Diocese of Molfetta–Ruvo–Giovinazzo

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.01.15 – ...):

Bishop Domenico Cornacchia (74)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Molfetta–Ruvo–Giovinazzo–Terlizzi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Domenico Cornacchia (74)
(2016.01.15 – ...)

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

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 Luigi Martella
(2000.12.13 – 2015.07.06)

Propter nomen meum

Born:	1948.03.09 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1977.04.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.03.10
Died:	2015.07.06 († 67)

Priest of Otranto (Italy) (1977.04.10 – 2000.12.13)

Bishop of Molfetta–Ruvo–Giovinazzo–Terlizzi (Italy) (2000.12.13 – 2015.07.06)

Bishop Donato Negro (76) (later Archbishop)
(1993.12.22 – 2000.04.29)

Archbishop emeritus of Otranto (Italy)

Credidimus caritati

Born:	1948.01.03 (S. Cesario di Lecce, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1972.07.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.02.10

Priest of Lecce (Italy) (1972.07.15 – 1993.12.22)

Bishop of Molfetta–Ruvo–Giovinazzo–Terlizzi (Italy) (1993.12.22 – 2000.04.29)

Archbishop of Otranto (Italy) (2000.04.29 – 2023.04.19)

Venerable Bishop Antonio Bello
(1986.09.30 – 1993.04.20)

Audiant et lætentur

Born:	1935.03.18 (Alessano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1957.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.10.30
Died:	1993.04.20 (Molfetta, Italy † 58)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1982.08.10 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Ruvo (Italy) (1982.09.30 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Molfetta–Ruvo–Giovinazzo–Terlizzi (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1993.04.20)

Bishop.

Bishops of Molfetta (Roman Rite)

Venerable Bishop Antonio Bello
(1982.08.10 – 1986.09.30)

(see above)

Bishop Aldo Garzia
(1978.03.18 – 1982.06.15)

Evangelii factus minister

Born:	1926.05.03 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1950.07.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.12.07
Died:	1994.12.17 († 68)

Titular Bishop of Asidonia (1975.10.07 – 1978.03.18)

Coadjutor Bishop of Giovinazzo (Italy) (1975.10.07 – 1978.03.18)

Coadjutor Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1975.10.07 – 1978.03.18)

Coadjutor Bishop of Terlizzi (Italy) (1975.10.07 – 1978.03.18)

Bishop of Giovinazzo (Italy) (1978.03.18 – 1982.06.15)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1978.03.18 – 1982.06.15)

Bishop of Terlizzi (Italy) (1978.03.18 – 1982.06.15)

Apostolic Administrator of Bitonto (Italy) (1981.02 – 1982.09.30)

Apostolic Administrator of Ruvo (Italy) (1981.02 – 1982.09.30)

Coadjutor Bishop of Nardò (Italy) (1982.06.15 – 1983.09.30)

Bishop of Gallipoli (Italy) (1982.06.15 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Nardò (Italy) (1983.09.30 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Nardò–Gallipoli (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1994.12.17)

Bishop Settimio Todisco (100) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 1969.12.15 – 1975.05.24)

Bishop Achille Salvucci
(1935.10.17 – 1978.03.18)

Born:	1884.07.18 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1907.03.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1935.11.17
Died:	1978.03.18 († 93)

Bishop of Giovinazzo (Italy) (1935.10.17 – 1978.03.18)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1935.10.17 – 1978.03.18)

Bishop of Terlizzi (Italy) (1935.10.17 – 1978.03.18)

Bishop Pasquale Gioia, C.R.S.
(1921.09.30 – 1935.04.01)

Fortiter et suaviter

Born:	1872.05.19 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1921.11.01
Died:	1935.04.01 († 62)

Bishop of Giovinazzo (Italy) (1921.09.30 – 1935.04.01)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1921.09.30 – 1935.04.01)

Bishop of Terlizzi (Italy) (1921.09.30 – 1935.04.01)

Venerable Bishop Giovanni Jacono (later Archbishop)
(1918.07.02 – 1921.03.18)

Super omnia caritas

Born:	1873.03.14 (Ragusa, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1902.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1918.09.08
Died:	1957.05.25 (Ragusa, Italy † 84)

Bishop of Giovinazzo (Italy) (1918.07.02 – 1921.03.18)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1918.07.02 – 1921.03.18)

Bishop of Terlizzi (Italy) (1918.07.02 – 1921.03.18)

Bishop of Caltanissetta (Italy) (1921.03.18 – 1956.10.02)

Titular Archbishop of Mocissus (1956.10.02 – 1957.05.25)

Archbishop.

