Titular Episcopal See of Belcastro, Italy

Titular Bishop

Titular Archbishop (2023.11.30 – ...):

Archbishop Giovanni Cesare Pagazzi (59)

Secretary of Section for Education of Dicastery for Culture and Education

Past Ordinaries

Bishops of Belcastro (Roman Rite)

Bishop Vincenzo Greco
(1792.03.26 – 1806.05.17)

Born:	1739.09.05
Ordained Priest:	1762.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1792.04.09
Died:	1806.05.17 († 66)

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1792.03.26 – 1806.05.17)

Bishop Tommaso Fabiani
(1755.03.17 – 1778.12.03)

Born:	1688.02.11
Ordained Priest:	1712.03.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1755.03.19
Died:	1778.12.03 († 90)

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1755.03.17 – 1778.12.03)

Bishop Giacomo Guacci
(1752.11.27 – 1754.08)

Born:	1696.03.26
Ordained Priest:	1720.03.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1752.11.30
Died:	1754.08 († 58)

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1752.11.27 – 1754.08)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Capuani
(1729.12.23 – 1752.07)

Born:	1669.05.20
Ordained Priest:	1696.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1729.12.31
Died:	1752.07 († 83)

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1729.12.23 – 1752.07)

Bishop Michelangelo Gentili
(1722.07.06 – 1729.09)

Ordained Priest:	1688.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1722.07.19
Died:	1729.09

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1722.07.06 – 1729.09)

Bishop Giovanni Emblaviti
(1688.05.06 – 1722.04)

Ordained Priest:	1661.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1688.06.07
Died:	1722.04

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1688.05.06 – 1722.04)

Bishop Giovanni Alfonso Petrucci
(1685.07.15 – 1688)

Ordained Priest:	1673.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1686.07.28
Died:	1688

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1685.07.15 – 1688)

Bishop Benedetto Bartoli
(1684.09.18 – 1685.11)

Born:	1627.12.16
Ordained Priest:	1668.03.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1672.09.18
Died:	1685.11 († 57)

Bishop of Lacedonia (Italy) (1672.09.12 – 1684.09.18)

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1684.09.18 – 1685.11)

Bishop Carlo Galgano
(1672.02.22 – 1683)

Born:	1633.03.25
Ordained Priest:	1657.10.07

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1672.02.22 – 1683)

Bishop Carlo Sgombrino
(1652.12.11 – 1672.02.08)

Consecrated Bishop:	1652.12.29
Died:	1686.10

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1652.12.11 – 1672.02.08)

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1652.12.11 – 1672.02.08)

Bishop of Catanzaro (Italy) (1672.02.08 – 1686.10)

Bishop Francesco Clerico, C.R.
(1639.08.08 – 1652)

Died:

1652

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1639.08.08 – 1652)

Bishop Bartolomeo Gessi
(1633.01.10 – 1639.05.02)

Consecrated Bishop:	1633.01.16
Died:	1642.08

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1633.01.10 – 1639.05.02)

Bishop of Montecorvino (Italy) (1639.05.02 – 1642.08)

Bishop of Vulturara (Italy) (1639.05.02 – 1642.08)

Bishop Filippo Crino
(1629.11.19 – 1633)

Consecrated Bishop:	1629.12.16
Died:	1633

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1629.11.19 – 1633)

Bishop Antonio Ricciulli (later Archbishop)
(1626.11.16 – 1629)

Born:	1582.05.30 (Italy)
Died:	1643.05 († 61)

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1626.11.16 – 1629)

Bishop of Umbriatico (Italy) (1632.02.16 – 1639.02.07)

Bishop of Caserta (Italy) (1639.02.07 – 1641.11.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cosenza (Italy) (1641.11.27 – 1643.05)

Bishop Girolamo Ricciulli
(1616.12.05 – 1626.08.07)

Consecrated Bishop:	1616.12.13
Died:	1626.08.07

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1616.12.05 – 1626.08.07)

Bishop Fulvio Thesauro
(1612.12.03 – 1616)

Consecrated Bishop:	1612.12.30
Died:	1616

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1612.12.03 – 1616)

