Brindisi-Ostuni (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Giovanni Intini, Archbishop
Domenico Caliandro, Archbishop Emeritus
Rocco Talucci, Archbishop Emeritus
Settimio Todisco, Archbishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Name Changed: 30 September 1986
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Lecce
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Italy
Square Kilometers: 1,254 (484 Square Miles)
Conference Region: Puglia
Official Web Site: http://www.brindisiostuni.chiesacattolica.it/
Mailing Address: Arcivescovado, Piazza Duomo 12, 72100 Brindisi, Italia
Telephone: 0831.52.19.58
Fax: 0831.52.83.15

Historical Details

Diocese of Brindisi
- Latin Name: Brundusina
- Erected: 4th Century
- Country: Italy
Archdiocese of Brindisi
- Latin Name: Brundusina
- Elevated: 10th Century
- Metropolitan See
- Country: Italy
- Square Kilometers: 1,046 (404 Square Miles)

Past and Present Ordinaries

Guglielmo † (29 Sep 1173 Appointed - 1181 Died)
Pietro † (2 Jan 1183 Appointed - 1196 Died)
Gerardo † (18 Oct 1196 Appointed - 1212 Died)
Pellegrino † ( 1216 Appointed - 24 Apr 1222 Died)
Giovanni di San Liberatore, O.S.B. † (27 Sep 1225 Appointed - 2 Oct 1226 Died)
Pietro Paparone † (23 Feb 1231 Appointed - 27 Nov 1248 Died)
Pellegrino † (23 Oct 1254 Appointed - Apr 1286 Died)
Adenolfo † (23 May 1288 Appointed - 1 Oct 1295 Appointed, Archbishop of Conza)
Andrea Pandone † (5 Feb 1296 Appointed - 5 Jun 1304 Appointed, Archbishop of Capua)
Rodolfo † (5 Jun 1304 Appointed - 1305 Died)
Bartolomeo † (22 Jan 1306 Appointed - 1319 Died)
Bertrando , O.P. † ( 1319 Appointed - 1333 Died)
Guglielmo Isnard, O.F.M. † (6 Dec 1333 Appointed - 3 Mar 1344 Appointed, Archbishop of Benevento)
Guillaume de Rosières, O.S.B. † (28 Feb 1344 Appointed - 7 Apr 1346 Appointed, Bishop of Monte Cassino)
Galhard de Carceribus † (19 Jul 1346 Appointed - 1348 Died)
Giovanni della Porta † (30 May 1348 Appointed - 18 Jan 1353 Appointed, Archbishop of Capua)
Pino (Pietro) Gisio, O.P. † (2 Nov 1352 Appointed - 1378 Died)
Marion del Giudice † ( 1379 Appointed - 4 Jun 1380 Appointed, Archbishop of Taranto)
Gorello † (7 Feb 1379 Appointed - )
Riccardo Rogerii † (11 Jun 1382 Appointed - )
Pandullo , O.S.B. † (28 Nov 1412 Appointed - 1414 Died)
Aragonio Malaspina † (9 Feb 1415 Appointed - 23 Feb 1418 Appointed, Archbishop of Otranto)
Paolo Romano † (23 Feb 1418 Appointed - 1423 Died)
Pietro de Gattula † (17 May 1423 Appointed - 1437 Died)
Pietro Orso, O.P. † (15 Apr 1437 Appointed - 1452 Died)
Goffredo Carusio † (19 Dec 1453 Appointed - 28 Jul 1471 Died)
Francesco de Arenis † (14 Oct 1477 Appointed - Aug 1483 Died)
Roberto Piscicelli † (7 Apr 1484 Appointed - 1513 Died)
Domingo Idiocáiz † (8 Jun 1513 Appointed - 25 Sep 1518 Died)
Gian Pietro Carafa † (20 Dec 1518 Appointed - 8 Aug 1524 Resigned)
Girolamo Aleandro † (8 Aug 1524 Appointed - 30 Jan 1541 Resigned)
Francesco Aleandro † (30 Jan 1541 Appointed - 3 Nov 1560 Died)
Giovanni Carlo Bovio † (21 Jun 1564 Appointed - Sep 1570 Died)
Bernardino Figueroa † (26 Nov 1571 Appointed - Nov 1586 Died)
Andrés de Ayardis † (10 May 1591 Appointed - 4 Sep 1595 Died)
Juan Pedrosa, O.S.B. † (25 May 1598 Appointed - 24 Jan 1604 Died)
