mar 1621 Appointed - 13 Dec 1633 Died)
• Gregorio Naro † (6 Feb 1634 Appointed - 7 Aug 1634 Died)
• Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno † (16 Apr 1635 Appointed - 28 Feb 1639 Resigned)
• Giorgio (Gregorio) Bolognetti † (28 Feb 1639 Appointed - 1660 Resigned)
• Odoardo Vecchiarelli † (5 May 1660 Appointed - 31 Jul 1667 Died)
• Giulio Gabrielli † (12 Mar 1668 Appointed - 2 Aug 1670 Resigned)
• Ippolito Vicentini † (22 Dec 1670 Appointed - 20 Jun 1702 Died)
• François-Marie Abbati † (8 Jun 1707 Appointed - 21 Jul 1710 Appointed, Bishop of Carpentras)
• Bernardino Guinigi † (1 Jun 1711 Appointed - 20 Dec 1723 Appointed, Bishop of Lucca)
• Antonino Serafino Camarda, O.P. † (12 Jun 1724 Appointed - 24 May 1754 Died)
• Gaetano de Carli † (16 Dec 1754 Appointed - 24 Feb 1761 Died)
• Girolamo Clarelli † (6 Apr 1761 Appointed - 18 Jun 1764 Died)
• Giovanni de Vita † (26 Nov 1764 Appointed - 1 Apr 1774 Died)
• Vincenzo Ferretti † (17 Jul 1775 Appointed - 20 Sep 1779 Appointed, Bishop of Rimini)
• Saverio Marini † (20 Sep 1779 Appointed - 6 Jan 1813 Died)
• Carlo Fioravanti † (26 Sep 1814 Appointed - 13 Jul 1818 Died)
• Francesco Saverio (François-Xavier) Pereira † (2 Oct 1818 Appointed - 2 Feb 1824 Died)
• Timoteo Maria (Antonio) Ascensi, O.C.D. † (24 May 1824 Appointed - 24 Apr 1827 Resigned)
• Gabriele Ferretti † (21 May 1827 Appointed - 29 Jul 1833 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria)
• Benedetto Cappelletti † (29 Jul 1833 Appointed - 15 May 1834 Died)
• Filippo de’ Conti Curoli † (30 Sep 1834 Appointed - 26 Jan 1849 Died)
• Gaetano Carletti † (28 Sep 1849 Appointed - 26 Jul 1867 Died)
• Egidio (Giovanni) Mauri, O.P. † (22 Dec 1871 Appointed - 1 Jun 1888 Appointed, Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli)
• Carlo Bertuzzi † (11 Feb 1889 Appointed - 18 Mar 1895 Appointed, Bishop of Foligno)
• Bonaventura Quintarelli † (18 Mar 1895 Appointed - 31 Oct 1915 Died)
• Tranquillo Guarneri † (9 Dec 1915 Appointed - 16 Jun 1916 Resigned)
• Francesco Sidoli † (20 Jun 1916 Appointed - 24 Mar 1924 Appointed, Archbishop of Genova)
• Massimo Rinaldi, C.S. † (2 Aug 1924 Appointed - 31 May 1941 Died)
• Benigno Luciano Migliorini, O.F.M. † (19 Jul 1941 Appointed - 13 Mar 1951 Appointed, Archbishop of Lanciano e Ortona)
• Raffaele Baratta † (18 Apr 1951 Appointed - 17 Dec 1959 Appointed, Archbishop of Perugia)
• Vito Nicola Cavanna † (20 Jan 1960 Appointed - 21 Jun 1971 Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Asti)
• Dino Trabalzini † (28 Jun 1971 Appointed - 18 Mar 1980 Appointed, Archbishop of Cosenza e Bisignano)
• Francesco Amadio † (14 May 1980 Appointed - 30 Sep 1989 Retired)
• Giuseppe Molinari (30 Sep 1989 Appointed - 16 Mar 1996 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of L’Aquila)
• Delio Lucarelli (30 Nov 1996 Appointed - 15 May 2015 Retired)
• Domenico Pompili (15 May 2015 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Rieti
5th Century	Erected		Diocese of Rieti (erected)
1309	Territory Lost	Diocese of Rieti	Diocese of Città Ducale (erected)
25 November 1841	Territory Lost	Diocese of Rieti Diocese of Sabina Territorial Abbey of San Salvatore Maggiore (suppressed)	Diocese of Poggio Mirteto (erected)
Diocese of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore)
3 June 1925	Name Changed	Diocese of Rieti	Diocese of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore)

