Diocese of Avezzano, Italy

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.07.23 – ...):

Bishop Giovanni Massaro (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Avezzano (Roman Rite)

Bishop Giovanni Massaro (57)
(2021.07.23 – ...)

Bishop of Avezzano (Italy)

Born:	1967.06.28 (Andria, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1992.12.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.09.21

Priest of Andria (Italy) (1992.12.05 – 2021.07.23)

Bishop of Avezzano (Italy) (2021.07.23 – ...)

Bishop Pietro Santoro (78)
(2007.06.28 – 2021.07.23)

Bishop emeritus of Avezzano (Italy)

Transit Jesus ut clamemus

Born:	1946.02.04 (Vasto, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1970.06.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.09.07

Priest of Chieti–Vasto (Italy) (1970.06.17 – 2007.06.28)

Bishop of Avezzano (Italy) (2007.06.28 – 2021.07.23)

Bishop Lucio Angelo Renna, O. Carm. (82)
(1999.06.09 – 2006.09.02)

Bishop emeritus of San Severo (Italy)

In obsequio Jesu Christi

Born:	1941.09.22 (San Pietro Vernotico, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1966.04.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.09.12

Bishop of Avezzano (Italy) (1999.06.09 – 2006.09.02)

Bishop of San Severo (Italy) (2006.09.02 – 2017.01.13)

Bishop Armando Dini (92) (later Archbishop)
(1990.06.23 – 1998.11.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Campobasso–Boiano (Italy)

Born:	1932.07.18 (Milano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1954.12.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.09.09

Priest of Napoli (Italy) (1954.12.05 – 1990.06.23)

Bishop of Avezzano (Italy) (1990.06.23 – 1998.11.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Campobasso–Boiano (Italy) (1998.11.21 – 2007.11.08)

Bishop Biagio Vittorio Terrinoni, O.F.M. Cap.
(1986.09.30 – 1990.06.23)

Born:	1914.03.02 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1940.03.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.05.19
Died:	1996.04.15 († 82)

Titular Bishop of Ferento (1971.04.17 – 1977.04.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) (1971.04.17 – 1977.04.22)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1977.04.22 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Avezzano (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1990.06.23)

Bishops of Marsi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Biagio Vittorio Terrinoni, O.F.M. Cap.
(1977.04.22 – 1986.09.30)

(see above)

Bishop Vittorio Ottaviani
(1973.11.10 – 1977.04.22)

Born:	1915.10.19 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1938.05.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.02.03
Died:	1998.06.20 († 82)

Bishop of Alatri (Italy) (1962.12.19 – 1972.11.30)

Bishop of Anagni (Italy) (1972.11.30 – 1973.11.10)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1973.11.10 – 1977.04.22)

Bishop Domenico Valerii
(1945.08.09 – 1973.11.10)

Born:	1895.12.14 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1921.03.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1945.10.28
Died:	1979.12.23 († 84)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1945.08.09 – 1973.11.10)

Bishop Pio Marcello Bagnoli, O.C.D.
(1910.12.14 – 1945.01.17)

Born:	1859.06.16 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1885.04.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1911.01.22
Died:	1945.01.17 († 85)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1910.12.14 – 1945.01.17)

Bishop Nicola Cola
(1910.04.15 – 1910.08.26)

Born:	1869.10.25 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1910.06.30
Died:	1940.04.14 († 70)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1910.04.15 – 1910.08.26)

Bishop of Nocera Umbra (Italy) (1910.08.26 – 1915.01.02)

Bishop of Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino (Italy) (1915.01.02 – 1940.04.14)

Bishop Francesco Giacci
(1904.07.03 – 1909.04.29)

Born:	1855.03.29 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1877.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1900.10.07
Died:	1929.02.20 († 73)

Titular Bishop of Nyssa (1900.09.26 – 1904.07.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Frascati (Italy) (1900.09.26 – 1904.07.03)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1904.07.03 – 1909.04.29)

Titular Bishop of Philomelium (1909.04.29 – 1929.02.20)

Bishop Marino Russo
(1895.11.29 – 1903)

Died:

1903

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1895.11.29 – 1903)

Bishop Enrico de Dominis (Dominicis) (later Archbishop)
(1884.11.10 – 1894.05.21)

