The Diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy, created in 1986, when the historical Diocese of Fano was united to the Diocese of Cagli e Pergola and the Diocese of Fossombrone. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pesaro."Diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016."Diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
History
S. Paternianus is credited with being the first Bishop of Fano,Pius Gams (p. 689), however, lists four bishops, all mythological, before the appearance of Paternianus. All four are placed in italics and parentheses. and are supposed to have been appointed by Pope Sylvester I (314–335).Ughelli, p. 657. Lanzoni, pp. 497-498. Eusebius accompanied Pope John I to Constantinople in 524, and may have been killed along with the Pope on their return in 526.According to Cappelletti (p. 336), the story of Bishop Eusebius' trip to Constantinople depends upon an anonymous history of the later Roman emperors edited by Henricus Vossius, published by Simon Pauli in 1670:
Among the later bishops were Riccardo (1214), persecuted by the magistrate Alberghetti; and the Dominican Pietro Bertano (1537), an orator and advocate at the Council of Trent.Serafino Prete (1985), "I vescovi delle Marche al Concilio di Trento (1545–1563)," Studia Picena 50, pp. 5–25. Umberto Benigni, "Diocese of Pesaro." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. Retrieved: 2016-10-12.
Chapter and cathedral In 1111, the cathedral and the Canonica were destroyed by fire. Rebuilding began in 1113.Kehr, p. 185.
Bishop Carbo was the first to grant the Canons of the cathedral the right to use the title canonicati, on 6 September 1165, and he recognized all their rights and privileges. These had already been confirmed by Pope Eugenius III in 1152, and were confirmed again by Pope Urban III in 1186, by Pope Honorius III in 1218, and by Pope Julius II in 1504.
The cathedral Chapter was composed of two dignities (the Provost and the Archdeacon) and twelve Canons, one of whom is called the Poenitentiarius and another the Theologus, as mandated by the Council of Trent. The cathedral is a parish church, and the Provost is the parish priest. One of the chaplains of the cathedral acts as his curate.Ughelli, pp. 656-657. Cappelletti, p. 430.
Synods A diocesan synod was an irregularly held, but important, meeting of the bishop of a diocese and his clergy. Its purpose was (1) to proclaim generally the various decrees already issued by the bishop; (2) to discuss and ratify measures on which the bishop chose to consult with his clergy; (3) to publish statutes and decrees of the diocesan synod, of the provincial synod, and of the Holy See.
Bishop Giulio Ottinelli (1587–1603) held a diocesan synod in Fano on 16 August 1593. Bishop Angelo Maria Ranuzzi (1678–1688) held a diocesan synod on 30 June 1680.Acta et decreta Synodi Ecclesiae Fanensis celebrata die XXX junii anno MDCLXXX in Cathedrali eiusdem Tempio ab illustrissimo Angelo Ranutio episcopo... Bishop Taddeo Luigi dal Verme (1688–1696) presided over a diocesan synod on 29 May 1692.Decreta Synodi ecclesiae Fanensis celebratae die 29 mai 1692 ab ill.mo Thaddaeo a Verme . . . ep. Fanensi (Pesaro: Camera Apostolica 1692). On 5 November 1702, Bishop Giovanni Battista Giberti (1696–1720) held a diocesan synod.Constitutiones et decreta synodalia aedita ab illustrissimo et reverendissimo Domino D. Ioanne Baptista Giberto episcopo fanensi in prima synodo celebrata die V Novembris MDCCII (Fano: Francesco de Gaudentiis 1702). Bishop Giacomo Beni (1733–1764) held a diocesan synod in 1740.Constitutiones et decreta S. Fanensis ecclesiae, promulgata in synodo habita anno 1740 (Fano 1741).
