depicting
Pope Saint Innocent I The church of Santa Maria Assunta, dedicated to the
Assumption of Mary, was blessed in 1684, began operation in 1721, and was consecrated on 3 October 1779 by Monsignor Contessini. The architect was
Martino Longhi the Younger. In 1841, Poggio Mirteto was elevated to
a diocese, and the parish church of Santa Maria Assunta became a cathedral. The first bishop was Nicola Crispigni, who made his solemn inauguration in 1842. In 1925 the Diocese of Poggio Mirteto was united with the
Suburbicarian Diocese of Sabina, with which it currently forms the Suburbicarian Diocese of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto. The cathedral of Poggio Mirteto became the see of the new
suburbicarian diocese. The title is given to a
cardinal, who has the high rank of
cardinal-bishop.
Pope John Paul II visited in 1993. ;Cardinal-protectors •
Gaetano de Lai (
see above 1925–1928) •
Donato Sbarretti (1928–1939) •
Enrico Sibilia (1939–1948) •
Adeodato Giovanni Piazza (1949–1957) •
Marcello Mimmi (1958–1961) •
Giuseppe Ferretto (1961–1973) •
Antonio Samoré (1974–1983) •
Agnelo Rossi (1984–1995) •
Eduardo Francisco Pironio (1995–1998) •
Lucas Moreira Neves (1998–2002) •
Giovanni Battista Re (from 2002) ==References==