Roman Catholic Diocese of Norcia

History

• Established in 490 as Diocese of Norcia / Nursin without explicit precursor.
• Suppressed circa 1000?, its territory being merged into the then Diocese of Spoleto.
• Restored on 1821.09.15 as Diocese of Norcia / Nursin, on territory split off again from the meanwhile promoted exempt Archdiocese of Spoleto.
• Lost territory on 1984.03.19 to the Archdiocese of Camerino.
• Suppressed on 1986.09.30, its territory and title being merged into the thus renamed Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia.

  Special churches

• Its former Cathedral became Spoleto-Norcia's Co-Cathedral: Concattedrale di S. Maria Argentea, in Norcia, but was destroyed by an earthquake on 2016.10.30.
• Furthermore it left a Minor Basilica, dedicated to Saint Benedict : Basilica di S. Benedetto, Norcia

  Episcopal ordinaries

• Gaetano Bonanni
• Letterio Turchi, next Bishop of Città di Castello
• Raffaele Bacchettoni ; emeritate as Titular Bishop of Myrina
• Domenico Bucchi-Accica, previously Titular Bishop of Lystra, later Bishop of Orvieto
• Mariano Cavasci, Capuchin Friars Minor ; emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Scythopolis
• Nicola Ranieri, O.F.M.
• Ercolano Marini ; previously Titular Bishop of Archelaïs as Auxiliary Bishop of Spoleto ; later Archbishop of Amalfi , emeritate as first Titular Archbishop of Aprus, then Titular Archbishop of Adana
• Vincenzo Migliorelli ; later Bishop of Treia , Bishop of San Severino , emeritate as Titular Bishop of Samos
• Settimio Peroni ; emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Viminacium
• Ilario Roatta ; next Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti , died 1991
• Alberto Scola, died 1982
• Giuliano Agresti ; also Archbishop of Spoleto ; later Archbishop of Lucca
• Ottorino Pietro Alberti, also last Archbishop of Spoleto , restyled first Archbishop of successor see Spoleto–Norcia ; later Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari , died 2012.