Diocese of San Marco Argentano-Scalea

Historical Details

• Diocese of San Marco (Argentano)
  • Latin Name: Sancti Marci
  • Erected: 1179
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Rossano
  • Country: Italy

• Diocese of San Marco e Bisignano
  • Latin Name: Sancti Marci et Bisinianensis
  • United: 27 June 1818
  • Immediately Subject to the Holy See
  • Country: Italy

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Marius † ( 1256 Appointed - 18 Jul 1256 Appointed, Bishop of Policastro)
• Fabiano † (18 Jul 1256 Appointed - )
• Mirabello † (29 Aug 1272 Appointed - 1275 Died)
• Pietro da Morano, O.F.M. † (7 Apr 1275 Appointed - )
• Marco Mirabello † (21 Jan 1283 Appointed - 25 Feb 1286 Appointed, Archbishop of Sorrento)
• Manfredo † (28 Jan 1287 Appointed - )
• Tommaso , O. Cist. † (26 Aug 1323 Appointed - 1348 Died)
• Bertuccio de Citrano, O.F.M. † (3 Oct 1348 Appointed - 1349 Died)
• Giovanni † (18 May 1349 Appointed - 1355 Died)
• Nicola † (30 Oct 1374 Appointed - 1379 Died)
• Pietro Roncella † (24 Oct 1379 Appointed - )
• Tommaso de Mari † ( 1397 Appointed - )
• Domenico da Sora, O.F.M. † (30 Jul 1399 Appointed - 1400 Died)
• Mainerio , O.S.B. † (11 Jun 1400 Appointed - 1404 Died)
• Ludovico Embriaco, O.S.B. † (17 Mar 1404 Appointed - 1435 Died)
• Antonio Calà Genovisio † (26 Oct 1435 Appointed - 11 Feb 1446 Appointed, Bishop of Martirano (Martoranum))
• Goffredo di Castro † (11 Feb 1446 Appointed - )
• Rutilius Quintilien Zenon † (26 Jan 1484 Appointed - 1505 Resigned)
• Luigi de Amato † (26 Jan 1515 Appointed - 1530 Died)
• Coriolamus Martyranus † (20 Jun 1530 Appointed - 1551 Died)
• Giovanni Antonio della Tolfa † (15 Dec 1557 Appointed - 1562 Resigned)
• Pietro della Tolfa † (17 Apr 1562 Appointed - Jul 1562 Died)
• Fabrizio Landriani † (31 Aug 1562 Appointed - 1566 Died)
• Guglielmo Sirleto † (6 Sep 1566 Appointed - 27 Feb 1568 Appointed, Bishop of Squillace)
• Organtino Scarola (Scazola) † (1 Apr 1569 Appointed - 1572 Died)
• Ippolito Boschi † (16 Jun 1572 Appointed - 30 Jan 1576 Appointed, Bishop of Foligno)
• Matteo Andrea Guerra † (30 Jan 1576 Appointed - 1578 Died)
• Giovanni Antonio Grignetta † (2 Jun 1578 Appointed - 1585 Died)
• Marco Antonio del Tufo † (10 May 1585 Appointed - 21 Oct 1585 Appointed, Bishop of Mileto)
• Francesco Antonio D’Afflitto † (21 Oct 1585 Appointed - 1586 Died)
• Antonio Migliori (Meliori) † (13 Oct 1586 Appointed - 1591 Resigned)
• Ludovico Alferio † (20 Mar 1591 Appointed - 26 Mar 1594 Died)
• Giovanni Girolamo Pisano † (3 Oct 1594 Appointed - 6 Jun 1602 Died)
• Aurelio Novarini, O.F.M. Conv. † (1 Jul 1602 Appointed - Sep 1606 Died)
• Giovanni Vincenzo Cansachi (Consacco) † (10 Dec 1607 Appointed - 1613 Died)
• Gabriele Naro (Nari), O.P. † (13 Nov 1613 Appointed - 16 Nov 1623 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Indelli † (1 Jul 1624 Appointed - 28 Oct 1629 Died)
• Consalvo Caputo † (18 Feb 1630 Appointed - 8 Aug 1633 Appointed, Bishop of Catanzaro)
• Defendente Brusati † (26 Sep 1633 Appointed - 22 Nov 1647 Died)
