Diocese of Fabriano-Matelica

Diocese of Fabriano-Matelica Dioecesis Fabrianensis-Mathelicensis
Fabriano Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Ancona-Osimo
Statistics
Area	681 km2 (263 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 56,000 52,550 (93.8%)
Parishes	58
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	15 November 1728 (288 years ago)
Cathedral	Fabriano Cathedral (Basilica Cattedrale di S. Venanzio Martire)
Co-cathedral	Matelica Cathedral (Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Stefano Russo
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The Italian Catholic diocese of Fabriano-Matelica (Latin: Dioecesis Fabrianensis-Mathelicensis) in the Marche has existed under this name since 1986. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo.

The history of Fabriano is closely connected with that of the Marches. In the church of San Benedetto, of the Silvestrine monks, is the tomb of Giovanni Bonnelli, a Silvestrine (d. 1290). Silvestro Guzzoli, the founder of this order, is buried at Monte Fano, not far from Fabriano, where Giuseppe dei Conti Atti and Ugo Laico, both Silvestrines, are also buried.

The city was under the jurisdiction of the diocese of Camerino until 1785, when Pope Pius VI re-established the old Diocese of Matelica and united it aeque principaliter with Fabriano. In 487, Bishop Equitius of Matelica was at Rome; and in 551, Bishop Florentius accompanied Pope Vigilius to Constantinople. No other bishops of the ancient see are known. Until 1785, the Diocese of Matelica also was under the jurisdiction of Camerino.

Erected: 15 November 1728
Latin Name: Fabrianensis

United: 8 July 1785 with the Diocese of Matelica
Latin Name: Fabrianensis et Mathelicensis
Immediately Subject to the Holy See

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton. 

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