Diocese of Lucera–Troia, Italy

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.10.20 – ...):

Bishop Giuseppe Giuliano (73)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Lucera–Troia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Giuseppe Giuliano (73)
(2016.10.20 – ...)

Bishop of Lucera–Troia (Italy)

Born:	1951.06.28 (Napoli, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1982.05.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.12.27

Priest of Nola (Italy) (1982.05.16 – 2016.10.20)

Bishop of Lucera–Troia (Italy) (2016.10.20 – ...)

Bishop Domenico Cornacchia (74)
(2007.06.30 – 2016.01.15)

Bishop of Molfetta–Ruvo–Giovinazzo–Terlizzi (Italy)

Servire Domino in lætitia

Born:	1950.02.13 (Altamura, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1976.04.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.09.22

Priest of Altamura–Gravina–Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1976.04.24 – 2007.06.30)

Bishop of Lucera–Troia (Italy) (2007.06.30 – 2016.01.15)

Bishop of Molfetta–Ruvo–Giovinazzo–Terlizzi (Italy) (2016.01.15 – ...)

Bishop Francesco Zerrillo
(1997.02.15 – 2007.06.30)

Born:	1931.04.23 (Reino, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1954.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.01.25
Died:	2022.05.14 (Reino, Italy † 91)

Bishop of Tricarico (Italy) (1985.12.07 – 1997.02.15)

Bishop of Lucera–Troia (Italy) (1997.02.15 – 2007.06.30)

Bishop Raffaele Castielli
(1987.02.11 – 1996.05.18)

Born:	1927.03.05 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1950.07.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.03.25
Died:	2018.08.03 († 91)

Bishop of Lucera–Troia (Italy) (1987.02.11 – 1996.05.18)

Bishops of Lucera (Roman Rite)

Bishop Carmelo Cassati, M.S.C. (later Archbishop)
(1985.09.07 – 1986.09.30)

Born:	1924.04.06 (Eufemia-Tricase, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1949.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.06.28
Died:	2017.02.03 (Tricase, Italy † 92)

Auxiliary Bishop of Pinheiro (Brazil) (1970.04.27 – 1975.06.17)

Titular Bishop of Nova Germania (1970.04.27 – 1978.05.26)

Bishop-Prelate of Pinheiro (Brazil) (1975.06.17 – 1979.02.12)

Bishop of Tricarico (Italy) (1979.02.12 – 1985.09.07)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1985.09.07 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of San Severo (Italy) (1985.09.07 – 1990.12.15)

Archbishop of Trani–Barletta–Bisceglie (Italy) (1990.12.15 – 1999.11.13)

Bishop Criscito Criscito
(1970.06.27 – 1985.09.07)

Born:	1910.01.10 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1935.07.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.08.09
Died:	1986.11.20 († 76)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1970.06.27 – 1985.09.07)

Bishop of San Severo (Italy) (1970.06.27 – 1985.09.07)

Bishop Antonio Cunial
(1963.03.21 – 1970.03.09)

Born:	1915.09.06 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1939.07.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.05.11
Died:	1982.08.10 († 66)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1963.03.21 – 1970.03.09)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Manfredonia (Italy) (1967 – 1970.05.25)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Vieste (Italy) (1967 – 1970.05.25)

Bishop of Vittorio Veneto (Italy) (1970.03.09 – 1982.08.10)

Bishop Domenico Vendola
(1941.07.21 – 1963.01.07)

Born:	1901.09.10 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1925.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1941.09.07
Died:	1963.10.15 († 62)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1941.07.21 – 1963.01.07)

Titular Bishop of Eudoxias (1963.01.07 – 1963.10.15)

Bishop Giuseppe di Girolamo (later Archbishop)
(1920.04.21 – 1941.01.01)

Born:	1872.10.08 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1920.06.27
Died:	1944.10.28 († 72)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1920.04.21 – 1941.01.01)

Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis (1941.01.01 – 1944.10.28)

Bishop Lorenzo Chieppa
(1909.06.23 – 1918.10.15)

Born:	1863.12.08 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1887.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1903.07.05
Died:	1918.10.15 († 54)

Bishop of Cariati (Italy) (1903.06.22 – 1909.06.23)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1909.06.23 – 1918.10.15)

Bishop Giuseppe Consenti, C.SS.R.
(1893.06.12 – 1907.11.18)

Born:	1834.04.25 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1859.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1890.06.29
Died:	1907.11.18 († 73)

Titular Bishop of Nilopolis (1890.06.23 – 1893.01.26)

Coadjutor Bishop of Nusco (Italy) (1890.06.23 – 1893.01.26)

Bishop of Nusco (Italy) (1893.01.26 – 1893.06.12)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1893.06.12 – 1907.11.18)

Bishop Carmelo Ciotola
(1891.12.14 – 1892.02)

Born:	1833.12.13 (Napoli, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1857.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1891.12.20
Died:	1892.02 († 58)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1891.12.14 – 1892.02)

