Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Taranto

Italy Italy

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Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Taranto / Tarentin(us) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Castellaneta, Oria

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: S. Cataldo

Liturgical Calendar (National) ๐Ÿ“…

History

Contact Info

Address: Largo Arcivescovado 8, 74100 Taranto, Italy

Phone: 099.47.09.611

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2023.07.22 โ€“ ...):Archbishop Ciro Miniero (66)Archbishop Ciro Miniero (66)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Taranto (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Ciro Miniero (66)Archbishop Ciro Miniero (66)
(2023.07.22 โ€“ ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy)

Cum Maria evangelizare

Born:1958.01.31 (Napoli, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1982.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:2011.06.19

Priest of Napoli (Italy) (1982.06.19 โ€“ 2011.05.07)

Bishop of Vallo della Lucania (Italy) (2011.05.07 โ€“ 2022.10.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Vallo della Lucania (Italy) (2022.10.19 โ€“ 2023.04.05)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (2022.10.19 โ€“ 2023.07.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (2023.07.22 โ€“ ...)

Archbishop Filippo Santoro (76)Archbishop Filippo Santoro (76)
(2011.11.21 โ€“ 2023.07.22)

Special Delegate to Memores Domini Lay Association
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Taranto (Italy)

Verbum Caro Factum

Born:1948.07.12 (Carbonara, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1972.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:1996.06.29

Priest of Bariโ€“Bitonto (Italy) (1972.05.20 โ€“ 1996.04.10)

Titular Bishop of Tuscamia (1996.04.10 โ€“ 2004.05.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sรฃo Sebastiรฃo do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1996.04.10 โ€“ 2004.05.12)

Bishop of Petrรณpolis (Brazil) (2004.05.12 โ€“ 2011.11.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (2011.11.21 โ€“ 2023.07.22)

Special Delegate to Memores Domini Lay Association (2021.09.25 โ€“ ...)

Archbishop Benigno Luigi Papa, O.F.M. Cap.
(1990.05.11 โ€“ 2011.11.21)

In nome di Cristo

Born:1935.08.25 (Spongano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1961.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:1981.12.27
Died:2023.03.06 (Martina Franca, TA, Puglia, Italy โ€  87)

Bishop of Oppido Mamertinaโ€“Palmi (Italy) (1981.09.29 โ€“ 1990.05.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1990.05.11 โ€“ 2011.11.21)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Italy (2002.05.22 โ€“ 2007.05.22)

Apostolic Administrator of Messinaโ€“Lipariโ€“Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy) (2016.04.04 โ€“ 2016.10.20)

Cardinal Salvatore De Giorgi (94)Archbishop Salvatore De Giorgi (94) (later Cardinal)
(1987.10.10 โ€“ 1990.05.11)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Palermo (Italy)

In caritate pax

Born:1930.09.06 (Vernole, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1953.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:1973.12.27
Created Cardinal:1998.02.21

Priest of Lecce (Italy) (1953.06.28 โ€“ 1973.11.21)

Titular Bishop of Tulana (1973.11.21 โ€“ 1975.11.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Oria (Italy) (1973.11.21 โ€“ 1975.11.29)

Coadjutor Bishop of Oria (Italy) (1975.11.29 โ€“ 1978.03.17)

Bishop of Oria (Italy) (1978.03.17 โ€“ 1981.04.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Foggia (Italy) (1981.04.04 โ€“ 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Bovino (Italy) (1981.04.04 โ€“ 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Troia (Italy) (1981.04.04 โ€“ 1986.09.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Foggiaโ€“Bovino (Italy) (1986.09.30 โ€“ 1987.10.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1987.10.10 โ€“ 1990.05.11)

General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action (1990.02.02 โ€“ 1996.04.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy) (1996.04.04 โ€“ 2006.12.19)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli (1998.02.21 [1998.05.30] โ€“ ...)

Archbishop Guglielmo Motolese
(1962.01.16 โ€“ 1987.10.10)

Respice stellam

Born:1910.11.05 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1933.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:1952.10.07
Died:2005.06.05 (โ€  94)

Titular Bishop of Eutyme (1952.06.21 โ€“ 1962.01.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Taranto (Italy) (1952.06.21 โ€“ 1962.01.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1962.01.16 โ€“ 1987.10.10)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Italy (1974.01.08 โ€“ 1981.05.21)

Archbishop-Bishop of Castellaneta (Italy) (1974.05.14 โ€“ 1980.09.27)

Archbishop Ferdinando Bernardi
(1935.01.21 โ€“ 1961.11.18)

