Suburbicarian diocese

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The seven suburbicarian dioceses are Roman Catholic dioceses located in the suburbs that surround Rome, reserved for the highest order of Cardinals.

A Cardinal Bishop is named titular bishop of each of the sees, which have varied slightly in history but are now Velletri-Segni, Porto-Santa Rufina, Frascati, Palestrina, Albano, Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, and Ostia; the see of Ostia is conferred on the Dean of the College of Cardinals in addition to his other see; the Dean is chosen by and from the six cardinal bishops of the suburbicarian dioceses, with the approval of the pope (formerly the dean was always the longest-serving cardinal bishop).

However, since the 1960s, six of the dioceses have had their own substantive bishop, pursuant to a decree of Pope John XXIII titled Suburbicarii Sedis, with the exception of Ostia which was merged with the diocese of Rome and is administered by Rome's Cardinal Vicar General. In 1910 Pius X stated in his Constitution Apostolicae Romanorum that the suburbicarian dioceses should have suffragan bishops.^[1]

The titular bishops still formally "take possession" of the dioceses but the substantive bishops exercise all ordinary jurisdiction.

Contents 1 List of Cardinal-Bishops of Ostia 2 Cardinal-Bishops of Velletri-Segni 3 Cardinal-Bishops of Porto-Santa Rufina 4 Cardinal-Bishops of Frascati 5 Cardinal-Bishops of Palestrina 6 Cardinal-Bishops of Albano 7 Cardinal-Bishops of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto 8 Notes 9 External links

[edit] List of Cardinal-Bishops of Ostia

For more details on this topic, see Bishop of Ostia.

See also Dean of the College of Cardinals

[edit] Cardinal-Bishops of Velletri-Segni

For more details on this topic, see Bishop of Velletri-Segni.

[edit] Cardinal-Bishops of Porto-Santa Rufina

For more details on this topic, see Bishop of Porto and Santa-Rufina.

[edit] Cardinal-Bishops of Frascati

For more details on this topic, see Bishop of Frascati.

[edit] Cardinal-Bishops of Palestrina

For more details on this topic, see Bishop of Palestrina.

[edit] Cardinal-Bishops of Albano

For more details on this topic, see Bishop of Albano.

[edit] Cardinal-Bishops of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto

For more details on this topic, see Bishop of Sabina.

[edit] Notes

1. ^   "Suburbicarian Dioceses". Catholic Encyclopedia. (1913). New York: Robert Appleton Company. 

[edit] External links

• Listings with some minor sees