Roman Catholic Diocese of Latina–Terracina–Sezze–Priverno
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Diocese of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno Dioecesis Latinensis-Terracinensis-Setina-Privernensis |
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Latina Cathedral
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediately subject to the Holy See |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,371 km2 (529 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 317,120 310,778 (98%) |
| Parishes | 87 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1st century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Marco (Latina) |
| Co-cathedral |
Concattedrale di S. Cesareo (Terracina) Concattedrale di S. Maria (Sezze) Concattedrale di S. Maria Annunziata (Priverno) |
| Secular priests | 81 (diocesan) 60 (Religious Orders) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Mariano Crociata |
| Website | |
| www.diocesilatina.it | |
The Italian Catholic Diocese of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno (Latin: Dioecesis Latinensis-Terracinensis-Setina-Privernensis), in Lazio, has existed under this name since 1986. It is the historic Diocese of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, created in 1217, when the Diocese of Terracina was combined with the Diocese of Priverno and the Diocese of Sezze. It is immediately subject to the Holy See.
According to tradition, the first bishop of Terracina was St. Epaphroditus. The most ancient Christian record of the city is that of the martyrdom of St. Julianus, priest, and St. Cæsareus, deacon, who were cast into the sea under the emperor Trajan; in the third century St. Quartus (bishop?) suffered.
The first bishop whose date is known with certainty is Sabinus (313). Among his successors were:
The last three letters only of the name of another Bishop of Terracina, ... vsa, are preserved in an inscription (Corp. Inscr. Lat., X, I, 6419).
The sees of Piperno (Privernum) and Sezze (Setia), situated on the side of the Lepinian hills, were united to Terracina. The union of the three dioceses was confirmed by Pope Honorius III (1217) during the episcopate of Simeone.
In 1725 Pope Benedict XIII restored the See of Piperno and Sezze, declaring them united œque principaliter. Bishop Francesco Antonio Mondelli (1805) was exiled in 1809, for refusing to take the oath of loyalty to Napoleon. The Cistercian Abbey of Fossa Nuova is within the territory of this see. The diocese, which is immediately subject to the Holy See,
Erected: 1st Century
Latin Name: Terracinensis
United: 17 January 1217 with the Diocese of Priverno and the Diocese of Sezze
Latin Name: Terracinensis, Privernensis et Setinus
Immediately Subject to the Holy See
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