Bishop Giuseppe Maria Cotellessa
(1872.02.22 – 1889.05.22)

Born:	1820.11.08
Ordained Priest:	1845.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1872.02.25
Died:	1889.05.22 († 68)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1872.02.22 – 1889.05.22)

Bishop Giuseppe Jannuzzi
(1843.06.19 – 1871.08.21)

Born:	1801.01.10
Ordained Priest:	1824.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1843.06.25
Died:	1871.08.21 († 70)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1843.06.19 – 1871.08.21)

Bishop Andrea Portanova
(1818.04.06 – 1840.07.12)

Born:	1759.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1818.04.12
Died:	1840.07.12 († 81)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1818.04.06 – 1840.07.12)

Bishop-elect Alfonso Maria Freda
(1798.01.29 – ?)

Born:	1740.10.10
Ordained Priest:	1763.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1798.02.02

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1798.01.29 – ?)

Bishop Giovanni Arcamone
(1792.03.03 – 1793)

Born:	1732.11.28
Ordained Priest:	1755.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1792.03.04
Died:	1793.08.13 († 60)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1792.03.03 – 1793)

Bishop Giuseppe Maria Foschi
(1759.05.28 – 1776)

Born:	1711.03.23
Ordained Priest:	1735.06.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1759.06.04
Died:	1776.11.15 († 65)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1759.05.28 – 1776)

Bishop-elect Michele Mascullo
(1733.12.02 – ?)

Born:	1695.11.23
Ordained Priest:	1720.03.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1733.12.08

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1733.12.02 – ?)

Bishop Vincenzo Ferrero, O.P.
(1730.02.08 – 1733.10)

Born:	1658.01.28
Ordained Priest:	1681.03.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1725.05.01
Died:	1733.10 († 75)

Bishop of Gravina (Italy) (1725.04.17 – 1730.02.08)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1730.02.08 – 1733.10)

Bishop Domenico Maria Liguori, C.R.
(1717.12.17 – 1730)

Born:	1679.02.19
Ordained Priest:	1702.06.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1718.01.16
Died:	1751.05 († 72)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1717.12.17 – 1730)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1730 – 1751)

Bishop Domenico Morelli
(1688.05.17 – 1716)

Born:	1642.03.29
Ordained Priest:	1665.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1688.05.23
Died:	1716 († 74)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1688.05.17 – 1716)

Bishop Giambattista Eustachio
(1663.02.12 – 1687)

Died:

1687

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1663.02.12 – 1687)

Bishop Silvestro de Afflitto, C.R.
(1643.02.23 – 1661.08)

Died:

1661.08

Bishop of Trevico (1640.02.11 – 1643.02.23)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1643.02.23 – 1661.08)

Bishop Tommaso de Avalos, O.P.
(1642.03.24 – 1643.12)

Died:

1643.12

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1642.03.24 – 1643.12)

Bishop Bruno Sciamanna
(1637.08.27 – 1642.03.10)

Died:

1646

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1637.08.27 – 1642.03.10)

Bishop of Caserta (Italy) (1642.03.10 – 1646)

Bishop Fabrizio Suardi
(1619.01.28 – ?)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1619.01.28 – ?)

Bishop Fabio Aresti
(1601.05.11 – 1609.05.01)

Died:

1609.05.01

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1601.05.11 – 1609.05.01)

Bishop Lodovico Magio
(1601.04.29 – 1618)

Died:

1618

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1601.04.29 – 1618)

Bishop Marco Magnacervo, C.R.
(1593.05.21 – 1600.07.29)

Died:

1600.07.29

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1593.05.21 – 1600.07.29)

Bishop Scipione Bozzuti
(1582.02.14 – 1591)

Died:

1591

Bishop of Calvi (Italy) (1580.02.24 – 1582.02.14)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1582.02.14 – 1591)

Bishop Giulio Monaco
(1580.11.04 – 1581)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1580.11.04 – 1581)

Bishop Pietro De Petris
(1553.05.17 – 1580)

Died:

1580

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1553.05.17 – 1580)

Cardinal Fabio Mignanelli
(1540.11.15 – 1553.05.17)

Born:	1496 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1540?
Created Cardinal:	1551.11.20
Died:	1557.08.10 († 60)

Apostolic Nuncio to Austria-Hungary (1538.09.03 – 1539.04)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1540.11.15 – 1553.05.17)

Apostolic Nuncio to Austria-Hungary (1545.03.12 – 1545.08)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite (1551.12.04 – 1556.06.12)

Apostolic Administrator of Grosseto (Italy) (1553.05.17 – 1553.10.02)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1556.06.12 – 1557.08.10)

Bishop Enrique de Villalobos Xeres
(1538.07.29 – 1540.11.05)

Died:

1554

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1538.07.29 – 1540.11.05)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1540.11.05 – 1554)

Bishop Michele Visconti
(1535.02.26 – 1538)

Died:

1538

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1535.02.26 – 1538)

Cardinal Andrea Matteo Palmieri
(Apostolic Administrator 1534.08.20 – 1535.02.26)

Bishop Alfonso Carafa
(1512.07.01 – 1534)

Died:

1534

Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Italy) (1505.07.30 – 1512.07.01)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1512.07.01 – 1534)

Bishop Giovanni di Luigi, O. Carm.
(1500.10.25 – 1512)

Bishop of Capri (1491.07.15 – 1500.10.25)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1500.10.25 – 1512)

Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Italy) (1512.08.27 – 1519?)

