Archdiocese of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo

Historical Details

• Diocese of Siponto
  • Latin Name: Sipontina
  • Erected: 3rd Century
  • Country: Italy

• Archdiocese of Manfredonia
  • Latin Name: Sipontina
  • Elevated: 1074
  • Metropolitan See
  • Country: Italy

• Archdiocese of Manfredonia (e Vieste)
  • Latin Name: Sipontina (e Vestana)
  • United: 27 June 1818
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Foggia
  • Country: Italy

• Archdiocese of Manfredonia-Vieste
  • Latin Name: Sipontina-Vestana
  • Name Changed: 30 September 1986
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 1,665 (643 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Puglia

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Albert Riger † ( 1219 Appointed - )
• Ruggero di Anglona † ( 1230 Appointed - 1263 Died)
• Giovanni Freccia † ( 1265 Appointed - 1290 Died)
• Andrea de China † (5 Dec 1291 Appointed - 1301 Died)
• Gregorio de Montelongo † (1 Sep 1301 Appointed - Jan 1302 Died)
• Leonardo Mancini † (9 Feb 1302 Appointed - 1326 Died)
• Matteo Orsini, O.P. † (15 Jun 1327 Appointed - 18 Dec 1327 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo)
• Bartolomeo † (11 Jan 1328 Appointed - 1330 Died)
• Sasso Giudici Leoni † (1 Oct 1330 Appointed - 1343 Died)
• Pietro Gallo, O.F.M. † (9 Feb 1343 Appointed - )
• Francesco Crispo, O.E.S.A. † (1 Jun 1351 Appointed - 1354 Died)
• Marino † ( 1354 Appointed - )
• Feo † (8 Nov 1361 Appointed - )
• Pietro , O. Carm. † (20 Oct 1375 Appointed - 1378 Removed)
• Giovanni † ( 1382 Appointed - 1386 Removed)
• Giovanni † ( 1386 Appointed - 1397 Resigned)
• Niccolò Sacchi, O.P. † (27 Feb 1398 Appointed - 26 Jul 1402 Appointed, Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa))
• Niccolò de Hortis † (26 Jul 1402 Appointed - 1407 Removed)
• Lorenzo † (7 May 1410 Appointed - )
• Paolo di Segni † (17 Dec 1414 Appointed - 12 Jun 1419 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Gerace)
• Mattias Foschi † (4 Jun 1436 Appointed - 10 Mar 1438 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Rieti)
• Angelo Capranica † (17 Mar 1438 Appointed - 5 May 1447 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Ascoli Piceno)
• Bessarion Basilios , O.S.B.M. † (5 May 1447 Appointed - 7 Apr 1449 Resigned)
• Giovanni Burgio † (7 Apr 1449 Appointed - 25 Oct 1458 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Mazara del Vallo)
• Niccolò Perotti † (19 Oct 1458 Confirmed - 1480 Died)
• Tiberio Nardini † (12 Jan 1481 Appointed - 1498 Died)
• Agapito Gerardini † (4 May 1500 Appointed - 1506 Died)
• Antonio Maria Ciocchi del Monte † (6 Feb 1506 Appointed - 30 May 1511 Appointed, Administrator of Pavia)
• Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte † (18 Mar 1513 Appointed - 25 Jun 1544 Resigned)
• Giovanni Ricci † (25 Jun 1544 Appointed - 20 Feb 1545 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Chiusi)
• Giovanni Andrea Mercurio † (20 Feb 1545 Appointed - 30 May 1550 Appointed, Archbishop of Messina)
• Sebastiano Antonio Pighini † (30 May 1550 Appointed - 23 Nov 1553 Died)
• Dionisio de Robertis, O.S.M. † (30 Mar 1554 Appointed - 1560 Died)
• Bartolomé de la Cueva y Toledo † (13 Sep 1560 Appointed - 29 Jun 1562 Died)
• Tolomeo Gallio † (6 Jul 1562 Appointed - 8 Apr 1573 Resigned)
• Giuseppe Sappi † (8 Apr 1573 Appointed - 1586 Died)
• Domenico Ginnasi † (17 Dec 1586 Appointed - 5 Nov 1607 Resigned)
• Annibale Ginnasi † (5 Nov 1607 Appointed - 1621 Died)
• Giovanni Severini † (14 Mar 1622 Appointed - 20 Dec 1622 Died)
• Bernardino Buratti † (9 Jan 1623 Appointed - 11 Apr 1628 Died)
• André Caracciolo † (29 May 1628 Appointed - 8 Dec 1629 Died)
• Horatio Annibaldi della Molara † (18 Feb 1630 Appointed - 7 May 1643 Died)
• Antoine Marullo † (31 Aug 1643 Appointed - 18 Dec 1648 Died)
• Paolo Teutonico † (12 Apr 1649 Appointed - Nov 1651 Died)
• Giovanni Alfonso Puccinelli, C.R.L. † (13 May 1652 Appointed - 1658 Died)
• Benedetto Cappelletti † (22 Sep 1659 Appointed - 27 Jan 1675 Resigned)
• Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (28 Jan 1675 Appointed - 22 Jan 1680 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena)
• Tiberio Muscettola, C.O. † (13 May 1680 Appointed - 25 Feb 1708 Resigned)
• Giovanni de Lerma † (12 Mar 1708 Appointed - 14 Mar 1725 Resigned)
• Marco Antonio De Marco † (21 Mar 1725 Appointed - Apr 1742 Died)
• Francesco Rivera † (25 May 1742 Appointed - 25 Jan 1777 Died)
• Tommaso Maria Francone, C.R. † (23 Jun 1777 Appointed - 25 May 1799 Died)
• Giovanni Gaetano del Muscio, Sch. P. † (29 Oct 1804 Appointed - Dec 1807 Died)
• Eustachio Dentice, C.R. † (6 Apr 1818 Confirmed - 1830 Died)
• Vito Angelo Salvemini † (2 Jul 1832 Confirmed - 13 May 1854 Died)
• Vincenzo Taglialatela (Tagliatela) † (23 Jun 1854 Appointed - 7 Dec 1879 Retired)
• Beniamino Feuli † (27 Feb 1880 Appointed - 19 Jan 1884 Died)
• Federico Pizza † (24 Mar 1884 Appointed - 19 Apr 1897 Resigned)
• Pasquale Gagliardi † (19 Apr 1897 Appointed - 1 Oct 1929 Resigned)
• Andrea Cesarano † (30 Jun 1931 Appointed - 20 Dec 1969 Died)
• Valentino Vailati † (25 May 1970 Appointed - 2 Jun 1990 Retired)
• Vincenzo D’Addario † (2 Jun 1990 Appointed - 24 Aug 2002 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Teramo-Atri)
• Domenico Umberto D’Ambrosio (8 Mar 2003 Appointed - 16 Apr 2009 Appointed, Archbishop of Lecce)
• Michele Castoro † (15 Jul 2009 Appointed - 5 May 2018 Died)
• Franco Moscone, C.R.S. (3 Nov 2018 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Statistics