• Giacinto Cevoli, O.P. † (2 Mar 1648 Appointed - 1651 Died)
• Teodoro Fantoni, C.R.L. † (19 Feb 1652 Appointed - 27 Jul 1684 Died)
• Antonio Papa † (26 Mar 1685 Appointed - 10 Jul 1687 Died)
• Pietro Antonio d’Alessandro † (31 May 1688 Appointed - 28 Sep 1693 Died)
• Francesco Maria Federico Carafa, C.R. † (25 Jan 1694 Appointed - 7 Apr 1704 Appointed, Bishop of Nola)
• Matteo Gennaro Sibilia † (19 May 1704 Appointed - 21 Sep 1709 Died)
• Bernardo Cavalieri, C.R. † (11 Feb 1718 Appointed - Jul 1728 Died)
• Alessandro Magno, O. Cist. † (20 Sep 1728 Appointed - 7 Sep 1745 Died)
• Matteo (Marcello) Sacchi † (22 Nov 1745 Appointed - 3 Sep 1746 Died)
• Nicola Brescia † (15 May 1747 Appointed - 2 Feb 1768 Died)
• Baldassare Barone de Moncada † (20 Jun 1768 Appointed - 11 Apr 1789 Died)
• Reginaldo Coppola, O.P. † (18 Dec 1797 Confirmed - 7 Feb 1810 Died)
• Pasquale Mazzei † (27 Sep 1819 Confirmed - 16 Feb 1823 Died)
• Felice Greco † (3 May 1824 Confirmed - 22 Feb 1840 Died)
• Mariano Marsico † (22 Jul 1842 Confirmed - 14 Oct 1846 Died)
• Livio Parladore (Parladore; Parlatore) † (28 Sep 1849 Confirmed - 19 Sep 1888 Died)
• Stanislao Maria de Luca † (19 Sep 1888 Succeeded - 18 May 1894 Appointed, Bishop of San Severo)
• Luigi Pugliese † (5 Jun 1895 Appointed - 22 Jun 1896 Appointed, Bishop of Ugento)
• Carlo Vincenzo Ricotta † (22 Jun 1896 Appointed - 14 Jan 1909 Died)
• Salvatore Scanu † (30 Jun 1909 Appointed - 22 Jan 1932 Died)
• Demetrio Moscato † (24 Jun 1932 Appointed - 22 Jan 1945 Appointed, Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno))
• Michele Rateni † (6 Jun 1945 Appointed - 7 Jul 1953 Died)
• Agostino Ernesto Castrillo, O.F.M. † (17 Sep 1953 Appointed - 17 Oct 1955 Died)
• Luigi Rinaldi † (22 Feb 1956 Appointed - 1 May 1977 Retired)
• Augusto Lauro † (7 Apr 1979 Appointed - 6 Mar 1999 Retired)
• Domenico Crusco † (6 Mar 1999 Appointed - 7 Jan 2011 Retired)
• Leonardo Antonio Paolo Bonanno (7 Jan 2011 Appointed - 10 Dec 2022 Retired)
• Stefano Rega (10 Dec 2022 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
Diocese of San Marco e Bisignano
1886		89,911	.0%			305	0				64	OTC
1949		145,000	.0%	97	20	117	0		25	110	72	ap1951
1969	148,192	148,192	100.0%	89	21	110	1,347		30	182	79	ap1971
Diocese of San Marco Argentano-Scalea
1980	110,000	110,000	100.0%	61	11	72	1,527		16	115	65	ap1981
1990	105,400	108,400	97.2%	74	9	83	1,269	1	9	110	60	ap1991
1999	107,000	112,472	95.1%	76	7	83	1,289	1	7	98	64	ap2000
2000	108,600	113,700	95.5%	80	7	87	1,248	1	7	98	64	ap2001
2001	110,172	112,172	98.2%	90	7	97	1,135	1	7	106	64	ap2002
2002	110,172	112,472	98.0%	85	7	92	1,197	2	7	106	64	ap2003
2003	108,512	110,777	98.0%	85	7	92	1,179	3	7	105	64	ap2004
2004	108,512	110,777	98.0%	86	7	93	1,166	3	7	105	64	ap2005
2010	111,049	113,722	97.6%	82	7	89	1,247	3	8	80	64	ap2011
2014	112,600	115,600	97.4%	74	2	76	1,481	10	3	70	64	ap2015
2017	114,300	117,500	97.3%	72	2	74	1,544	10	3	60	65	ap2018
2020	113,715	116,900	97.3%	72		72	1,579	10	1	49	65	ap2021
2022	112,580	115,000	97.9%	72		72	1,563	12		47	65	ap2023