Bishop Giorgio Santi, C.R.
(1611.10.24 – 1612.10.02)

Born:	1554
Died:	1612.10.02 († 57)

Titular Bishop of Salamis postea Constantia (1606.07.31 – 1611.10.24)

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1611.10.24 – 1612.10.02)

Bishop Pedro de Mata y Haro, C.R.
(1609.08.03 – 1611.02.28)

Consecrated Bishop:	1609.08.05
Died:	1627.03.03

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1609.08.03 – 1611.02.28)

Bishop of Capaccio–Diano (Italy) (1611.02.28 – 1627.03.03)

Bishop Antonio Lauro
(1599.09.13 – 1609)

Died:

1609

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1599.09.13 – 1609)

Bishop Giovanni Francesco Zagordo
(1598.02.23 – 1599)

Died:

1599

Bishop of Città Ducale (Italy) (1593.04.07 – 1598.02.23)

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1598.02.23 – 1599)

Bishop Alessandro Papatodoro
(1596.07.29 – ?)

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1596.07.29 – ?)

Bishop Orazio Schipano
(1591.11.13 – 1596)

Died:

1596

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1591.11.13 – 1596)

Bishop Giovanni Antonio de Paola
(1577.05.10 – 1591)

Died:

1591

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1577.05.10 – 1591)

Bishop Cesare de’ Giacomelli
(1553.01.23 – 1577)

Died:

1577

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1553.01.23 – 1577)

Bishop Giacomo de’ Giacomelli
(1542.05.05 – 1552.12.14)

Died:

1566

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1542.05.05 – 1552.12.14)

Bishop Girolamo Fornari, O.P.
(1533.08.04 – 1542)

Died:

1542

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1533.08.04 – 1542)

Bishop Leonardo Levato
(1518.08.23 – 1533)

Consecrated Bishop:	1519.03.21
Died:	1533

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1518.08.23 – 1533)

Bishop Raimondo Poerio, O.P.
(1474.09 – 1518.08.09)

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1474.09 – 1518.08.09)

Bishop Giovanni Opizzoni
(1418.04.24 – 1474)

Died:

1474

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1418.04.24 – 1474)

Bishop Roberto de Basilio
(1413.02.13 – ?)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1402.08.18 – 1413.02.13)

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1413.02.13 – ?)

Bishop Luca
(1403.02.07 – 1413)

Died:

1413

Bishop of Policastro (Italy) (1392 – 1403.02.07)

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1403.02.07 – 1413)

Bishop Riccardo de Olibano (later Archbishop)
(1400.03.13 – 1402.11.06)

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1400.03.13 – 1402.11.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Acerenza (Italy) (1402.11.06 – 1407)

Archbishop of Matera (Italy) (1402.11.06 – 1407)

Bishop Giovanni
(1370.08.19 – 1399)

Died:

1399

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1370.08.19 – 1399)

Bishop Venturino
(1358.12.10 – ?)

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1358.12.10 – ?)

Bishop Nicola da Offida, O.F.M.
(1349.06.15 – 1358.12.10)

Bishop of Butrinto (Albania) (? – 1349.06.15)

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1349.06.15 – 1358.12.10)

Bishop of Argos (Greece) (1358.12.10 – ?)

Bishop Gregorio
(1333 – 1348)

Died:

1348

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1333 – 1348)

Bishop Giovanni
(1265? – 1283?)

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1265? – 1283?)

Bishop Marco
(1235? – 1241?)

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1235? – 1241?)

Bishop Bernardo
(1205? – 1222?)

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1205? – 1222?)

Bishop Policreto
(1112? – 1122?)

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1112? – 1122?)

Former Titular Bishops

Titular Archbishop: Archbishop José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M. (71) (2013.04.06 – 2023.09.14)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Julien Ries (later Cardinal) (2012.01.23 – 2012.02.18)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Pietro Sambi (1985.10.10 – 2011.07.27)
Titular Bishop: Bishop José Gottardi Cristelli, S.D.B. (later Archbishop) (1972.03.01 – 1985.06.05)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Felicissimo Stefano Tinivella, O.F.M. (1968.07.06 – 1970.12.12)