Bishop Pasquale Picone
(1895.03.18 – 1917.09.05)

Born:	1836.07.13 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1859.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1895.03.25
Died:	1917.09.05 († 81)

Bishop of Giovinazzo (Italy) (1895.03.18 – 1917.09.05)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1895.03.18 – 1917.09.05)

Bishop of Terlizzi (Italy) (1895.03.18 – 1917.09.05)

Bishop Pasquale Corrado
(1890.01.02 – 1894.12.06)

Born:	1835.03.19 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1858.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1890.01.02
Died:	1894.12.06 († 59)

Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palæstina (1889.12.30 – 1890.01.02)

Coadjutor Bishop of Giovinazzo (Italy) (1889.12.30 – 1890.01.02)

Coadjutor Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1889.12.30 – 1890.01.02)

Coadjutor Bishop of Terlizzi (Italy) (1889.12.30 – 1890.01.02)

Bishop of Giovinazzo (Italy) (1890.01.02 – 1894.12.06)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1890.01.02 – 1894.12.06)

Bishop of Terlizzi (Italy) (1890.01.02 – 1894.12.06)

Archbishop Gaetano Rossini
(1867.03.27 – 1890.01.04)

Born:	1796.03.05 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1855.03.25
Died:	1890.01.04 († 93)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Acerenza (Italy) (1855.03.23 – 1867.03.27)

Archbishop of Matera (Italy) (1855.03.23 – 1867.03.27)

Archbishop-Bishop of Giovinazzo (Italy) (1867.03.27 – 1890.01.04)

Archbishop-Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1867.03.27 – 1890.01.04)

Archbishop-Bishop of Terlizzi (Italy) (1867.03.27 – 1890.01.04)

Bishop Nicola Guida
(1852.09.27 – 1862.12.06)

Ordained Priest:	1834.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1852.09.29
Died:	1862.12.06

Bishop of Giovinazzo (Italy) (1852.09.27 – 1862.12.06)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1852.09.27 – 1862.12.06)

Bishop of Terlizzi (Italy) (1852.09.27 – 1862.12.06)

Bishop Giovanni Costantini
(1837.05.19 – 1852.01.19)

Born:	1794.08.03
Ordained Priest:	1816.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1837.06.25
Died:	1852.01.19 († 57)

Bishop of Giovinazzo (Italy) (1837.05.19 – 1852.01.19)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1837.05.19 – 1852.01.19)

Bishop of Terlizzi (Italy) (1837.05.19 – 1852.01.19)

Bishop Filippo Giudice Caracciolo, C.O. (later Cardinal)
(1820.02.21 – 1833.04.15)

Born:	1785.03.27 (Napoli, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1809.03.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1820.02.27
Created Cardinal:	1833.07.29
Died:	1844.01.29 (Napoli, Italy † 58)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1820.02.21 – 1833.04.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy) (1833.04.15 – 1844.01.29)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura (1833.09.30 – 1844.01.29)

Bishop Domenico Antonio Cimaglia
(1818.10.02 – 1819.07)

Born:	1753.03.18
Ordained Priest:	1777.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1818.05.31
Died:	1819.07 († 66)

Bishop of Giovinazzo (Italy) (1818.05.25 – 1818.10.02)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1818.10.02 – 1819.07)

Bishop Gennaro Antonucci
(1775.11.13 – 1804.03.21)

Born:	1726.02.08
Ordained Priest:	1757.06.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1775.11.19
Died:	1804.03.21 († 78)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1775.11.13 – 1804.03.21)

Bishop-elect Celestino Orlandi, O.S.B.
(1754.09.16 – ?)

Born:	1704.10.21
Ordained Priest:	1727.10.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1754.09.29

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1754.09.16 – ?)

Bishop Fabrizio Antonio Salerni
(1714.09.17 – 1754.04.14)

Born:	1679.07.10
Ordained Priest:	1703.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1714.10.28
Died:	1754.04.14 († 74)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1714.09.17 – 1754.04.14)

Bishop Giovanni degli Effetti
(1701.07.18 – 1712)

Born:	1660.02.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1701.07.31
Died:	1712 († 52)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1701.07.18 – 1712)

Bishop Domenico Belisario de Bellis
(Apostolic Administrator 1696.02.23 – 1701.01.17)

Bishop Pietro Vecchia, O.S.B.
(1691.12.19 – 1695.07)

Consecrated Bishop:	1690.03.12
Died:	1695.07

Bishop of Andria (Italy) (1690.03.06 – 1691.12.19)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1691.12.19 – 1695.07)

Bishop Carlo Loffredo, C.R. (later Archbishop)
(1670.10.06 – 1691.11.26)

Born:	1635.03.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1670.10.19
Died:	1701.01 († 65)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1670.10.06 – 1691.11.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bari e Canosa (Italy) (1691.11.26 – 1698.03.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1698.03.20 – 1701.01)

Bishop Francesco Marini (later Archbishop)
(1666.03.29 – 1670.10.06)

Born:	1630 (Switzerland)
Consecrated Bishop:	1655.08.08

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1655.08.11 – 1666.03.29)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1666.03.29 – 1670.10.06)

Titular Archbishop of Amasea (1671.01.19 – 1686.04.27)

Titular Archbishop of Theodosia (1686.04.27 – ?)