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Leonardo Antonio Paolo Bonanno (Bishop: 7 Jan 2011 to 10 Dec 2022)
• Stefano Rega (Bishop: 10 Dec 2022 - )

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Ludovico Alferio † (Bishop: 20 Mar 1591 to 26 Mar 1594)
• Luigi de Amato † (Bishop: 26 Jan 1515 to 1530)
• Baldassare Barone de Moncada † (Bishop: 20 Jun 1768 to 11 Apr 1789)
• Ippolito Boschi † (Bishop: 16 Jun 1572 to 30 Jan 1576)
• Nicola Brescia † (Bishop: 15 May 1747 to 2 Feb 1768)
• Defendente Brusati † (Bishop: 26 Sep 1633 to 22 Nov 1647)
• Antonio Calà Genovisio † (Bishop: 26 Oct 1435 to 11 Feb 1446)
• Giovanni Vincenzo Cansachi (Consacco) † (Bishop: 10 Dec 1607 to 1613)
• Consalvo Caputo † (Bishop: 18 Feb 1630 to 8 Aug 1633)
• Francesco Maria Federico Carafa, C.R. † (Bishop: 25 Jan 1694 to 7 Apr 1704)
• Agostino Ernesto Castrillo, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 17 Sep 1953 to 17 Oct 1955)
• Goffredo di Castro † (Bishop: 11 Feb 1446)
• Bernardo Cavalieri, C.R. † (Bishop: 11 Feb 1718 to Jul 1728)
• Giacinto Cevoli, O.P. † (Bishop: 2 Mar 1648 to 1651)
• Bertuccio de Citrano, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 3 Oct 1348 to 1349)
• Reginaldo Coppola, O.P. † (Bishop: 18 Dec 1797 to 7 Feb 1810)
• Domenico Crusco † (Priest: 16 Jul 1961 to 7 Feb 1991; Bishop: 6 Mar 1999 to 7 Jan 2011)
• Francesco Antonio D’Afflitto † (Bishop: 21 Oct 1585 to 1586)
• Pietro Antonio d’Alessandro † (Bishop: 31 May 1688 to 28 Sep 1693)
• Giovanni Antonio della Tolfa † (Bishop: 15 Dec 1557 to 1562)
• Pietro della Tolfa † (Bishop: 17 Apr 1562 to Jul 1562)
• Marco Antonio del Tufo † (Bishop: 10 May 1585 to 21 Oct 1585)
• Stanislao Maria de Luca † (Coadjutor Bishop: 24 Mar 1884; Bishop: 19 Sep 1888 to 18 May 1894)
• Ludovico Embriaco, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 17 Mar 1404 to 1435)
• Teodoro Fantoni, C.R.L. † (Bishop: 19 Feb 1652 to 27 Jul 1684)
• Felice Greco † (Bishop: 3 May 1824 to 22 Feb 1840)
• Giovanni Antonio Grignetta † (Bishop: 2 Jun 1578 to 1585)
• Matteo Andrea Guerra † (Bishop: 30 Jan 1576 to 1578)
• Giovanni Battista Indelli † (Bishop: 1 Jul 1624 to 28 Oct 1629)
• Fabrizio Landriani † (Bishop: 31 Aug 1562 to 1566)
