Roman Catholic Diocese of Lamezia Terme
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Diocese of Lamezia Terme Dioecesis Neocastrensis |
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Cathedral of Lamezia Terme
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Catanzaro-Squillace |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 915 km2 (353 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 142,000 (est.) 140,000 (est.) (98.6%) |
| Parishes | 62 |
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| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 11th Century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di Ss. Pietro e Paolo |
| Secular priests | 70 (diocesan) 20 (Religious Orders) 19 Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Luigi Antonio Cantafora |
| Emeritus Bishops | Vincenzo Rimedio |
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| Diocese of Lamezia Terme (in Italian) | |
The Italian Catholic Diocese of Lamezia Terme (Latin: Dioecesis Neocastrensis) is in Calabria. In 1818 the ancient see of Martirano, the former Mamertum (the first bishop of which was Domnus, in 761), was united to the diocese of Nicastro. The diocese was then a suffragan of the archdiocese of Reggio in Calabria. In 1986, the historic Diocese of Nicastro had its name changed. It is currently called the Diocese of Lamezia Terme, and it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace. The name change reflects the incorporation of the comune of Nicastro into Lamezia Terme, an administrative change of 1968 on the part of the State of Italy.
The earliest appearance of the name Nicastro is in the Diatyposis (Νέα Τακτικά) of Leo the Wise, composed at Constantinople around 900. Nicastro is listed twelfth and last among the bishops of the Greek Metropolitanate of Reggio Calabria. For a long time, the Greek Rite was in use at Nicastro.
The church in the village below the citadel of Nicastro was built and endowed by the Norman Aumberga, the niece of Robert Guiscard and sister of Count Richard Dapifer, the son of Drago. It became the Cathedral of S. Peter. In 1101, Count Richard the Dapifer transferred to the diocese of Nicastro property and chattels which had belonged to Aumberga in the territory between Agarena and Nicastro. The first bishop of this city of whom there is any record was Henricus (1094), who is mentioned in the donation. Among the ten subscribers to the charter is Archbishop Robert of Reggio Calabria and Bishop Sasso of Cassano, who was serving as Papal Vicar in Calabria for Pope Paschal II.
Pope Calixtus II visited Nicastro on 9 December 1121, on his way from Taranto to Catanzaro.
Bishop Tancredo da Monte Foscolo (1279–1290) was deposed by Pope Nicholas IV for having consecrated James II of Sicily, but he was reinstated by Pope Boniface VIII.
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