Juan de Falces (de Santisteban y Falces), O.S.H. † (4 Jul 1605 Appointed - 15 Oct 1636 Died)
Francesco Surgenti (Sorgente), C.R. † (1 Mar 1638 Appointed - 9 Jan 1640 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Monopoli)
Dionysius Odriscol, O.F.M. Obs. † (5 Mar 1640 Appointed - Aug 1650 Died)
Lorenzo Reynoso † (19 Feb 1652 Confirmed - 1 Mar 1656 Died)
Francesco de Estrada † (28 Jul 1659 Appointed - 23 Nov 1671 Died)
Alfonso Álvarez Barba Ossorio, O. Carm. † (29 May 1673 Appointed - 22 Jun 1676 Confirmed, Archbishop of Salerno)
Manuel de la Torre † (24 May 1677 Appointed - 3 Dec 1679 Died)
Giovanni de Torrecilla y Cárdenas † (17 Mar 1681 Appointed - 24 Jun 1688 Died)
Francesco Ramírez, O.P. † (28 Feb 1689 Appointed - 26 Aug 1697 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Agrigento (Girgenti))
Agustín Antonio de Arellano, O.S.A. † (15 Sep 1698 Appointed - 11 Nov 1699 Died)
Bernabé de Castro, O.S.A. † (15 Dec 1700 Appointed - 11 Dec 1707 Died)
Pablo Vilana Perlas † (16 Dec 1715 Appointed - 12 May 1723 Confirmed, Archbishop of Salerno)
Andrea Maddalena, C.R.M. † (27 Sep 1724 Confirmed - 11 Jul 1743 Died)
Antonino Sersale † (9 Sep 1743 Appointed - 16 Nov 1750 Appointed, Archbishop of Taranto)
Giovanni Angelo Ciocchi del Monte † (1 Feb 1751 Confirmed - 9 Feb 1759 Resigned)
Domenico Rovegno † (28 May 1759 Confirmed - 25 Oct 1763 Died)
Giuseppe de Rossi † (9 Apr 1764 Confirmed - 16 Feb 1778 Died)
Giovanni Battista Rivellini † (14 Dec 1778 Confirmed - 23 Dec 1795 Died)
Annibale Di Leo † (29 Jan 1798 Confirmed - 13 Feb 1814 Died)
Antonio Barretta, C.R. † (26 Jun 1818 Confirmed - 7 Jun 1819 Resigned)
Giuseppe Maria Tedeschi † (17 Dec 1819 Confirmed - 18 Mar 1825 Died)
Pietro Consiglio † (13 Mar 1826 Confirmed - 23 Nov 1839 Died)
Diego Planeta † (15 Jul 1841 Confirmed - 22 Dec 1849 Resigned)
Giuseppe Rotondo (Rotundo) † (20 May 1850 Confirmed - 17 Dec 1855 Confirmed, Archbishop of Taranto)
Raffaele Ferrigno † (16 Jun 1856 Confirmed - 20 Apr 1875 Died)
Luigi Maria Aguilar, B. † (17 Sep 1875 Appointed - 21 Jan 1892 Died)
Salvatore Palmieri, C.Pp.S. † (16 Jan 1893 Appointed - 7 Aug 1905 Died)
Luigi Morando, C.S.S. † (3 Jan 1906 Appointed - 20 Aug 1909 Died)
Tommaso Valerio Valeri, O.F.M. † (22 Apr 1910 Appointed - 14 Aug 1942 Retired)
Francesco de Filippis † (26 Nov 1942 Appointed - 1 Sep 1953 Retired)
Nicola Margiotta † (25 Sep 1953 Appointed - 24 May 1975 Retired)
Settimio Todisco (24 May 1975 Appointed - 5 Feb 2000 Retired)
Rocco Talucci (5 Feb 2000 Appointed - 20 Oct 2012 Retired)
Domenico Caliandro (20 Oct 2012 Appointed - 9 Dec 2022 Retired)
Giovanni Intini (9 Dec 2022 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Brindisi
4th Century	Erected		Diocese of Brindisi (erected)
Archdiocese of Brindisi
10th Century	Elevated	Diocese of Brindisi	Archdiocese of Brindisi
8 May 1591	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Brindisi	Diocese of Oria (erected)
14 May 1821	Territory Added	Diocese of Ostuni (suppressed)	Archdiocese of Brindisi
20 October 1980	Elevated		Archdiocese of Brindisi (no longer a metropolitan)
Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostuni
30 September 1986	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Brindisi	Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostuni