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Rieti
1886		80,039	.0%			288	0				161	OTC
Diocese of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore)
1950	125,000	125,000	100.0%	155	35	190	657		45	190	172	ap1951
1970	111,410	111,560	99.9%	134	25	159	700		25	365	202	ap1971
1980	98,000	99,350	98.6%	116	32	148	662	1	44	375	217	ap1981
1990	87,000	94,670	91.9%	79	25	104	836	2	27	255	94	ap1991
1999	90,600	98,850	91.7%	83	22	105	862	2	22	220	94	ap2000
2000	91,500	99,200	92.2%	82	22	104	879	2	22	220	94	ap2001
2001	91,500	99,200	92.2%	82	22	104	879	2	22	220	94	ap2002
2002	91,500	99,200	92.2%	73	32	105	871	3	33	218	94	ap2003
2003	93,000	99,000	93.9%	73	32	105	885	3	33	215	93	ap2004
2004	93,000	99,000	93.9%	72	31	103	902	3	32	214	94	ap2005
2010	93,011	99,095	93.9%	88	22	110	845	15	26	201	94	ap2011
2014	93,003	99,046	93.9%	74	19	93	1,000	15	24	203	94	ap2015
2017	90,644	95,666	94.8%	70	22	92	985	17	24	161	94	ap2018

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Delio Lucarelli (Bishop: 30 Nov 1996 to 15 May 2015)
• Giuseppe Molinari (Bishop: 30 Sep 1989 to 16 Mar 1996)
• Domenico Pompili (Bishop: 15 May 2015 - )

