Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucera–Troia

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Diocese of Lucera–Troia

Dioecesis Lucerina-Troiana
The Duomo of Lucera.jpg
Lucera Cathedral
Location
CountryItaly
Ecclesiastical provinceFoggia-Bovino
Statistics
Area1,337 km2 (516 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2016)
67,600 (est.)
66,300 (est.) (98.1%)
Parishes33
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established4th century
1986 (merger)
CathedralLucera Cathedral
Co-cathedralTroia Cathedral
Secular priests55 (diocesan)
20 (Religious Orders)
6 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopGiuseppe Giuliano
Bishops emeritus
Website
www.diocesiluceratroia.it
Co-cathedral in Troia

The Diocese of Lucera-Troia (Latin: Dioecesis Lucerina-Troiana) is a Roman Catholic bishopric in Apulia, in southern Italy, with its episcopal seat at Lucera Cathedral. The present diocese was formed in 1986 by combining the older diocese of Lucera with the diocese of Troia,[1][2] the seat of which was Troia Cathedral, now a co-cathedral of the united diocese.

Ecclesiastical history[]

Local tradition traces the origin of the bishopric of Lucera to the third century and Saint Bassus. The first historically certain bishop is Marcus (c. 743).

In 1391, the diocese of Lucera was increased by the addition of the bishopric of Castel Fiorentino (Farentino), a city founded in 1015 by the Byzantine catapan Basil Mesardonites, and the place of Emperor Frederick II's death.

After 1409, the diocese of Tortiboli - created before 1236 - was united to Lucera, although under its Latin name Tortibulum it remains a titular diocese.[3]

In 1818, the united dioceses of Montecorvino and Vulturaria were added to Lucera. Motta Montecorvino had gained a bishopric in the tenth century, counting among its bishops Saint Albert of Montecorvino. It was joined to that of Vulturaria[4] in 1433, although it too continues to give its name to a titular diocese.

On September 30, 1986, the diocese of Troia was united with Lucera to form the diocese of Lucera–Troia as a suffragan of the also renamed Metropolitan Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino.[5] Both its cathedral in Lucera and its co-cathedral in Troia have the rank of minor basilica.

Bishops[]

Diocese of Lucera[]

Erected: 4th Century
Latin Name: Lucerina
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Foggia

Territory Added: 1391 from the suppressed Diocese of Fiorentino

Territory Added: 1409 from the suppressed Diocese of Tortiboli

Territory Added: 1409 from the suppressed Diocese of Vulturara e Montecorvino

  • Andrea Portanova (1818–1840 Died)
  • Giuseppe Iannuzzi (1843–1871 Died)
  • Giuseppe Maria Cotellessa (1872–1889 Died)
  • Carmelo Ciotola (1891–1892 Died)
  • Giuseppe Consenti, C.SS.R. (1893–1907 Died)
  • Lorenzo Chieppa (1909–1918 Died)
  • Giuseppe di Girolamo (1920–1941 Resigned)
  • Domenico Vendola (1941–1963 Resigned)
  • Antonio Cunial (1963–1970 Appointed, Bishop of Vittorio Veneto)
  • Angelo Criscito (1970–1985 Retired)
  • Carmelo Cassati, M.S.C. (1985–1986 Resigned)

Diocese of Troia[]