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Archdiocese of Brindisi

1886 80,510 .0% 253 0 18 OTC

1948 187,000 188,000 99.5% 120 26 146 1,280 34 175 33 ap1951

1959 226,065 226,065 100.0% 112 35 147 1,537 40 284 37 ap1960

1970 331,466 332,016 99.8% 135 36 171 1,938 44 407 48 ap1971

1980 269,790 270,943 99.6% 132 33 165 1,635 37 364 57 ap1981

Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostuni

1990 274,584 276,184 99.4% 128 31 159 1,726 3 35 278 60 ap1991

1999 180,000 281,149 64.0% 120 32 152 1,184 8 38 228 61 ap2000

2000 227,841 279,841 81.4% 121 37 158 1,442 9 38 211 61 ap2001

2001 283,836 285,836 99.3% 125 39 164 1,730 10 45 145 61 ap2002

2002 290,000 293,849 98.7% 120 43 163 1,779 10 47 200 62 ap2003

2003 274,000 276,727 99.0% 119 35 154 1,779 10 45 200 61 ap2004

2004 291,000 294,220 98.9% 121 40 161 1,807 9 44 200 59 ap2005

2006 272,000 274,326 99.2% 118 36 154 1,766 13 43 230 59 ap2007

2012 281,593 284,593 98.9% 126 30 156 1,805 11 36 180 61 ap2013

2015 273,141 276,604 98.7% 126 34 160 1,707 14 39 184 60 ap2016

2018 265,560 269,900 98.4% 119 33 152 1,747 13 66 141 59 ap2019

2020 264,660 269,000 98.4% 115 31 146 1,812 11 44 156 60 ap2021

2022 259,400 263,650 98.4% 113 31 144 1,801 16 38 141 58 ap2023

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Brindisi
1886		80,510	.0%			253	0				18	OTC
1948	187,000	188,000	99.5%	120	26	146	1,280		34	175	33	ap1951
1959	226,065	226,065	100.0%	112	35	147	1,537		40	284	37	ap1960
1970	331,466	332,016	99.8%	135	36	171	1,938		44	407	48	ap1971
1980	269,790	270,943	99.6%	132	33	165	1,635		37	364	57	ap1981
Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostuni
1990	274,584	276,184	99.4%	128	31	159	1,726	3	35	278	60	ap1991
1999	180,000	281,149	64.0%	120	32	152	1,184	8	38	228	61	ap2000
2000	227,841	279,841	81.4%	121	37	158	1,442	9	38	211	61	ap2001
2001	283,836	285,836	99.3%	125	39	164	1,730	10	45	145	61	ap2002
2002	290,000	293,849	98.7%	120	43	163	1,779	10	47	200	62	ap2003
2003	274,000	276,727	99.0%	119	35	154	1,779	10	45	200	61	ap2004
2004	291,000	294,220	98.9%	121	40	161	1,807	9	44	200	59	ap2005
2006	272,000	274,326	99.2%	118	36	154	1,766	13	43	230	59	ap2007
2012	281,593	284,593	98.9%	126	30	156	1,805	11	36	180	61	ap2013
2015	273,141	276,604	98.7%	126	34	160	1,707	14	39	184	60	ap2016
2018	265,560	269,900	98.4%	119	33	152	1,747	13	66	141	59	ap2019
2020	264,660	269,000	98.4%	115	31	146	1,812	11	44	156	60	ap2021
2022	259,400	263,650	98.4%	113	31	144	1,801	16	38	141	58	ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Domenico Caliandro (Archbishop: 20 Oct 2012 to 9 Dec 2022)
Fabio Ciollaro (Priest: 14 Jun 1986 to 2 Apr 2022)
Francesco Gioia, O.F.M. Cap.
Giovanni Intini (Archbishop: 9 Dec 2022 - )
Giuseppe Satriano (Deacon: 19 Apr 1984; Priest: 28 Sep 1985 to 15 Jul 2014)
Rocco Talucci (Archbishop: 5 Feb 2000 to 20 Oct 2012)