Reorganization of dioceses In a decree of the Second Vatican Council, it was recommended that dioceses be reorganized to take into account modern developments.Directoriae normae clare a Concilio impertitae de dioecesium recognitione; indicia atque elementa apta ad actionem pastoralem aestimandam ab episcopis suppeditata quibus plurium dioecesium regimen commissum est. A project begun on orders from Pope John XXIII, and continued under his successors, was intended to reduce the number of dioceses in Italy and to rationalize their borders in terms of modern population changes and shortages of clergy. The change was made urgent because of changes made to the Concordat between the Italian State and the Holy See on 18 February 1984, and embodied in a law of 3 June 1985. The change was approved by Pope John Paul II in an audience of 27 September 1986, and by a decree of the Sacred Congregation of Bishops of the Papal Curia on 30 September 1986. The diocese of Fano was united to the dioceses of Cagli and Pergola and of Fossombrone. Its name was to be Fanensis-Forosemproniensis-Calliensis-Pergulanus. The seat of the diocese was to be in Fano. The former cathedral in Cagli and the former cathedral in Fossombrone were to have the honorary title of co-cathedral, and their chapters were to be the Capitulum Concathedralis. There was to be only one episcopal curia, one seminary, one ecclesiastical tribunal; and all the clergy were to be incardinated in the diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Caglia-Pergola.Acta Apostolicae Sedis An. et Vol. LXXIX (Città del Vaticano: Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis 1987), pp. 701-704. The combined diocese was suffragan of the Archdiocese of Urbino-Urbania-Sant'Angelo in Vado.
In 2000, the Archdiocese of Urbino was deprived of its metropolitan status, and both Urbino and Fano became suffragans of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Pesaro.Acta Apostolicae Sedis An. et Vol. XCII (Città del Vaticano: Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis 2000), pp. 568-569.
Bishops
Diocese of Fano
Before 1200
Paternianus ... Vitalis (attested 499)Lanzoni, p. 499, no. 1. Eusebius (attested 502, 525)Eusebius attended the sixth Roman synod of Pope Symmachus in 502. J.-D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus VIII (Florence: A. Zatta 1764), p. 308. Lanzoni, p. 499, no. 2. ... Leo (attested 596)Pope Gregory I (590–604) wrote a letter to Bishop Leo of Fano in July 596. Jaffé-S. Loewenfeld (edd.), Regesta pontificum Romanorum editio altera, Vol. I (Leipzig 1884), p. 173 no. 1427. Cappelletti, p. 337. Fortunatus (attested 596)Lanzoni, p. 499, no. 3. [Ursus]Various dates are given, from the 4th to 7th century. No evidence. He is first heard of , after the fire that destroyed the cathedral and canonica. Remains were found and enshrined in the new cathedral. Ughelli, p. 661. Amiani, pp. 68-69, ignores his name. Cappelletti, pp. 345-346. ... Scholasticius (attested 649)Bishop Scholasticius attended the Lateran council of Pope Martin I. J.-D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus X (Florence: A. Zatta 1764), p. 867. Cappelletti, VII, p. 346. ... Dominicus (attested 680)Bishop Dominicus attended the Roman synod of Pope Agatho in 680, and subscribed the synodal letter sent by the Pope (Epistle III) to the Emperors in Constantinople, who were about to preside over the Third Council of Constantinople, in Trullo. Dominicus did not attend the ecumenical council itself. J. P. Migne (ed.), Patrologiae Latinae Tomus LXXXI, p. 1161. J. D. Mansi (ed.), Tomus XI (Florence 1765), p. 311. Amiani, I, p. 71, is wrong in claiming that Dominicus attended the Council. ... Armatus (attested 743)Bishop Armatus was present at the first Roman synod of Pope Zacharias in 743. Mansi (ed.), Tomus XII (Florence 1766), p. 384. Mauro (attested 769)Bishop Mauro was present at the Lateran council of Pope Stephen III in April 769. Mansi, Tomus XII, p. 715. Cappelletti, pp. 347-348. ... Agipertus (attested 826)Bishop Agipertus was present at the Roman synod of Pope Eugene II on 15 November 826. Cappelletti states that he died in 851. J.