Roman Catholic Diocese of Trapani

The Diocese of Trapani (Latin: Dioecesis Drepanensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Sicily. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Palermo.

Diocese of Trapani Dioecesis Drepanensis Diocesi di Trapani
Cathedral Basilica of St. Lawrence the Martyr in Trapani
Location
Country	Italy
Territory	Trapani, Erice, Paceco, Valderice, San Vito Lo Capo, Custonaci, Alcamo, Castellammare del Golfo, Buseto Palizzolo, Calatafimi-Segesta, Favignana
Ecclesiastical province	Palermo
Statistics
Area	1,089 km2 (420 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 208,084 207,300 (99,6%%)
Parishes	87
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	May 31, 1844
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of St. Lawrence the Martyr in Trapani
Patron saint	Our Lady of Trapani
Secular priests	115
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Pietro Maria Fragnelli
Metropolitan Archbishop	Paolo Romeo
Bishops emeritus	Francesco Miccichè
Map
Website
www.diocesi.trapani.it

History

Trapani was subject to the see of Mazzara, from the Norman Conquest until 1844, when the diocese was created. Its first bishop was the Redemptorist Vincenzo M. Marolda.^[1]

Ordinaries

• Vincenzo Maria Marolda, C.SS.R. (1844–1851 Resigned)
• Vincenzo Ciccolo Rinaldi (1853–1874 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Bongiorni (1874–1879 Appointed, Bishop of Caltagirone)
• Francesco Ragusa (1879–1895 Died)
• Stefano Gerbino di Cannitello, O.S.B. (1895–1906 Resigned)
• Francesco Maria Raiti, O. Carm. (1906–1932 Died)
• Ferdinando Ricca (1932–1947 Died)
• Filippo Jacolino (1947–1950 Died)
• Corrado Mingo (1950–1961 Appointed, Archbishop of Monreale)
• Francesco Ricceri (1961–1978 Retired)
• Emanuele Romano (1978–1988 Retired)
• Domenico Amoroso, S.D.B. (1988–1997 Died)
• Francesco Miccichè (1998 – 19 May 2012 Removed)
• Pietro Maria Fragnelli (2013– )

Notes

1. "Fragnelli, the new president of the Episcopal commission for family, youth and life" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.

External links

• (in Italian) Official page

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Trapani". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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