Bishop Giovanni Tommaso Pinelli, C.R.
(1648 – 1666.03.29)

Consecrated Bishop:	1648.05.24
Died:	1688.06

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1648 – 1666.03.29)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1666.03.29 – 1688.06)

Bishop Giacinto Petroni, O.P.
(1622 – 1648.09)

Born:	(Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1622.10.02
Died:	1648.09

Master of the Sacred Palace of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces (1614 – 1622)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1622 – 1648.09)

Bishop Giovanni Antonio Bovio, O.C.D.
(1607.01.29 – 1622.08.12)

Consecrated Bishop:	1607.02.11
Died:	1622.08.12

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1607.01.29 – 1622.08.12)

Bishop Offredo De Offredi
(1598 – 1605.06)

Died:

1605.06

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1598 – 1605.06)

Bishop Maggiorano Maggiorani
(1566.03.13 – 1597.07.31)

Died:

1597.07.31

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1566.03.13 – 1597.07.31)

Bishop Nicola Maggiorani
(1553.12.15 – 1566.03.13)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1553.12.15 – 1566.03.13)

Bishop Giacomo Ponzetti
(1518.07.12 – 1553)

Coadjutor Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (? – 1518.07.12)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1518.07.12 – 1553)

Cardinal Ferdinando Ponzetti
(1517.04.20 – 1518.07.12)

Born:	1444 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1517.07.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1517.12.21
Died:	1527.09.09 († 82)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1517.04.20 – 1518.07.12)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio (1517.07.06 – 1527.09.09)

Bishop of Grosseto (Italy) (1522.12.22 – 1527.02.25)

Bishop Alessio Celadoni di Celadonia
(1508.06.07 – 1517)

Died:

1517

Bishop of Gallipoli (Italy) (1494.12.12 – 1508.06.07)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1508.06.07 – 1517)

Bishop Angelo Lacerti
(1484.09.15 – 1489)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1484.09.15 – 1489)

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Cibò (later Pope Innocent VIII)
(1472.09.16 – 1484.08.29)

Born:	1432 (Genova, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1450?
Consecrated Bishop:	1467.01.28
Created Cardinal:	1473.05.07
Elected as Supreme Pontiff:	1484.08.29
Installed as Supreme Pontiff:	1484.09.12
Died:	1492.07.25 (Roma, Italy † 59)

Bishop of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges (France) (? – 1466)

Bishop of Savona (Italy) (1466.11.05 – 1472.09.16)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1472.09.16 – 1484.08.29)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina (1473.05.17 – 1474.01)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia (1474.01 – 1484.08.29)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1482.06.05 – 1482.10.31)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1484.01.19 – 1484.08.29)

Supreme Pontiff (1484.08.29 [1484.09.12] – 1492.07.25)

Bishop Leonardo Palmieri
(1472 – ?)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1472 – ?)

Bishop Andrea Della Rocca
(1433 – 1472)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1433 – 1472)

Bishop Gentile Del Monte
(1427 – 1433)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1427 – 1433)

Bishop Pietro Picci
(1421 – 1427)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1421 – 1427)

Bishop Giovanni Brancia
(1401.04.11 – 1412.08.07)

Died:

1412.08.07

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1401.04.11 – 1412.08.07)

Bishop Simone Lopa
(1386 – 1401.03.26)

Died:

1401

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1386 – 1401.03.26)

Bishop of Pozzuoli (Italy) (1401.03.26 – 1401)

Bishop Nicolò Albus
(1375.01.08 – 1384 deposed)

Bishop of Polignano (Italy) (1364.02.28 – 1375.01.08)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1375.01.08 – 1384 deposed)

Bishop Leone
(1344 – 1362)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1344 – 1362)

Bishop Giacomo
(1336 – 1343)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1336 – 1343)

Bishop Giacomo
(1312 – 1335)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1312 – 1335)

Bishop Paolo, O.F.M.
(1292 – 1310)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1292 – 1310)

Bishop Angelo da Saraceno
(1286? – 1290)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1286? – 1290)

Bishop Riccardo
(1271 – 1285)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1271 – 1285)

Bishop Risando
(1223 – 1271)

Died:

1271

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1223 – 1271)

Bishop Acciarino
(1205 – 1217)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1205 – 1217)

Bishop Ruggiero
(1185 – 1207)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1185 – 1207)

Bishop Giovanni
(1161 – 1179)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1161 – 1179)

Bishop Giovanni
(1134 – ?)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1134 – ?)

Bishop Giovanni
(1071 – 1098)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1071 – 1098)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Aldo Garzia (1975.10.07 – 1978.03.18)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Pasquale Corrado (1889.12.30 – 1890.01.02)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Giacomo Ponzetti (? – 1518.07.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ferdinando Siciliani (1828.06.23 – 1839.05.01)

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