Diocese of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi
The Diocese of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in southern Italy, existing under that name since 1979. Historically it was the Diocese of Oppido Marmertina. It is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria.
History
Bishop Stefano is the first prelate of whom there is mention. The chapter of the cathedral already existed in the 13th century. The chapter maintained its right to elect a new bishop until 1338. The chapter was composed of six dignities and fourteen canons.In 1472 the see was united to that of Gerace, under Bishop Athanasius Calceofilo, by whom the Greek Rite was abolished, although it remained in use in a few towns.
In 1536 Oppido became again an independent see, under Bishop Pietro Andrea Ripanti; among other bishops were Antonio Cesconi and Giovanni Battista Montani, who restored the cathedral and the episcopal palace; Bisanzio Fili, who founded the seminary; Michele Caputo, who was transferred to the See of Ariano, where it is suspected that he poisoned King Ferdinand II; eventually, he apostatized.
In 1748 the town of Oppido is estimated to have had 2,000 inhabitants. The town was heavily damaged by the earthquakes of 1783, in the first of which Oppido was at the epicenter, and the population was decimated by the plague that followed.
In 2007 the town had some 5,484 inhabitants.
Bishops
Diocese of Oppido Mamertina
Erected: 13th centuryLatin Name: Oppidensis
''Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria''
to 1471
- Stephanus
- Gregorius
- Barnabas
- Nicolaus
- Antonius
- Stephanus
- Simon
- Ioannes Malatesta
- Simeon
- Antonio de Caroleis
- Tommaso Rubertus
- Venturello de Nubiel
- Girolamo, O.E.S.A.
1536 to 1700
- Pietro Andrea Ripanti
- Alessandro Cesarini
- Ascanio Cesarini
- Francesco de Noctucis
- Tommaso Caselli, O.P.
- Vincenzo Spinelli
- Teofilo Galluppi
- Giovan Mario de Alessandris
- Sigismondo Mangiaruga
- Andrea Canuto
- Giulio Ruffo
- Antonio Cesonio
- Fabrizio Caracciolo Piscizi
- Giovanni Battista Pontano
- Paolo Diano-Parisi
- Vincenzo Ragni, O.S.B.
- Bernardino Plastina, O.M.
- Bisanzio Fili
since 1700
- Giuseppe Placido De Pace
- Giuseppe Maria Perrimezzi, O.Minim.
- Leone Luca Vita
- Ferdinando Mandarini
- Nicola Spedalieri
- Alessandro Tommasini
- Francesco-Maria Coppola
- Michele Caputo, O.P.
- Antonio Maria Curcio
- Domenico Scopelliti
- Antonio Galati
- Giuseppe Antonio Caruso
- Giovanni Battista Peruzzo, C.P.
- Nicola Colangelo
- Nicola Canino
- Maurizio Raspini
- Santo Bergamo
Diocese of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi
10 June 1979: name changed- Benigno Luigi Papa, O.F.M. Cap.
- Domenico Crusco
- Luciano Bux
- Francesco Milito
- Giuseppe Alberti
Studies
- Leanza, Sandro, Calabria Cristiana. Società Religione Cultura nel territorio della Diocesi di Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, tomo I, Dalle origini al Medio Evo, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli.
- Liberti, R., Oppido Mamertina ieri e oggi nelle immagini. Gioia Tauro
- Liberti, R., "Difficile convivenza tra facismo e la Chiesa a Oppido Mamertina," in: Calabria letteraria no. 10-12 59-60.
- Liberti, Rocco, I vescovi di Oppido dalle origini all'unione con Gerace ,, Historica 46, pp. 107-117.
- Liberti, Rocco. La cattedrale di Oppido Mamertina. Bovalino, Litografia Diaco.
- Liberti, Rocco. "Il filantropismo ad Oppida Mamertina," in:
- Russo, Francesco. Storia della Chiesa in Calabria dalle origini al Concilio di Trento, 2 vols. Rubbetino: Soveria Mannelli 1982.