Voghiera


Voghiera is a comune in the Province of Ferrara in the northeastern Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northeast of Bologna and about southeast of Ferrara.
As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,924 and an area of.

Geography

The municipality of Voghiera contains the frazioni Ducentola, Gualdo, Montesanto and Voghenza.
Voghiera borders the following municipalities: Argenta, Ferrara, Masi Torello and Portomaggiore.

Ecclesiastical history

Of these, Voghenza was once a residential bishopric, believed to have been renamed, due to a see shift, in 950 as Diocese of Ferrara.

Titular see

It is now included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees.
In 1966 the diocese was nominally restored as Latin Titular bishopric of Voghenza or Vicohabentia in Latin, adjective Vicohabentin.
It has had the following incumbents, of the fitting Episcopal rank, with an archiepiscopal promotion in this title as exception :

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