Born:	1828.02.12 (Italy)
Died:	1908.06.17 († 80)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1884.11.10 – 1894.05.21)

Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy) (1894.05.21 – 1908.06.17)

Bishop Federico Di Giacomo
(1871.12.22 – 1884)

Died:

1884

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1871.12.22 – 1884)

Bishop Michelangelo Sorrentino
(1843.06.19 – 1863)

Died:

1863

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1843.06.19 – 1863)

Bishop Giuseppe Segna
(1824.05.03 – 1840)

Died:

1840

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1824.05.03 – 1840)

Bishop Francesco Saverio Durini, O.S.B. Cel.
(1819 – 1823.11.17)

Died:

1844.01.15

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1819 – 1823.11.17)

Bishop of Aversa (Italy) (1823.11.17 – 1844.01.15)

Bishop Camillo Giovanni Rossi (later Archbishop)
(1805.06.26 – 1818.06.26)

Born:	1767.04.27 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1790.02.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1805.06.26
Died:	1837.07.16 († 70)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1805.06.26 – 1818.06.26)

Bishop of San Severo (Italy) (1818.06.26 – 1827.04.09)

Titular Archbishop of Damascus (1827.04.09 – 1837.07.16)

Bishop Giuseppe Bolognese
(1797 – 1802)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1797 – 1802)

Bishop Francesco Vincenzo Laiezza
(1776.12.16 – 1792.10.31)

Died:

1792.10.31

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1776.12.16 – 1792.10.31)

Bishop Benedetto Mattei
(1760.12.15 – 1766)

Died:

1766

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1760.12.15 – 1766)

Bishop Domenico Brizzii
(1741.05.29 – 1760.09)

Died:

1760.09

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1741.05.29 – 1760.09)

Bishop Giuseppe Barone
(1731.03.05 – 1741.05.29)

Died:

1742.01.12

Bishop of Bova (Italy) (1729.12.23 – 1731.03.05)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1731.03.05 – 1741.05.29)

Bishop of Calvi (Italy) (1741.05.29 – 1742.01.12)

Bishop Giacinto Dragonetti, C.O.
(1724.09.11 – 1730.12.20)

Died:

1730.12.20

Bishop of Nusco (Italy) (1703.03.05 – 1724.09.11)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1724.09.11 – 1730.12.20)

Bishop Muzio De Vecchis
(1719 – 1724.08.24)

Died:

1724.08.24

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1719 – 1724.08.24)

Bishop Francesco Berardino Corradini
(1680.05.22 – 1718.12.25)

Born:	(Italy)
Died:	1718.12.25

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1680.05.22 – 1718.12.25)

Bishop Diego Petra (later Archbishop)
(1664 – 1680.04.29)

Died:

1699.02.01

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1664 – 1680.04.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sorrento (Italy) (1680.04.29 – 1699.02.01)

Bishop Ascanio De Gasperis
(1650 – 1664)

Died:

1664

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1650 – 1664)

Bishop Giovanni Paolo Caccia
(1648 – 1649)

Died:

1649

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1648 – 1649)

Bishop Lorenzo Massimi
(1632 – 1647)

Died:

1647

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1632 – 1647)

Bishop Muzio Colonna
(1630 – 1632)

Died:

1632

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1630 – 1632)

Bishop Baglione Carradore
(1628.06.05 – 1629)

Died:

1629

Bishop of Veroli (Italy) (1626.09.05 – 1628.06.05)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1628.06.05 – 1629)

Bishop Bartolomeo Peretti
(1596 – 1628)

Died:

1628

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1596 – 1628)

Bishop Giambattista Colli
(1578 – 1596)

Died:

1596

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1578 – 1596)

Bishop Giambattista Milanese
(1562 – 1578)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1562 – 1578)

Bishop Nicola De Virgiliis
(1548 – 1562)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1548 – 1562)

Bishop Franzino Micheli
(1546 – 1548.07.13)

Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1541 – 1551.10.09)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1546 – 1548.07.13)

Bishop of Casale Monferrato (Italy) (1548.07.13 – 1555)

Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi
(1534.01.19 – 1546.05.17)

