The Diocese of Orvieto-Todi () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in central Italy. It was created in 1986 when the historical Diocese of Orvieto was united to the Diocese of Todi. The Diocese of Orvieto-Todi is immediately exempt to the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical province."Diocese of Orvieto-Todi" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016."Diocese of Orvieto–Todi" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
History
During the Gothic War, Orvieto was defended by the Goths for a long time. Later, it fell into the hands of the Lombards (606). From the latter end of the tenth century the city was governed by consuls, who, however, took the oath of fealty to the bishop; but from 1201 it governed itself through a podestà (in that year, the Bishop Richard) and a captain of the people. On account of its position on the top of a volcanic outcrop, Orvieto was often chosen by the popes as a place of refuge, and Pope Adrian IV (1154–1159), who visited the city in September and October 1156, had it fortified.
The first known Bishop of Orvieto was John (about 590), and in 591 appears a Bishop Candidus; among its other prelates were Bishop Constantinus, O.P., sent by Pope Alexander IV in 1255 to Greece as his Legate, where he died in 1257;Cappelletti, p. 486, quoting a manuscript chronicle in the Monastery of S. Domenico: "Fr. Constantinus Romane Provincie, quoniam unita erat cum Provincia Regni fuit Ep. Urbevet. qui sub Anno MCCLV, per pp. Alexandrum missus est pro Legato in Greciam." Cappelletti claims that Pope Alexander IV was in Orvieto in 1255, which is refuted by the evidence of subscriptions to bulls indicating that he was in Naples, then Anagni, then Rome in 1255, but not in Orvieto.
In 1528 Pope Clement VII sought refuge at Orvieto, after the sack of Rome, and while there ordered the construction of the "Pozzo di San Patrizio" (the well of St. Patrick), by Antonio da Sangallo; it was completed in the reign of Pope Paul III (1534–1549).Cappelletti, pp. 515-516.
Bishop Sebastiano Vanzi (1562–1570) participated in the 17th through 25th sessions of the Council of Trent (1562–1563) as one of the Definitori (legal draftsmen). In accordance with the decrees of the Council, he established the seminary of Orvieto as an institution; it was enlarged with a building of its own in 1645 by Cardinal Fausto Poli; later Giacomo Silvestri gave it the college and other property which was confiscated from the Jesuits (1773) when their religious order was suppressed.
The territory of Aquapendente was placed under the control of the diocese of Orvieto by Pope Paschal II in 1102.Kehr, II, p. 223, no. 5.
Chapter and cathedral Bishop Francesco Monaldeschi (1280) did much for the construction of the cathedral.Cappelletti, pp. 491-499.
In 1695, the Chapter, which was the cathedral's administrative body, was composed of two dignities, the Archdeacon and the Provost, and sixteen Canons.Ritzler-Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica V, p. 398 note 1.
Diocesan 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.
Cardinal Girolamo Simoncelli (1570–1605) presided over a diocesan synod in 1592.Card. Girolamo Simoncelli (1592), Statuta et constitutiones Synodi dioecesis Vrbevetanae Vrbeveteri: Colaldi 1592.
Cardinal Pier Paolo Crescenzi (1621–1644) held a diocesan synod on 9 June 1627; another on 6 June 1639; and another on 19 May 1643.J.B. Martin and L. Petit (edd.), Sacrorum conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, cujus Johannes Dominicus Mansi et post ipsius mortem Florentius et Venetianus editores ab anno 1758 ad annum 1798 priores triginta unum tomos ediderunt, nunc autem continuatat et absoluta Tomus trigesimus sextuster (Arnhem-Leipzig 1924), pp. 135, 229, 257. Cardinal Fausto Poli (1644–1653) held a synod on 21 May 1647. The document has an annotated list of the Bishops of Orvieto attached. Bishop Giuseppe della Corgna, O.P. (1656–1676) presided over a diocesan synod held in Orvieto on 20—22 October 1666, and had the decrees published. Bishop Bernardino Rocci (1676–1680) held a synod on 16 May 1679.J.B. Martin and L. Petit (edd.), Tomus trigesimus sextuster, p. 474.
Bishop Vincenzo degl'Atti (1696–1715) presided over a diocesan synod in 1713.J.B. Martin and L. Petit (edd.), Tomus trigesimus sextuster, p. 891. Bishop Onofrio Elisei (1721–1733) held diocesan synods on: 9—11 May 1723; 24 April 1726; 27 April 1727; and 11 April 1728.
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 Todi was united to the diocese of Orvieto. Its name was to be Dioecesis Urbevetana-Tudertina. The seat of the diocese was to be in Orvieto. The former cathedral in Todi was to have the honorary title of co-cathedral, and its Chapter was to be called 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 Orvieto-Todi. The territory of the diocese was to be the same as the two dioceses combined.Acta Apostolicae Sedis An. et Vol. LXXIX (Città del Vaticano: Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis 1987), pp. 811-814.