-D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XIV (Florence: A. Zatta 1764), p. 1000. Cappelletti, p. 349. ... Joannes (attested 851, 877)Mansi, Tomus XIV, p. 1020. Amiani, p. 108. Cappelletti, p. 349. Marcus (attested 877)Bishop Marcus was present at the synod of Pope John VIII held at Ravenna in 877. Amiani states that he died in 880. J.-D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XVII (Venice: A. Zatta 1772), p. 342. Ughelli, p. 662. Amiani, p. 112. Cappelletti, p. 351. Romanus (attested 887, 904)Bishop Romanus subscribed a grant made by Bishop Theodorus of Fermo to the monastery of S. Croce in 887. Bishop Romanus was one of 74 bishops present at the synod of Ravenna in 904. Ughelli, p. 662. Amiani, I, p. 115. ... Richardus (attested 967)Bishop Richardus was present at the synod of Ravenna on 25 April 967. Schwartz, p. 242. Gerardus ?Gerardus: Cappelletti, pp. 352-353. Rainaldus (attested 1010)Ughelli, p. 662, bases the existence of a bishop Rainaldus on two points, the transfer of the remains of S. Fortunatus in 1014, and the existence of an inscription mentioning him. Amiani, I, p. 123, rejects both claims, stating that no local author mentions the transfer, and no one has actually seen the alleged inscription. Amiani states that Rainaldus was elected in 1010 in the Canonica by all the clergy as successor of Bishop Richardus, though without citing an authority. Cappelletti, p. 353, draws attention to the various chronological claims. Albertus (1027–1048)Albertus was elected in 1027, and immediately followed Conrad to Rome for his coronation, which took place on 26 March 1027. An investigation by Archbishop Alberic of Ravenna revealed factional fighting in Fano. Albertus is called a simoniac by Peter Damiani, in a report to Pope Gregory VI (1045–1046), and again in a letter to Pope Clement II (1046–1047). He was deposed in 1048 by Pope Damasus II and fled to refuge in Ancona. Amiani, I, pp. 124-126. Cappelletti, p. 353. Hugo (1036–1048)According to Gams, he was deposed. Gams, p. 690 column 1. Arduinus (1048–)Arduinus, a friend of Peter Damiani, was appointed by Pope Damasus II to fill the vacancy left by the deposition of Bishop Albertus. He attended the Roman synod of Pope Leo IX in 1050. He is attested as late as 1085, and Amiani, I, p. 130, says that he lived until 1090. J.-D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XIX (Venice: A. Zatta 1774), p. 771. Cappelletti, p. 355. Petrus (1090–1135)Petrus was elected in the Canonica by the clergy of Fano, and was consecrated in Rome by Pope Urban II. In 1111 the cathedral was burned (Amiani, pp. 133-134), and Bishop Pietro began its reconstruction. He died in November 1135. Amiani, pp. 130-137. Cappelletti, p. 356. Rainaldus (1136–1165)Rainaldus' election was confirmed by Pope Innocent II, but he was consecrated a bishop in Ravenna with papal permission, due to the presence of imperial troops in central Italy. Amiani, pp. 137-151. Cappelletti, pp. 358-360. Carbo (attested 1165–1177)Amiani, Memorie II, Sommario, p. XIII. Cappelletti, pp. 360-365. Monaldus (1178–1214)Monaldus: Gams, p. 690.
1200–1500
Ricardus (attested 1214, 1218, 1227)In 1214, Pope Innocent III absolved the people of Fano of their excommunication for having supported the Emperor Otto against the Church. In 1218, Pope Honorius III excommunicated the people of Fano for violence offered against Bishop Richard and the Canons. Bishop Ricardus died . Amiani, II, Somario, nos. xxvi, xxix, xxx and xxxi. Ughelli, pp. 662-665. Cappelletti, p. 375-378. Gams, p. 690. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, p. 245. Gregorius da Faenza, O.P. (1240–1244?)Gams, p. 690. Eubel, I, p. 245.