The Italian Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church seated in Camerino, a city in the Province of Macerata, in the central Italian Marche region, in the Apennines. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Fermo. In 1986 the historical archdiocese of Camerino, an archdiocese since 1787, was united with the diocese of San Severino.

History

During the persecution of Decius in 249, the priest Porphyrius, master of the youthful martyr Venantius, and the Bishop Leontius suffered martyrdom at Camerino. Gerontius appears at the Council of Rome in 464/465.

Bishops

Diocese of Camerino

Latin Name: Camerinensis Erected: 3rd Century

Archdiocese of Camerino

Latin Name: Camerinensis Elevated: 17 December 1787 Immediately Subject to the Holy See

Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche

Latin Name: Camerinensis-Sancti Severini in Piceno United: 30 September 1986 with Diocese of San Severino

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