Diocese of

Altamura–Gravina–Acquaviva delle Fonti 𝐖

Italy Italy

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Altamura–Gravina–Acquaviva delle Fonti / Altamuren(sis)–Gravinen(sis)–Aquaviven(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bari–Bitonto

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Notes: United æque principaliter with Acquaviva delle Fonti 1848.08.17–1986.09.30

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: S. Giuseppe (March 19), S. Irene, S. Michele, S. Maria di Costantinopli, S. Eustachio

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Contact Info

Address: Arco Duomo 1, 70022 Altamura, Italy

Phone: 080 3117024

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.12.07 – ...):Bishop Giuseppe Russo (58)Bishop Giuseppe Russo (58)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Altamura–Gravina–Acquaviva delle Fonti (Roman Rite)

Bishop Giuseppe Russo (58)Bishop Giuseppe Russo (58)
(2023.12.07 – ...)

Bishop of Altamura–Gravina–Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy)

Pasce agnos meos

Born:1966.06.12 (San Giorgio Jonico, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1995.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:2024.01.21

Priest of Taranto (Italy) (1995.06.24 – 2023.12.07)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2009.04.30 – 2023.12.07)

Undersecretary of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (2016.01.21 – 2023.01.06)

Bishop of Altamura–Gravina–Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (2023.12.07 – ...)

Archbishop Giovanni Ricchiuti (76)Archbishop Giovanni Ricchiuti (76)
(2013.10.15 – 2023.12.07)

Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Altamura–Gravina–Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy)

Misericordia et veritas justitia et pax

Born:1948.08.01 (Bisceglie, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1972.09.09
Consecrated Bishop:2005.10.08

Priest of Trani–Barletta–Bisceglie (Italy) (1972.09.09 – 2005.07.27)

Archbishop of Acerenza (Italy) (2005.07.27 – 2013.10.15)

Archbishop-Bishop of Altamura–Gravina–Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (2013.10.15 – 2023.12.07)

Bishop Mario Paciello (87)Bishop Mario Paciello (87)
(1997.08.06 – 2013.10.15)

Bishop emeritus of Altamura–Gravina–Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy)

Veritatem facientes in caritate

Born:1937.10.26 (Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1963.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:1991.09.29

Priest of Foggia–Bovino (Italy) (1963.06.30 – 1991.07.20)

Bishop of Cerreto Sannita–Telese–Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Italy) (1991.07.20 – 1997.08.06)

Bishop of Altamura–Gravina–Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1997.08.06 – 2013.10.15)

Archbishop Agostino Superbo (84)Bishop Agostino Superbo (84) (later Archbishop)
(1994.11.19 – 1997.08.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Potenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico Nuovo (Italy)

Sub tuum præsidium

Born:1940.02.07 (Minervino Murge, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1963.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1991.06.29

Priest of Andria (Italy) (1963.06.29 – 1991.05.18)

Bishop of Sessa Aurunca (Italy) (1991.05.18 – 1994.11.19)

Bishop of Altamura–Gravina–Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1994.11.19 – 1997.08.06)

General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action (1996.05.18 – 2001.01.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Potenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico Nuovo (Italy) (2001.01.09 – 2015.10.05)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Italy (2007.05.22 – 2012.05.22)

Bishop Tarcisio Pisani, O.M.
(1986.09.30 – 1994.03.14)

Born:1929.07.15 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1954.11.28
Consecrated Bishop:1982.09.12
Died:1994.03.14 († 64)

Bishop of Gravina (Italy) (1982.06.28 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1982.06.28 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy) (1982.06.28 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Altamura–Gravina–Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1994.03.14)

Prelates of Altamura (Roman Rite)

Bishop Tarcisio Pisani, O.M.
(1982.06.28 – 1986.09.30)

(see above)

Bishop Salvatore Isgrò (later Archbishop)
(1975.04.25 – 1982.03.18)

Born:1930.10.21 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1953.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1975.06.21
Died:2004.05.02 († 73)

Bishop of Irsina (Italy) (1975.04.25 – 1976.08.21)

Bishop of Gravina (Italy) (1975.04.25 – 1982.03.18)

Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1975.04.25 – 1982.03.18)

Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy) (1975.04.25 – 1982.03.18)

Apostolic Administrator of Bitonto (Italy) (1978.11.21 – 1981.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Ruvo (Italy) (1978.11.21 – 1981.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy) (1982.03.18 – 2004.05.02)

Archbishop Enrico Nicodemo
(Apostolic Administrator 1969.07.23 – 1973.08.27)

Bishop Antonio D’Erchia
(1962.12.17 – 1969.06.29)

Iter para tutum

Born:1911.05.14 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1933.12.31
Consecrated Bishop:1963.03.19
Died:1997.10.06 († 86)

Titular Bishop of Podalia (1962.12.17 – 1969.06.29)

Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1962.12.17 – 1969.06.29)

Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy) (1962.12.17 – 1969.06.29)

Apostolic Administrator of Conversano (Italy) (1964.05.24 – 1970.01.21)

Bishop of Monopoli (Italy) (1969.06.29 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Conversano (Italy) (1970.01.21 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Conversano–Monopoli (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1987.02.11)

Bishop Salvatore Rotolo, S.D.B.
(1948.04.01 – 1962)

Ad quærendas animas semper evolvar

Born:1881.07.08 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1905.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:1937.10.31
Died:1969.10.20 († 88)

Auxiliary Bishop of Velletri (Italy) (1937.10.05 – 1948.04.01)

Titular Bishop of Nazianzus (1937.10.05 – 1969.10.20)

Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1948.04.01 – 1962)

Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy) (1948.04.01 – 1962)

Bishop Giuseppe Della Cioppa
(1943.07.17 – 1947.12.02)

Born:1886.02.03 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1909.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:1944.03.19
Died:1958.10.18 († 72)

Titular Bishop of Tiberias (1943.07.17 – 1947.12.02)

Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1943.07.17 – 1947.12.02)

Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy) (1943.07.17 – 1947.12.02)

Bishop of Alife (Italy) (1947.12.02 – 1953.04.01)

Titular Bishop of Cesarea in Numidia (1953.04.01 – 1958.10.18)

Bishop Domenico Dell’Aquila
(1932.06.27 – 1942.07.12)

Ad solem superans fluctus

Born:1873.12.08 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:1932.08.28
Died:1942.07.12 († 68)

Titular Bishop of Lystra (1932.06.27 – 1942.07.12)

Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1932.06.27 – 1942.07.12)

Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy) (1932.06.27 – 1942.07.12)

Bishop Adolfo Verrienti
(1910.06.23 – 1929.06)

Born:1871.06.03 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1894.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:1910.09.11
Died:1932.01.15 († 60)

Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1910.06.23 – 1929.06)

Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy) (1910.06.23 – 1929.06)

Titular Bishop of Calynda (1910.06.23 – 1932.01.15)

Bishop Carlo Giuseppe Cecchini, O.P. (later Archbishop)
(1904.01.27 – 1909.12.04)

Born:1853.12.13 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:1904.02.25
Died:1916.12.17 († 63)

Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus (1904.01.27 – 1909.12.04)

Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1904.01.27 – 1909.12.04)

Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy) (1904.01.27 – 1909.12.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1909.12.04 – 1916.12.17)

Archbishop Carlo Caputo
(1902 – 1904.01.14)

Born:1843.11.05 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1867.03.16
Consecrated Bishop:1883.05.15
Died:1908.09.27 († 64)

Bishop of Monopoli (Italy) (1883.03.18 – 1886.06.07)

Bishop of Aversa (Italy) (1886.06.07 – 1897.04.19)

Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia (1897.04.19 – 1908.09.27)

Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1902 – 1904.01.14)

Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy) (1902 – 1904.01.14)

Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria (1904.01.14 – 1907.08)

Bishop Tommaso Cirielli
(1899.03.12 – 1902.02.26)

Born:1836.04.11 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1858.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:1899.07.02
Died:1902.02.26 († 65)

Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1899.03.12 – 1902.02.26)

Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy) (1899.03.12 – 1902.02.26)

Titular Bishop of Proconnesus (1899.06.19 – 1902.02.26)

Bishop Luigi Marcello Pellegrini
(1879.09.09 – 1894.10.16)

Born:1825.12.19 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1850.03.16
Consecrated Bishop:1881.05.22
Died:1894.10.16 († 68)

Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1879.09.09 – 1894.10.16)

Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy) (1879.09.09 – 1894.10.16)

Titular Bishop of Troas (1881.05.13 – 1894.10.16)

Bishop Giovanni Domenico Falconi
(1848.08.17 – 1862.12.25)

Born:1810.08.04 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1833.03.23
Consecrated Bishop:1858.08.01
Died:1862.12.25 († 52)

Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1848.08.17 – 1862.12.25)

Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy) (1848.08.17 – 1862.12.25)

Titular Bishop of Eumenia (1858.06.25 – 1862.12.25)

Archpriests of Altamura (Roman Rite)

Bishop Cassiodoro Margarita
(1828 – 1848.08.17)

Born:1774.07.02
Ordained Priest:1799.02.16
Consecrated Bishop:1818.12.27
Died:1850.09.01 († 76)

Bishop of Gravina (Italy) (1818.12.21 – 1850.09.01)

Bishop of Montepeloso (Italy) (1818.12.21 – 1850.09.01)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1828 – 1848.08.17)

Bishop Federico Guarini, O.S.B.
(1818 – 1828.06.23)

Born:1772.12.03
Ordained Priest:1796.03.12
Consecrated Bishop:1818.03.24
Died:1837.09 († 64)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1818 – 1828.06.23)

