Roman Catholic Diocese of Belcastro


The Diocese of Belcastro in the town of Belcastro in the province of Catanzaro, in the Calabria region of southern Italy. In 1828, it was suppressed to the Archdiocese of Santa Severina.

History

The diocese of Belcastro has existed from at least 1122, suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Severina, but the earliest bishop whose name is known is of the early 13th century.
By the papal bull De utiliori of Pope Pius VII of 27 June 1828, the diocese was suppressed, its territory being incorporated into its Metropolitan's archdiocese of Santa Severina.

Ordinaries

Diocese of Belcastro

Erected: 1122
Latin Name: Bellicastrensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Santa Severina

1818: Suppressed to the Archdiocese of Santa Severina

Titular see

No longer a residential bishopric, the diocese, known in Latin as Bellicastrum, is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see since its nominal restoration as a titular bishopric in 1968.
It has had the following incumbents of the lowest and intermediary ranks :