Settimio Todisco (Priest: 27 Jul 1947 to 15 Dec 1969; Archbishop: 24 May 1975 to 5 Feb 2000)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Luigi Maria Aguilar, B. † (Archbishop: 17 Sep 1875 to 21 Jan 1892)
Francesco Aleandro † (Archbishop: 30 Jan 1541 to 3 Nov 1560)
Girolamo Aleandro † (Archbishop: 8 Aug 1524 to 30 Jan 1541)
Alfonso Álvarez Barba Ossorio, O. Carm. † (Archbishop: 29 May 1673 to 22 Jun 1676)
Agustín Antonio de Arellano, O.S.A. † (Archbishop: 15 Sep 1698 to 11 Nov 1699)
Francesco de Arenis † (Archbishop: 14 Oct 1477 to Aug 1483)
Andrés de Ayardis † (Archbishop: 10 May 1591 to 4 Sep 1595)
Antonio Barretta, C.R. † (Archbishop: 26 Jun 1818 to 7 Jun 1819)
Giovanni Carlo Bovio † (Archbishop: 21 Jun 1564 to Sep 1570)
Simone da Brindisi, O.F.M. †
Gian Pietro Carafa † (Archbishop: 20 Dec 1518 to 8 Aug 1524)
Galhard de Carceribus † (Archbishop: 19 Jul 1346 to 1348)
Goffredo Carusio † (Archbishop: 19 Dec 1453 to 28 Jul 1471)
Bernabé de Castro, O.S.A. † (Archbishop: 15 Dec 1700 to 11 Dec 1707)
Giovanni Angelo Ciocchi del Monte † (Archbishop: 1 Feb 1751 to 9 Feb 1759)
Pietro Consiglio † (Bishop: 13 Mar 1826 to 23 Nov 1839)
Francesco de Estrada † (Archbishop: 28 Jul 1659 to 23 Nov 1671)
Eugenio Raffaele Faggiano, C.P. †
Juan de Falces (de Santisteban y Falces), O.S.H. † (Archbishop: 4 Jul 1605 to 15 Oct 1636)
Raffaele Ferrigno † (Archbishop: 16 Jun 1856 to 20 Apr 1875)
Bernardino Figueroa † (Archbishop: 26 Nov 1571 to Nov 1586)
Francesco de Filippis † (Archbishop: 26 Nov 1942 to 1 Sep 1953)
Pietro de Gattula † (Archbishop: 17 May 1423 to 1437)
Pino (Pietro) Gisio, O.P. † (Archbishop: 2 Nov 1352 to 1378)
Marion del Giudice † (Archbishop: 1379 to 4 Jun 1380)
Giovanni Granafei †
Domenico Guadalupi †
Domingo Idiocáiz † (Archbishop: 8 Jun 1513 to 25 Sep 1518)
Guglielmo Isnard, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 6 Dec 1333 to 3 Mar 1344)
Dionigi Latomo Massa †
Annibale Di Leo † (Archbishop: 29 Jan 1798 to 13 Feb 1814)
Andrea Maddalena, C.R.M. † (Archbishop: 27 Sep 1724 to 11 Jul 1743)
Aragonio Malaspina † (Archbishop: 9 Feb 1415 to 23 Feb 1418)
Nicola Margiotta † (Archbishop: 25 Sep 1953 to 24 May 1975)
Mario Miglietta † (Priest: 10 Aug 1947 to 18 Nov 1978)
Luigi Morando, C.S.S. † (Archbishop: 3 Jan 1906 to 20 Aug 1909)
Dionysius Odriscol, O.F.M. Obs. † (Archbishop: 5 Mar 1640 to Aug 1650)
Pietro Orso, O.P. † (Archbishop: 15 Apr 1437 to 1452)
Salvatore Palmieri, C.Pp.S. † (Archbishop: 16 Jan 1893 to 7 Aug 1905)
Andrea Pandone † (Archbishop: 5 Feb 1296 to 5 Jun 1304)
Pietro Paparone † (Archbishop: 23 Feb 1231 to 27 Nov 1248)
Juan Pedrosa, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 25 May 1598 to 24 Jan 1604)
Roberto Piscicelli † (Archbishop: 7 Apr 1484 to 1513)
Diego Planeta † (Archbishop: 15 Jul 1841 to 22 Dec 1849)
Giovanni della Porta † (Archbishop: 30 May 1348 to 18 Jan 1353)
