Roman Catholic Diocese of Vulturara e Montecorvino

The Diocese of Vulturara e Montecorvino (Latin: Dioecesis Vulturariensis et Montis Corbini) was a Roman Catholic diocese located in the city of Volturara Appula in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy.^[1][2][3] The bishopric, which already existed in the 10th century, was united with that of Diocese of Montecorvino in 1433.^[4] Giuseppe Cappelletti gives detailed information about most of its bishops.^[4] In 1818, as part of a reorganization of the dioceses within the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies,^[5] the diocese ceased to exist as a residential see and its territory became part of the diocese of Lucera.^[4] It is now included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees.^[6]

History[]

• 1059: Established as Diocese of Vulturara^[2]
• 1433: Renamed as Diocese of Vulturara e Montecorvino (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Montecorvino)^[2]
• 1818 June 27: Suppressed to the Diocese of Lucera^[2]
• 1968: Restored as Titular Episcopal See of Vulturara^[2]
• 1968: Restored as Titular Episcopal See of Montecorvino^[3]

Ordinaries[]

Diocese of Vulturara e Montecorvino[]

1433: Formed from the union of the Diocese of Montecorvino and the Diocese of Vulturara
Latin name: Vulturariensis et Montis Corbini
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Benevento

• Alejandro Geraldini (1496–1516 Appointed, Bishop of Santo Domingo)^[7][8]
• Vincenzo Sabbatini (1519–1526 Died)^[7][9]
• Innocenzo Cibo (Cybo) (1526–1526 Resigned)^[7]
• Giulio Mastrogiudice (1526–1537 Died)^[7][10]
• Giovanni Salviati (1530–1532 Resigned)^[7]
• Giovanni Battista del Giudice (1537–1542 Died)^[7][11]
• Gerolamo Vecciani (1542–1550 Resigned)^[7][12]
• Federico Cesi (1550–1551 Resigned)
• Leonardo Benzoni (1551–1552 Died)^[7][13]
• Giulio Gentile (1552–1572 Died)^[7][14]
• Simone Majolo (1572–1597 Resigned)^[7][15]
• Leonardus Roselli (1597–1606 Resigned)^[7][16][17]
• Fabritius Cocci (1606–1606 Died)^[16][18]
• Julius Lana (1606–1609 Died)^[16][19]
• Petrus Federici (1609–1613 Died)^[16][20]
• Paolo Pico, O.P. (1613–1614 Died)^[16][21]
• Bernardino Buratti (1615–1623 Appointed, Archbishop of Manfredonia)^[16]
• Franciscus Buratti, O.P. (1623)^[16][22]
• Tommaso Carafa (1623–1637 Resigned)^[16][23]
• Maximilianus Raguzzi (1637–1639 Died)^[16][24]
• (1639–1642 Died)^[16]
• , O.S.A. (1643–1654 Appointed, Bishop of Nocera de' Pagani)^[16]
• (1654–1675 Appointed, Bishop of Sora)^[25]
• Domenico Sorrentino (bishop) (1676–1708 Died)^[25]
• Imperialis Pedicini (1718–1724 Died)^[25]
• Domenico Rossi (1724–1734 Died)^[25]
• Dominico Laymo (1734–1760 Died)^[26]
• Giovanni Coccoli (1760–1795 Died)^[26]
• Nicola Martini (1798–1808 Died)^[26]

1818 Suppressed to the Diocese of Lucera

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