  • Orianus (c. 1022 – c. 1028)
  • Angelus (1028 – 4 May 1041)
  • Arduin (mentioned in 1059)
  • Stephen the Norman (March 1059 – 11 October 1077)[9]
  • Walter Frangente (2 November 1077 – 4 August 1087)[9]
  • Gerard of Piacenza (8 October 1087 – 10 January 1097)[9]
  • Hubert Cenomanicus (20 June 1097 – 13 December 1101)[9]
  • William I Bigoctus (13 January 1102 – 1108)[9]
  • William II (1108 – 1122)[9]
  • Honorius (1122 – after 1124)[9]
  • William III (mentioned in 1140)[9]
  • Elias (mentioned in 1177)
  • William IV (before 1182 – 1187)[9]
  • Roger (1187 – before 1193)[9]
  • Gualbert (before 1193 – 1195)
  • Walter of Palearia (1195 – July 1201), deposed
  • Philip (13 October 1212 – ?)
  • Matteo de Barbuco (20 January 1252 – c. April 1270)[10]
    • Sede vacante (1270–1276)[10]
    • Bertero (September 1276 / March 1277 – 1277), bishop elect[10]
  • Ugo de Curtis, OP (before 4 August 1278 – 3 October 1279, transferred to Bethelehem)
  • Rainerio, OFM (11 May 1280 – 1284)[10]
  • Rogerio, OFM (20 December 1284 – 1302)
  • Pietro, OFM (9 September 1302 – 1309)[11]
  • Guglielmo Bianchi, OSB (12 April 1309 – 1310)
  • Beraldo (12 June 1311 – ?)
  • Arnaldo (20 October 1322 – ?)
  • Bisanzio (27 June 1332 – ?)
  • Enrico Trezza (24 April 1341 – ?)
  • Nicola de Cesis (17 November 1361 – ?)
  • Guido (? – 11 August 1366, transferred to Venafro)[12]
  • Bartolomeo (13 September 1387 – ?)
    • Riccardo (27 January 1391 – 29 March 1393, transferred to Otranto), anti-bishop
    • Nicola di Giovinazzo (1393 – 9 August 1409, transferred to Cavaillon), anti-bishop
  • Angelo di Manfredonia (30 April 1410 – 1438)
  • Giacomo Lombardo (4 July 1438 – 1469)
  • Giovanni Paolo Vassalli (17 April 1468 – 10 March 1474, transferred to Aversa)
  • Stefano Grube (10 March 1474 – 22 March 1480, transferred to Riga)
  • Scipione Piscicelli (22 March 1480 – 1484)
  • Giannozzo Pandolfini (10 March 1484 – 13 December 1525)
  • Ferrando Pandolfini (13 December 1525 succeduto – 1560)
  • Scipione Rebiba (19 June 1560 – 4 September 1560), resigned
  • Prospero Rebiba (4 September 1560 – 1593)
  • Jacopo Aldobrandini (15 November 1593 – 1607)
  • Pietro Antonio Da Ponte, CR (14 May 1607 – September 1622)
  • Giovanni Battista Roviglioni (9 January 1623 – December 1623)
  • Felice Siliceo (18 December 1623 – 1626)
  • Giovanni Battista Astalli (19 January 1626 – 17 August 1644)
  • Giovanni Tommaso Veneziani (30 January 1645 – 1647)
  • Antonio Sacchetti (13 January 1648 – June 1662)
  • Sebastiano Sorrentino (12 February 1663 – 17 July 1675)
  • Antonio de Sangro, CR (16 December 1675 – 24 January 1694)
  • Emilio Giacomo Cavalieri, PO (19 April 1694 – 11 August 1726)
  • Giovanni Pietro Faccoli (11 September 1726 – 2 January 1752)
  • Marco De Simone (17 July 1752 – 24 February 1777)
  • Giovanni Giacomo Onorati (12 May 1777 – 6 March 1793)
    • Sede vacante (1793–1797)
  • Gennaro Clemente Francone (18 December 1797 – 7 May 1799)
    • Sede vacante (1799–1804)
  • Michele Palmieri (29 October 1804 – 3 May 1824, transferred to Monopoli)
  • Antonio Monforte (3 May 1824 – 13 February 1854)
  • Tommaso Passero, OP (16 July 1856 – 8 September 1890)
  • Domenico (Daniele) Tempesta, OFMRef. (14 June 1891 – 23 April 1899)
  • Paolo Emilio Bergamaschi (19 June 1899 – 26 July 1910), resigned
  • Domenico Lancellotti (21 April 1911 – 14 March 1918, transferred to Conversano)
  • Fortunato Maria Farina (21 June 1919 – 15 May 1951), resigned
  • Giuseppe Amici (15 May 1951 – 1º February 1955, transferred to Cesena)
  • Antonio Mistrorigo (9 March 1955 – 25 June 1958, transferred to Treviso)
  • Antonio Pirotto (24 August 1958 – 14 December 1974), retired
  • Giuseppe Lenotti (14 December 1974 – 28 January 1981)
  • Salvatore De Giorgi (4 April 1981 – 30 September 1986), resigned

Diocese of Lucera-Troia[]

United: 30 September 1986
Latin Name: Lucerina-Troiana

  • Raffaele Castielli (1987–1996 Resigned)
  • Francesco Zerrillo (1997–2007 Retired)
  • Domenico Cornacchia (2007–2016)[13]
  • •Giuseppe Giuliano (20 Oct 2016 Appointed - )

References[]

  1. ^ "Diocese of Lucera-Troia" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. ^ "Diocese of Lucera-Troi" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. ^ held since 2001 by Joseph Vu Duy Thong, Auxiliary Bishop of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.
  4. ^ now known as Volturara Appula, an almost depopulated town
  5. ^ elevated to the status of archbishopric in 1979, as the Archbishopric of Foggia
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i Eubel, Konrad (1923). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 229. (in Latin)
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. p. 225.
  8. ^ a b c d Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. pp. 248–149. (in Latin)
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j .
  10. ^ a b c d Antonio Antonetti, Le elezioni episcopali e i vescovi della rinascita troiana (1266–1284), in Carte di Puglia, XV, nº 2, December 2013, pp. 31-42.
  11. ^ Eubel has another Pietro between Rogerio and Pietro: Pietro de Cateneto, OFM
  12. ^ Guido is in Gams, but not Eubel.
  13. ^ Cornacchia was transferred to the diocese of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi on 15 January 2016.

Bibliography[]

External links[]

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Lucera". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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