Francesco Ramírez, O.P. † (Archbishop: 28 Feb 1689 to 26 Aug 1697)
Lorenzo Reynoso † (Archbishop: 19 Feb 1652 to 1 Mar 1656)
Giovanni Battista Rivellini † (Archbishop: 14 Dec 1778 to 23 Dec 1795)
Riccardo Rogerii † (Archbishop: 11 Jun 1382)
Paolo Romano † (Archbishop: 23 Feb 1418 to 1423)
Guillaume de Rosières, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 28 Feb 1344 to 7 Apr 1346)
Giuseppe de Rossi † (Archbishop: 9 Apr 1764 to 16 Feb 1778)
Giuseppe Rotondo (Rotundo) † (Bishop: 20 May 1850 to 17 Dec 1855)
Domenico Rovegno † (Archbishop: 28 May 1759 to 25 Oct 1763)
Giovanni di San Liberatore, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 27 Sep 1225 to 2 Oct 1226)
Bernardino Scannafora †
Orazio Semeraro † (Priest: 11 Aug 1929 to 22 Mar 1957; Coadjutor Archbishop: 30 Apr 1967 to 24 May 1975)
Antonino Sersale † (Archbishop: 9 Sep 1743 to 16 Nov 1750)
Giovanni Sorano †
Francesco Surgenti (Sorgente), C.R. † (Archbishop: 1 Mar 1638 to 9 Jan 1640)
Giuseppe Maria Tedeschi † (Archbishop: 17 Dec 1819 to 18 Mar 1825)
Manuel de la Torre † (Archbishop: 24 May 1677 to 3 Dec 1679)
Giovanni de Torrecilla y Cárdenas † (Archbishop: 17 Mar 1681 to 24 Jun 1688)
Tommaso Valerio Valeri, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 22 Apr 1910 to 14 Aug 1942)
Adolfo Verrienti † (Priest: 19 May 1894 to 23 Jun 1910)
Pablo Vilana Perlas † (Archbishop: 16 Dec 1715 to 12 May 1723)
Adenolfo † (Archbishop: 23 May 1288 to 1 Oct 1295)
Bartolomeo † (Archbishop: 22 Jan 1306 to 1319)
Bertrando , O.P. † (Archbishop: 1319 to 1333)
Gerardo † (Archbishop: 18 Oct 1196 to 1212)
Gorello † (Archbishop: 7 Feb 1379)
Guglielmo † (Archbishop: 29 Sep 1173 to 1181)
Pandullo , O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 28 Nov 1412 to 1414)
Pellegrino † (Archbishop: 23 Oct 1254 to Apr 1286)
Pellegrino † (Archbishop: 1216 to 24 Apr 1222)
Pietro † (Archbishop: 2 Jan 1183 to 1196)
Rodolfo † (Administrator: 5 Jun 1304 to 1305)

Source(s)

Diocese of Brindisi
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 862, to Page 863
- Crontassi Iconografia ed Araldica dell'Episcopato Pugliese, Page 138, to Page 144
Archdiocese of Brindisi
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 149
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 111
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 141, and Page 142
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 122, and Page 123
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 128, and Page 129
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 132, and Page 133
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 72, Page 1,076, and Page 1,077
Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostuni
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 79, Page 668, to Page 671

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