• Augusto Lauro † (Bishop: 7 Apr 1979 to 6 Mar 1999)
• Alessandro Magno, O. Cist. † (Bishop: 20 Sep 1728 to 7 Sep 1745)
• Tommaso de Mari † (Bishop: 1397)
• Mariano Marsico † (Bishop: 22 Jul 1842 to 14 Oct 1846)
• Coriolamus Martyranus † (Bishop: 20 Jun 1530 to 1551)
• Pasquale Mazzei † (Bishop: 27 Sep 1819 to 16 Feb 1823)
• Antonio Migliori (Meliori) † (Bishop: 13 Oct 1586 to 1591)
• Marco Mirabello † (Bishop: 21 Jan 1283 to 25 Feb 1286)
• Pietro da Morano, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 7 Apr 1275)
• Demetrio Moscato † (Bishop: 24 Jun 1932 to 22 Jan 1945)
• Gabriele Naro (Nari), O.P. † (Bishop: 13 Nov 1613 to 16 Nov 1623)
• Aurelio Novarini, O.F.M. Conv. † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 1 Jul 1602 to Sep 1606)
• Antonio Papa † (Bishop: 26 Mar 1685 to 10 Jul 1687)
• Livio Parladore (Parladore; Parlatore) † (Bishop: 28 Sep 1849 to 19 Sep 1888)
• Giovanni Girolamo Pisano † (Bishop: 3 Oct 1594 to 6 Jun 1602)
• Antonio Pistocchi † (Coadjutor Bishop: 27 Feb 1880 to 24 Mar 1884)
• Luigi Pugliese † (Bishop: 5 Jun 1895 to 22 Jun 1896)
• Michele Rateni † (Bishop: 6 Jun 1945 to 7 Jul 1953)
• Carlo Vincenzo Ricotta † (Bishop: 22 Jun 1896 to 14 Jan 1909)
• Luigi Rinaldi † (Bishop: 22 Feb 1956 to 1 May 1977)
• Pietro Roncella † (Bishop: 24 Oct 1379)
• Matteo (Marcello) Sacchi † (Bishop: 22 Nov 1745 to 3 Sep 1746)
• Salvatore Scanu † (Bishop: 30 Jun 1909 to 22 Jan 1932)
• Organtino Scarola (Scazola) † (Bishop: 1 Apr 1569 to 1572)
• Enea Selis † (Apostolic Administrator: 1 May 1977 to 4 Apr 1979)
• Matteo Gennaro Sibilia † (Bishop: 19 May 1704 to 21 Sep 1709)
• Guglielmo Sirleto † (Bishop: 6 Sep 1566 to 27 Feb 1568)
• Domenico da Sora, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 30 Jul 1399 to 1400)
• Rutilius Quintilien Zenon † (Bishop: 26 Jan 1484 to 1505)
• Fabiano † (Bishop: 18 Jul 1256)
• Giovanni † (Bishop: 18 May 1349 to 1355)
• Mainerio , O.S.B. † (Bishop: 11 Jun 1400 to 1404)
• Manfredo † (Bishop: 28 Jan 1287)
• Marius † (Bishop: 1256 to 18 Jul 1256)
• Mirabello † (Bishop: 29 Aug 1272 to 1275)
• Nicola † (Bishop: 30 Oct 1374 to 1379)
• Tommaso , O. Cist. † (Bishop: 26 Aug 1323 to 1348)

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