 On 19 March 1984, on the recommendation of the Episcopal Conference of the ecclesiastical province of Picenum, and by order of the Congregation of Bishops of the Roman Curia, the diocese of Cingoli was enlarged by the addition of five parishes which had belonged to the Archdiocese of Camerino.The diocese of Macerata e Tolentino, Recanati, Cingoli, e Troia, in its current configuration was established in order to conform to Italian civil law which was embodied in the Concordat between the Vatican and the Italian Republic of 18 February 1984.After extensive consultations, Pope John Paul II decreed that the status of the bishop governing several dioceses "aeque personaliter" was abolished, and that the Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino was merged with the Diocese of Osimo e Cingoli, the Diocese of Recanati and the Diocese of San Severino (Treia) to form a single diocese, albeit with a long name.