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 Manfredonia (e Vieste)
1886		77,117	.0%			281	0				13	OTC
1950	111,903	112,040	99.9%	76	17	93	1,203		24	56	16	ap1951
1970	142,000	143,000	99.3%	77	46	123	1,154		56	205	44	ap1971
1980	148,000	152,000	97.4%	74	48	122	1,213		55	168	49	ap1981
Archdiocese of Manfredonia-Vieste
1990	148,750	157,700	94.3%	79	50	129	1,153		57	193	46	ap1991
1999	153,700	156,788	98.0%	70	59	129	1,191		69	209	47	ap2000
2000	153,600	156,642	98.1%	71	51	122	1,259		62	224	48	ap2001
2001	153,300	156,450	98.0%	72	50	122	1,256		58	206	48	ap2002
Archdiocese of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo
2002	152,400	154,413	98.7%	74	57	131	1,163	2	63	215	49	ap2003
2003	153,200	155,216	98.7%	72	61	133	1,151	2	65	206	49	ap2004
2004	152,800	154,906	98.6%	72	54	126	1,212	2	61	199	49	ap2005
2013	151,850	154,283	98.4%	75	54	129	1,177	3	61	195	51	ap2014
2016	151,209	152,559	99.1%	74	48	122	1,239	4	53	192	51	ap2017
2019	150,600	151,446	99.4%	71	51	122	1,234	4	61	161	51	ap2020
2021	147,515	148,615	99.3%	69	50	119	1,239	3	59	148	50	ap2022