Born:	1500 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Created Cardinal:	1542.06.02
Died:	1552.05.28 († 51)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1534.01.19 – 1546.05.17)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (1542.11.06 – 1552.05.28)

Apostolic Administrator of Conza (Italy) (1546.05.05 – 1552.05.28)

Bishop Giovanni Dionisio Maccafani
(1530 – 1533)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1530 – 1533)

Bishop Giacomo Maccafani
(1511 – 1530)

Coadjutor Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (? – 1511)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1511 – 1530)

Bishop Gabriele Maccafani
(1481 – 1511)

Died:

1511

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1481 – 1511)

Bishop Ludovico Sienese
(1472 – 1477)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1472 – 1477)

Bishop Francesco Maccafani
(1470.10.01 – 1471)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1470.10.01 – 1471)

Bishop Angelo Maccafani
(1446.08.22 – 1470)

Died:

1470

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1446.08.22 – 1470)

Bishop Saba de Cartoni
(1430 – 1446.08.22)

Died:

1447

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1430 – 1446.08.22)

Bishop of Tricarico (Italy) (1446.08.22 – 1447)

Bishop Tommaso
(1419 – 1430)

Bishop of Lipari (Italy) (1403? – 1419)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1419 – 1430)

Bishop Salvato Maccafani
(1418 – 1419)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1418 – 1419)

Bishop Filippo
(1398.11.04 – 1418)

Bishop of Pozzuoli (Italy) (1395.04.18 – 1398.11.04)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1398.11.04 – 1418)

Coadjutor Bishop of Pozzuoli (Italy) (1418 – ?)

Bishop Gentile Maccafani
(1385 – 1399.01.13)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1385 – 1399.01.13)

Bishop of Nicastro (Italy) (1399.01.13 – 1418.01.26)

Bishop of Sessa Aurunca (Italy) (1418.01.26 – 1425)

Bishop Giacomo Romano
(1384 – 1385)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1384 – 1385)

Bishop Pietro Albertini
(1380 – 1383)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1380 – 1383)

Coadjutor Bishop of Arezzo (Italy) (1383 – ?)

Bishop Berardo
(1364 – ?)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1364 – ?)

Bishop Giacomo De Militibus
(1363 – 1364)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1363 – 1364)

Bishop Tommaso Pucci
(1353 – 1363)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1353 – 1363)

Bishop Bartolomeo
(1349 – 1353)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1349 – 1353)

Bishop Tommaso
(1348 – 1349)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1348 – 1349)

Bishop Tommaso Valignani
(1336 – 1348)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1336 – 1348)

Bishop Pietro Ferri
(1327 – 1336.05.10)

Died:

1336.11.18

Bishop of Anagni (Italy) (1320 – 1327)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1327 – 1336.05.10)

Bishop of Chieti (Italy) (1336.05.10 – 1336.11.18)

Bishop Giacomo de Busce, O.P.
(1295 – 1326)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1295 – 1326)

Bishop Giacomo
(1286.03.31 – 1295)

Died:

1295

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1286.03.31 – 1295)

Bishop Stefano
(1270 – 1275)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1270 – 1275)

Bishop Nicola
(1254.06.19 – 1255?)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1254.06.19 – 1255?)

Bishop Cesario
(1250? – 1254?)

Died:

1254?

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1250? – 1254?)

Bishop Odorisio
(1235? – 1245?)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1235? – 1245?)

Saint Cardinal Berardo dei Marsi
(1110 – 1130.11.03)

Born:	1079 (Colli di Monte Bove, Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1099
Consecrated Bishop:	1110
Died:	1130.11.03 (Marsia, Italy † 50)
Beatified:	1802.05.10 (equipollently)
Canonised:	1802.05.10 (equipollently)
Feast:	11.03

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Adriano al Foro (1099 – 1110)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1110 – 1130.11.03)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono (1110 – 1130.11.03)

Cardinal.

Saint Bishop Marco Galileo di Atina
(? – 96)

Died:

96 🩸 (Atina, Italy)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (? – 96)

Bishop. Disciple of Saint Peter. Martyr.

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Giacomo Maccafani (? – 1511)

Diocese of

Avezzano

Italy

Celebrations

History

Contact Info

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (121)

Statistics (2022.12.31)