Titular Bishop of Nyssa (1818.03.16 – 1828.06.23)

Bishop of Venosa (Italy) (1828.06.23 – 1837.09)

Bishop Gioacchino de Gemmis
(1783 – 1818.06.26)

Born:1746.10.04
Ordained Priest:1770.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:1798.03.18
Died:1822.12.12 († 76)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1783 – 1818.06.26)

Titular Bishop of Lystra (1798.01.29 – 1818.06.26)

Bishop of Melfi (Italy) (1818.06.26 – 1822.12.12)

Bishop of Rapolla (Italy) (1818.06.26 – 1822.12.12)

Fr. Celestino Guidotti
(1775 – 1783)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1775 – 1783)

Fr. Bruno Angrisani
(1761 – 1775)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1761 – 1775)

Fr. Giuseppe Mastrilli
(1753 – 1761)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1753 – 1761)

Fr. Marcello Papiniano Cusani (later Archbishop)
(1747 – 1753.03.12)

Born: (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1713.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:1753.03.18

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1747 – 1753.03.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Otranto (Italy) (1753.03.12 – 1754.02.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy) (1754.02.11 – 1762)

Fr. Antonio De Rinaldis
(1727 – 1746)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1727 – 1746)

Fr. Domingo Poloù (later Archbishop)
(1724 – 1727.06.25)

Ordained Priest:1721.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:1727.06.30
Died:1756.05.04

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1724 – 1727.06.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Reggio Calabria (Italy) (1727.06.25 – 1756.05.04)

Fr. Michele Orsi (later Archbishop)
(1718 – 1722.03.02)

Born:1673.06.23
Consecrated Bishop:1722.03.08
Died:1752.06 († 79)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1718 – 1722.03.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Otranto (Italy) (1722.03.02 – 1752.06)

Fr. Baldassarre De Lerma
(1699 – 1717)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1699 – 1717)

Fr. Nicola Abrusci
(1689 – 1698)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1689 – 1698)

Fr. Pietro Magri
(1664 – 1688)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1664 – 1688)

Fr. Giuseppe Cavalieri (later Bishop)
(1656 – 1664.06.09)

Died:1696.08.14

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1656 – 1664.06.09)

Bishop of Monopoli (Italy) (1664.06.09 – 1696.08.14)

Fr. Giovanni Montero Olivares
(1649 – 1656)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1649 – 1656)

Fr. Alessandro Effrem
(1640 – 1644)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1640 – 1644)

Fr. Rodrigo D’Anaja e Guevara
(1627 – 1635)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1627 – 1635)

Fr. Girolamo De Mari
(1586 – 1624)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1586 – 1624)

Fr. Giulio Moles
(1580 – 1586)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1580 – 1586)

Fr. Maurizio Moles
(1579 – 1580)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1579 – 1580)

Fr. Vincenzo Palagano
(1557 – 1579)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1557 – 1579)

Fr. Vincenzo Salazar
(1550 – 1557)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1550 – 1557)

Fr. Niccolò Sapio
(1529 – 1548)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1529 – 1548)

Fr. Fabio Pignatelli
(1528 – 1528)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1528 – 1528)

Fr. Francesco Rossi
(1477 – 1527)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1477 – 1527)

Fr. Pietro Miguel
(1477 – 1477)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1477 – 1477)

Fr. Antonio del Giudice
(1472 – 1477)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1472 – 1477)

Fr. Antonio D’Ajello
(1464 – 1472)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1464 – 1472)

Fr. Pietro Di Gargano
(1442 – 1464)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1442 – 1464)

Fr. Antonio Della Rocca
(1420 – 1442)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1420 – 1442)

Fr. Antonio Berleth
(1400 – 1420)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1400 – 1420)

Fr. Pietro D’Anfilia
(1394 – 1399)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1394 – 1399)

Fr. Guglielmo Gallo
(1367 – ?)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1367 – ?)

Fr. Dionigi De Merlino
(1350 – 1366)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1350 – 1366)

Fr. Giovanni De Moreriis
(1336 – 1350)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1336 – 1350)

Fr. Pietro De Moreriis
(1329 – 1335)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1329 – 1335)

Fr. Humfredo
(1328 – 1329)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1328 – 1329)

Fr. Rostaino
(1313 – 1328)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1313 – 1328)

Fr. Umberto De Montauro
(1308 – 1313)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1308 – 1313)

Fr. Pietro De Angeriaco
(1296 – 1308)

Archpriest of Altamura (Italy) (1296 – 1308)

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Statistics (2019.12.31)

Area: 1,309 km²

Population: 162,800 Catholics (97.7% of 166,700 total)

Pastoral Centres: 40 parishes, 43 missions

Personnel: 89 priests (65 diocesan, 24 religious), 11 deacons, 186 religious (26 brothers, 160 sisters), 5 seminarians

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