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Paolo Borgia (Priest: 10 Apr 1999 to 3 Sep 2019)
• Domenico Umberto D’Ambrosio (Priest: 19 Jul 1965 to 14 Dec 1989; Archbishop: 8 Mar 2003 to 16 Apr 2009)
• Franco Moscone, C.R.S. (Archbishop: 3 Nov 2018 - )
• Giuseppe Piemontese, O.F.M. Conv.
• Luigi Renna (Apostolic Administrator: 8 May 2018 to 26 Jan 2019)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Ruggero di Anglona † (Archbishop: 1230 to 1263)
• Horatio Annibaldi della Molara † (Bishop: 18 Feb 1630 to 7 May 1643)
• Domenico Arcaroli †
• Alessandro Maria Basile, C.SS.R. †
• Bernardino Buratti † (Archbishop: 9 Jan 1623 to 11 Apr 1628)
• Giovanni Burgio † (Archbishop: 7 Apr 1449 to 25 Oct 1458)
• Benedetto Cappelletti † (Archbishop: 22 Sep 1659 to 27 Jan 1675)
• Angelo Capranica † (Archbishop: 17 Mar 1438 to 5 May 1447)
• André Caracciolo † (Archbishop: 29 May 1628 to 8 Dec 1629)
• Michele Castoro † (Archbishop: 15 Jul 2009 to 5 May 2018)
• Andrea Cesarano † (Archbishop: 30 Jun 1931 to 20 Dec 1969)
• Andrea de China † (Archbishop: 5 Dec 1291 to 1301)
• Antonio Maria Ciocchi del Monte † (Archbishop: 6 Feb 1506 to 30 May 1511)
• Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte † (Archbishop: 18 Mar 1513 to 25 Jun 1544)
• Celestino Maria Cocle, C.SS.R. †
• Francesco Crispo, O.E.S.A. † (Archbishop: 1 Jun 1351 to 1354)
• Bartolomé de la Cueva y Toledo † (Administrator: 13 Sep 1560 to 29 Jun 1562)
• Antonio Cunial † (Apostolic Administrator: Nov 1967 to 19 Apr 1970)
• Vincenzo D’Addario † (Archbishop: 2 Jun 1990 to 24 Aug 2002)
• Giovanni Gaetano del Muscio, Sch. P. † (Archbishop: 29 Oct 1804 to Dec 1807)
• Francesco De Nittis †
• Eustachio Dentice, C.R. † (Archbishop: 6 Apr 1818 to 1830)
• Antonio Maria Fanìa, O.F.M. Obs. †
• Beniamino Feuli † (Archbishop: 27 Feb 1880 to 19 Jan 1884)
• Mattias Foschi † (Archbishop: 4 Jun 1436 to 10 Mar 1438)
• Tommaso Maria Francone, C.R. † (Archbishop: 23 Jun 1777 to 25 May 1799)
• Giovanni Freccia † (Archbishop: 1265 to 1290)
• Pasquale Gagliardi † (Archbishop: 19 Apr 1897 to 1 Oct 1929)
• Tolomeo Gallio † (Archbishop: 6 Jul 1562 to 8 Apr 1573)
• Pietro Gallo, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 9 Feb 1343)
• Agapito Gerardini † (Archbishop: 4 May 1500 to 1506)
• Annibale Ginnasi † (Archbishop: 5 Nov 1607 to 1621)
• Domenico Ginnasi † (Archbishop: 17 Dec 1586 to 5 Nov 1607)
• Sasso Giudici Leoni † (Archbishop: 1 Oct 1330 to 1343)
