Ferentium (diocese)
Diocese of Ferentium is a former bishopric (now titular see) with capital in town Ferentium near Viterbo (in Lazio, Central Italy), which absorbed it.
History
[edit]Diocese Ferentium was established around 400 AD. In 700 AD, the diocese was suppressed and its territory annexed to the Diocese of Bomarzo.
Titular see
[edit]In 1970, the old diocese was nominally restored as a Latin titular see.
It has had the following incumbents, of both the lowest (episcopal) and intermediate (archiepiscopal) ranks:
- Titular Archbishop José García y Goldaraz (1970.07.02 – 1970.12.11)
- Titular Bishop Biagio Vittorio Terrinoni, Capuchin Friars (O.F.M. Cap.) (1971.04.17 – 1977.04.22)
- Titular Bishop Remigio Ragonesi (1977.05.27 – 1991.07.06 see below), an Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome
- Titular Archbishop Remigio Ragonesi (see above 1991.07.06 – 2000.03.22), the Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome
- Titular Archbishop Antonio Mennini, Apostolic Nuncio to the UK (Great Britain) (2000.07.08 – ...)