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• François-Marie Abbati † (Bishop: 8 Jun 1707 to 21 Jul 1710)
• Ludovico degli Alfani † (Bishop: 23 Jul 1380 to 9 Feb 1397)
• Mario Aligeri † (Bishop: 27 Aug 1529 to 6 Oct 1555)
• Francesco Amadio † (Bishop: 14 May 1980 to 30 Sep 1989)
• Marco Antonio Amulio † (Bishop: 23 Nov 1562 to 17 Mar 1572)
• Rainaldo de Aretio, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 1249 to 1250)
• Timoteo Maria (Antonio) Ascensi, O.C.D. † (Bishop: 24 May 1824 to 24 Apr 1827)
• Raffaele Baratta † (Bishop: 18 Apr 1951 to 17 Dec 1959)
• Costantino Barzellini, O.F.M. Conv. † (Bishop: 30 Aug 1574 to 9 Apr 1584)
• Carlo Bertuzzi † (Bishop: 11 Feb 1889 to 18 Mar 1895)
• Alfonso María Binarini † (Bishop: 18 Jul 1572 to 30 Aug 1574)
• Giorgio (Gregorio) Bolognetti † (Bishop: 28 Feb 1639 to 1660)
• Antonino Serafino Camarda, O.P. † (Bishop: 12 Jun 1724 to 24 May 1754)
• Domenico Camisati † (Bishop: 27 Feb 1469 to 1475)
• Benedetto Cappelletti † (Bishop: 29 Jul 1833 to 15 May 1834)
• Angelo Capranica † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 25 Sep 1450 to Dec 1468)
• Gaetano Carletti † (Bishop: 28 Sep 1849 to 26 Jul 1867)
• Gaetano de Carli † (Bishop: 16 Dec 1754 to 24 Feb 1761)
• Vito Nicola Cavanna † (Bishop: 20 Jan 1960 to 21 Jun 1971)
• Raimondo de Chameyrac † (Bishop: 5 Aug 1342 to 6 Mar 1346)
• Girolamo Clarelli † (Bishop: 6 Apr 1761 to 18 Jun 1764)
• Giovanni Colonna † (Administrator: 10 Nov 1480 to 26 Sep 1508)
• Pompeo Colonna † (Bishop: 6 Oct 1508 to 20 Mar 1514)
• Scipione Colonna † (Bishop: 14 Mar 1520 to 1528)
• Pier Paolo Crescenzi † (Bishop: 4 Jul 1612 to 17 Mar 1621)
• Filippo de’ Conti Curoli † (Bishop: 30 Sep 1834 to 26 Jan 1849)
• Giuseppe D’Annibale † (Deacon: 30 Mar 1839; Priest: 21 Sep 1839 to 12 Aug 1881)
• Giovanni Desideri (Conte) † (Bishop: 16 Jun 1603 to 1604)
• Gabriele Ferretti † (Bishop: 21 May 1827 to 29 Jul 1833)
• Vincenzo Ferretti † (Bishop: 17 Jul 1775 to 20 Sep 1779)
• Carlo Fioravanti † (Bishop: 26 Sep 1814 to 13 Jul 1818)
• Mattias Foschi † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 10 Mar 1438 to 1450)
• Giulio Gabrielli † (Administrator: 12 Mar 1668 to 2 Aug 1670)
• Fazio Gallerani † (Bishop: 1475 to 27 Nov 1477)
• Francesco Di Giangirolamo †
• Tranquillo Guarneri † (Bishop: 9 Dec 1915 to 16 Jun 1916)
• Pietro Guerra † (Bishop: 2 Aug 1278 to 20 Aug 1286)
• Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno † (Bishop: 16 Apr 1635 to 28 Feb 1639)
• Bernardino Guinigi † (Bishop: 1 Jun 1711 to 20 Dec 1723)
• Biagio de Leonissa, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 24 Oct 1347 to 20 Apr 1378)
• Saverio Marini † (Bishop: 20 Sep 1779 to 6 Jan 1813)
• Giulio Marsili, O.F.M. Obs. †
• Egidio (Giovanni) Mauri, O.P. † (Bishop: 22 Dec 1871 to 1 Jun 1888)
• Bartolomeo Mezzavacca † (Bishop: Apr 1378 to 1380)
• Benigno Luciano Migliorini, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 19 Jul 1941 to 13 Mar 1951)
• Giovanni Muti Papazzurri † (Bishop: 3 Aug 1302 to 1339)
• Mauro Bernardo Pietro Nardi, O.F.M. Cap. †
• Gregorio Naro † (Bishop: 6 Feb 1634 to 7 Aug 1634)
• Giovanni Francesco Nicolai, O.F.M. †
• Giovanni Battista Osio † (Bishop: 23 Oct 1555 to 12 Nov 1562)
• Giacomo Pagani † (Bishop: 26 Aug 1299 to 1301)
• Gaspare Pasquali, O.F.M. Conv. † (Bishop: 31 May 1604 to 13 Jun 1612)
• Francesco Saverio (François-Xavier) Pereira † (Bishop: 2 Oct 1818 to 2 Feb 1824)
• Andrea Perro † (Bishop: 27 Jul 1286)
• Berardo di Poggio † (Bishop: 4 Feb 1296 to 1299)
• Bonaventura Quintarelli † (Bishop: 18 Mar 1895 to 31 Oct 1915)
• Domenico Rinaldi †
• Massimo Rinaldi, C.S. † (Priest: 6 Jul 1893 to 4 Nov 1900; Bishop: 2 Aug 1924 to 31 May 1941)
• Paolo de Sanctis †
• Giulio Cesare Segni † (Bishop: 27 Aug 1584 to 16 Jun 1603)
• Francesco Sidoli † (Bishop: 20 Jun 1916 to 24 Mar 1924)
• Federico Tedeschini † (Priest: 25 Jul 1896 to 30 Apr 1921)
• Ludovico Teodonari † (Bishop: 4 Sep 1397 to 1436)
• Giovanni Battista Toschi † (Bishop: 29 Mar 1621 to 13 Dec 1633)
• Dino Trabalzini † (Bishop: 28 Jun 1971 to 18 Mar 1980)
• Giovanni Carlo Valentini †
• Odoardo Vecchiarelli † (Bishop: 5 May 1660 to 31 Jul 1667)
• Ippolito Vicentini † (Bishop: 22 Dec 1670 to 20 Jun 1702)
• Giovanni de Vita † (Bishop: 26 Nov 1764 to 1 Apr 1774)
• Mariano Vittori † (Bishop: 2 Jun 1572 to 29 Jun 1572)
• Angelo , O.F.M. † (Bishop: 8 Jun 1302 to Jul 1302)
• Gottifredo † (Bishop: 23 Aug 1265 to 1275)
• Niccolò , O. Cist. † (Bishop: 1294 to 1296)
• Tommaso † (Bishop: 7 Dec 1339 to 1342)
• Tommaso † (Bishop: 2 Feb 1252)

Source(s)

Diocese of Rieti Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 415, and Page 416 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 221 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 283 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 293 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 329, and Page 330 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 353, and Page 354

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