• Niccolò de Hortis † (Archbishop: 26 Jul 1402 to 1407)
• Diego de León, O. Carm. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Oct 1560 to 1589)
• Giovanni de Lerma † (Archbishop: 12 Mar 1708 to 14 Mar 1725)
• Leonardo Mancini † (Archbishop: 9 Feb 1302 to 1326)
• Marco Antonio De Marco † (Archbishop: 21 Mar 1725 to Apr 1742)
• Antoine Marullo † (Archbishop: 31 Aug 1643 to 18 Dec 1648)
• Giovanni Andrea Mercurio † (Archbishop: 20 Feb 1545 to 30 May 1550)
• Gregorio de Montelongo † (Archbishop: 1 Sep 1301 to Jan 1302)
• Tiberio Muscettola, C.O. † (Archbishop: 13 May 1680 to 25 Feb 1708)
• Tiberio Nardini † (Archbishop: 12 Jan 1481 to 1498)
• Giocondo (Matthaeus) de Nittis, O.F.M. Ref. †
• Matteo Orsini, O.P. † (Archbishop: 15 Jun 1327 to 18 Dec 1327)
• Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (Archbishop: 28 Jan 1675 to 22 Jan 1680)
• Niccolò Perotti † (Archbishop: 19 Oct 1458 to 1480)
• Sebastiano Antonio Pighini † (Archbishop: 30 May 1550 to 23 Nov 1553)
• Federico Pizza † (Archbishop: 24 Mar 1884 to 19 Apr 1897)
• Giovanni Alfonso Puccinelli, C.R.L. † (Archbishop: 13 May 1652 to 1658)
• Giovanni Ricci † (Archbishop: 25 Jun 1544 to 20 Feb 1545)
• Albert Riger † (Bishop: 1219 - )
• Francesco Rivera † (Archbishop: 25 May 1742 to 25 Jan 1777)
• Dionisio de Robertis, O.S.M. † (Archbishop: 30 Mar 1554 to 1560)
• Riccardo Ruotolo † (Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Dec 1995 to 28 Feb 2004)
• Michele Russo, M.C.C.I. †
• Niccolò Sacchi, O.P. † (Archbishop: 27 Feb 1398 to 26 Jul 1402)
• Vito Angelo Salvemini † (Archbishop: 2 Jul 1832 to 13 May 1854)
• Giuseppe Sappi † (Archbishop: 8 Apr 1573 to 1586)
• Paolo di Segni † (Archbishop: 17 Dec 1414 to 12 Jun 1419)
• Giovanni Severini † (Archbishop: 14 Mar 1622 to 20 Dec 1622)
• Vincenzo Taglialatela (Tagliatela) † (Archbishop: 23 Jun 1854 to 7 Dec 1879)
• Paolo Teutonico † (Archbishop: 12 Apr 1649 to Nov 1651)
• Andrea Tontoli †
• Valentino Vailati † (Archbishop: 25 May 1970 to 2 Jun 1990)
• Bartolomeo † (Archbishop: 11 Jan 1328 to 1330)
• Bessarion Basilios , O.S.B.M. † (Administrator: 5 May 1447 to 7 Apr 1449)
• Feo † (Archbishop: 8 Nov 1361)
• Giovanni † (Archbishop: 1386 to 1397)
• Giovanni † (Archbishop: 1382 to 1386)
• Lorenzo † (Archbishop: 7 May 1410)
• Marino † (Archbishop: 1354 - )
• Pietro , O. Carm. † (Archbishop: 20 Oct 1375 to 1378)

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