Bishop Raffaele Rocca
(1497.04.17 – 1499.10.20)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1497.04.17 – 1499.10.20)

Bishop of Capri (1500.10.25 – 1514)

Bishop Antonio Torres, O.S.H.
(1496.11.07 – 1497.04.17)

Died:

1497.06

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1496.11.07 – 1497.04.17)

Bishop of Nepi (1497.04.17 – 1497.06)

Bishop of Sutri (1497.04.17 – 1497.06)

Bishop Giambattista Contestabili
(1493.12.02 – 1496)

Died:

1496

Bishop of Minori (1484.03.31 – 1493.12.02)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1493.12.02 – 1496)

Bishop Pietro Ranzano, O.P.
(1476 – 1492)

Died:

1492

Bishop of Civitate (1476 – 1478)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1476 – 1492)

Bishop Ladislao Dentice
(1450.07.01 – 1476)

Died:

1476

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1450.07.01 – 1476)

Bishop of Civitate (1450.07.01 – 1476)

Bishop Antonio Anglo
(1450.05.15 – 1450.07.01)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1450.05.15 – 1450.07.01)

Bishop of Civitate (1450.05.15 – 1450.07.01)

Bishop of Potenza (Italy) (1450.07.01 – 1463)

Bishop Bassastachio della Formica
(1422 – 1450)

Died:

1450

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1422 – 1450)

Bishop of Civitate (1439 – 1450)

Bishop Francesco
(1412 – 1422)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1412 – 1422)

Bishop Nicolò Antonio
(? – 1409?)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (? – 1409?)

Bishop Bassastachio della Formica
(1396.11.13 – ?)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1396.11.13 – ?)

Bishop Bartolomeo
(? – 1396)

Died:

1396

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (? – 1396)

Bishop Tommaso
(? – ?)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (? – ?)

Bishop Bartolomeo
(? – ?)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (? – ?)

Bishop Giacomo Gurga
(1363 – 1368?)

Died:

1368?

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1363 – 1368?)

Bishop Antonio
(1348 – 1363)

Died:

1363

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1348 – 1363)

Bishop Marino
(? – 1348)

Died:

1348

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (? – 1348)

Bishop Giacomo
(1324 – 1325)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1324 – 1325)

Blessed Bishop Augustin Kažotić, O.P.
(1322.08.21 – 1323.08.03)

Born:	1260
Died:	1323.08.03 (Lucera, Italy † 62)
Beatified:	1700.07.17 (equipollently)
Feast:	08.03

Bishop of Zagreb (Croatia) (1303 – 1322.08.21)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1322.08.21 – 1323.08.03)

Bishop and religious of Order of Preachers (Dominicans).

Bishop Giacomo da Fusignano, O.P.
(1314 – 1322.08.02)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1314 – 1322.08.02)

Coadjutor Bishop of Modone (1322.08.02 – ?)

Bishop Stefano
(1308? – ?)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1308? – ?)

Bishop Stefano
(1302.06.05 – 1305)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1302.06.05 – 1305)

Bishop Aimando
(1295 – 1302)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1295 – 1302)

Bishop of Salpi (1302 – ?)

Bishop Guglielmo
(? – 1295)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (? – 1295)

Bishop Bartolomeo
(1265? – ?)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1265? – ?)

Bishop Nicolò
(1261? – ?)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1261? – ?)

Bishop Alberto
(1255.08.03 – ?)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1255.08.03 – ?)

Bishop Ignoto
(? – 1247)

Died:

1247

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (? – 1247)

Bishop Alberto
(1221.01.13 – 1229?)

Bishop of Massa Lubrense (1218 – 1221.01.13)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1221.01.13 – 1229?)

Bishop Luterio
(? – 1219.10.17)

Died:

1219.10.17

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (? – 1219.10.17)

Bishop Rinaldo
(1179? – ?)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1179? – ?)

Bishop Benedetto
(1099? – ?)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1099? – ?)

Bishop Teudelgrado
(1084? – ?)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1084? – ?)

Bishop Azzo
(1075? – ?)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1075? – ?)

Bishop Giovanni
(1041? – ?)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1041? – ?)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ennio Appignanesi (later Archbishop) (1980.12.20 – 1983.09.15)

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