Bishops of Orvieto to 1200
... Joannes (attested 590)In December 590, Pope Gregory I wrote a letter to Bishop Joannes, ordering him to end the disorder in the monastery of S. Giorgio. Ughelli, Italia sacra I, p. 1464. Lanzoni, p. 544. Candidus (attested 591, 596)Candidus is wrongly called Canaldus by Ughelli, pp. 1464-1465. Cappelletti, Le chiese d'Italia V, pp. 461-462 (quoting the letters of Pope Gregory I). Kehr, Italia pontificia II, p. 222, nos. 2-3. Lanzoni, p. 544. ... Amantius (attested 743)Bishop Amantius was present at the Roman synod of Pope Zacharias in 743. J. D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XII (Florence: A. Zatta 1766), p. 384c. Cappelletti, pp. 462-463. Gams, p. 711 column 1. ... Alipertus (attested 826)Bishop Alipertus (Valipertus) was present at the Roman synod of Pope Eugene II in 826. J. D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XIV (Venice: A. Zatta 1769), p. 999. Cappelletti, p. 463. ... Heldericus (attested 1015)Bishop Heldericus was present at the Roman synod of Pope Benedict VIII, where he subscribed a bull for the Pope. Ughelli, p. 1465. Cappelletti, p. 465. Schwartz, p. 259. ... Sigefridus (attested 1027)Sigefridus: Schwartz, p. 259. ... Leo (attested 1036)Leo was present at the Roman synod held by Pope Benedict IX in 1036. J. D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XIX (Venice: A. Zatta 1774), p. 582. Schwartz, p. 260. ... Teuzo (attested 1054, 1059)Bishop Teuzo was present at the Roman council of Pope Nicholas II in 1159. Mansi, Tomus XIX, p. 919. Schwartz, p. 260. ... Guilelmus (Wilhelm) (attested 1103–1126)Wilhelm: Schwartz, p. 260. ... Lanfranc (attested 1161)1161. De Mense Maii. Pax facta fuit per episcopum Lanfrancum inter Urbevetanos et Acquapendentanos: "Annales Urbevetani," in Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptorum Tomus XVIIII (Hannover: Hann 1866), p. 269. Gams, p. 711 column 1. Milo (c. 1165–1167)Milo held the episcopal seat for two years, and died on 21 March 1167, according to a cronachetta in the episcopal archive, quoted by Cappelletti. Poli, "Series Episcoporum," p. 5, in Constitutiones et decreta. Ughelli, p. 1466. Cappelletti, 476. He is not catalogued by Gams. Sede vacante (7 years) Rusticus (1168–1172)Gams, p. 711 column 2. Riccardus (attested 1179–1200)Riccardus was present at the Third Lateran Council in March 1179. Mansi, Tomus XXII, p. 459. Ughelli, p. 1468. Cappelletti, p. 476. Cf. Gams, p. 711 (who puts a bishop named 'Ubertanus' in the last years of the 12th century, preceded and followed by Richard).
from 1200 to 1500
Matthaeus Alberici (1201–1210)Bishop Matthaeus died on 26 September 1210. Ughelli, p. 1568. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, p. 508. Joannes Capelli (attested 1211, 1212)Joannes was bishop-elect on 8 November 1211. He died in 1212. Ughelli, p. 1568. Cappelletti, p. 481. Capitan(er)ius (1213–1227 ?)Cappelletti, pp. 481-483. Rainerius (attested 1228, 1246) Constantinus (attested 1250, 1257) The document has an annotated list of the Bishops of Orvieto attached, p. 9. Cappelletti, p. 486. Jacobus Maltraga (attested 1258–1269) Aldobrandinus Cavalcanti, O.P. (attested 1272–1279) Franciscus Monaldeschi (1280–1295)Monaldeschi was appointed Bishop of Orvieto by Pope Nicholas III on 11 May 1280. Bishop Francesco was transferred to the diocese of Florence on 13 September 1295, while Pope Boniface VIII reserved to himself the appointment of the next bishop. Cappelletti, pp. 491-500. Eubel, I, pp. 250, 508. Leonardus Mancini (1296–1302)Leonardo had been Archdeacon of Barre in the diocese of Langres and was a papal chaplain. He was appointed Bishop of Orvieto by Boniface VIII on 24 April 1296. He was transferred to the diocese of Siponto (Manfredonia) on 9 February 1302. Cappelletti, pp. 500-501. Eubel I, pp. 453, 508. Guittus de Nobilibus (1302–1328)Guitto (Farnese): Marabottini, p. 12. Ughelli, pp. 1473-1474. Cappelletti, p. 508. Tramus, O.P. (1328–1345)Beltramus Monaldeschi had been bishop-elect of Balneoregia. He was appointed on 5 October 1328 by Pope John XXII. He died in Avignon in 1345 or 1346. Fausto Poli, p. 13. Cappelletti, pp. 501-505. Eubel I, p. 508. Raymond de Chameyrac (1346–1348) Pontius de Péret (1348–1361) Joannes de Magnania (1361–1364)Cappelletti, pp. 507-508. Pierre Bohier, O.S.B. (1364–1379)Bohier was deposed by Urban VI (Roman Obedience) because of his adherence to Clement VII (Avignon Obedience. Eubel, I, p. 508 note 10. Nicolaus Marciari (1379–1389) (Roman Obedience) Nicolaus of Perugia (1389–1398) (Roman Obedience) Nicolaus, O.S.B. (1398-1399) (Roman Obedience) Matthaeus Avveducci, O.Min. (1399–1409)A native of Orvieto and former bishop of Balnoregio (Bagnorea), Bishop Matteo held a diocesan synod in 1404. He was removed, as a supporter of Gregory XII, who had been deposed from the papacy by the Council of Pisa in May 1409. Cappelletti, p. 511. Eubel I, p. 509, with note 12. Cardinal Corrado Caracciolo (1409–1411) Administrator Monaldo de' Monaldeschi (1411–1418) Administrator