Born:1874.07.10 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1900.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1931.06.28
Died:1961.11.18 (โ€  87)

Bishop of Andria (Italy) (1931.04.11 โ€“ 1935.01.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1935.01.21 โ€“ 1961.11.18)

Archbishop Orazio Mazzella
(1917.04.14 โ€“ 1934.11.01)

Born:1860.05.30 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1883.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:1896.02.23
Died:1939.07.30 (โ€  79)

Titular Bishop of Cyme (1896.02.11 โ€“ 1898.03.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bari e Canosa (Italy) (1896.02.11 โ€“ 1898.03.24)

Archbishop of Rossano (Italy) (1898.03.24 โ€“ 1917.04.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1917.04.14 โ€“ 1934.11.01)

Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria (1934.11.01 โ€“ 1939.07.30)

Archbishop Carlo Giuseppe Cecchini, O.P.
(1909.12.04 โ€“ 1916.12.17)

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

Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus (1904.01.27 โ€“ 1909.12.04)

Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1904.01.27 โ€“ 1909.12.04)

Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy) (1904.01.27 โ€“ 1909.12.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1909.12.04 โ€“ 1916.12.17)

Archbishop Pietro Alfonso Iorio
(1885.03.27 โ€“ 1908.11.15)

Born:1841.04.26 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1866.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:1880.03.07
Died:1911.11.15 (โ€  70)

Bishop of Lacedonia (Italy) (1880.02.27 โ€“ 1885.03.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1885.03.27 โ€“ 1908.11.15)

Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia (1908.11.15 โ€“ 1911.11.15)

Archbishop Giuseppe Rotondo
(1855.12.17 โ€“ 1885.01.20)

Born:1807.03.28 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1830.04.10
Consecrated Bishop:1850.06.16
Died:1885.01.20 (โ€  77)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brindisi (Italy) (1850.05.20 โ€“ 1855.12.17)

Bishop of Ostuni (Italy) (1850.05.20 โ€“ 1855.12.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1855.12.17 โ€“ 1885.01.20)

Archbishop Raffaele Blundo
(1835.04.06 โ€“ 1855)

Born:1776.10.16
Ordained Priest:1799.05.18
Consecrated Bishop:1835.04.20
Died:1855.06.20 (โ€  78)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1835.04.06 โ€“ 1855)

Archbishop Giovanni AntonioC.M. de Fulgure, C.M.
(1818.05.25 โ€“ 1833.01.06)

Born:1754.05.06
Ordained Priest:1777.05.24
Consecrated Bishop:1818.05.31
Died:1833.01.06 (โ€  78)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1818.05.25 โ€“ 1833.01.06)

Archbishop Giuseppe Capecelatro
(1778.03.30 โ€“ 1816)

Born:1744.09.23
Ordained Priest:1767.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:1778.04.12
Died:1836.11.02 (โ€  92)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1778.03.30 โ€“ 1816)

Archbishop Francesco Saverio Mastrilli, C.R.
(1759.07.13 โ€“ 1777.10)

Born:1699.11.29
Ordained Priest:1722.11.15
Consecrated Bishop:1759.07.15
Died:1777.10 (โ€  77)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1759.07.13 โ€“ 1777.10)

Archbishop Isidoro Sรกnchez de Luna, O.S.B.
(1754.04.22 โ€“ 1759.05.28)

Born:1705.11.16 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1728.10.17
Consecrated Bishop:1748.05.12
Died:1786.10.17 (โ€  80)

Bishop of Ariano (Italy) (1748.05.06 โ€“ 1754.04.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1754.04.22 โ€“ 1759.05.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno (Italy) (1759.05.28 โ€“ 1783.05.14)

Titular Archbishop of Tarsus (1783.07.18 โ€“ 1786.10.17)

Archbishop Antonio Sersale (later Cardinal)
(1750.11.16 โ€“ 1754.02.11)

Born:1702.06.25 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1725.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:1743.09.29
Created Cardinal:1754.04.22
Died:1775.06.24 (โ€  72)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brindisi (Italy) (1743.09.09 โ€“ 1750.11.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1750.11.16 โ€“ 1754.02.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy) (1754.02.11 โ€“ 1775.06.24)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1754.05.20 โ€“ 1775.06.24)

Archbishop Giovanni Rosso, C.R.
(1738.05.21 โ€“ 1750.02.20)

Born:1688.04.16
Ordained Priest:1711.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:1736.04.22
Died:1750.02.20 (โ€  61)

Bishop of Ugento (Italy) (1736.04.11 โ€“ 1737.07.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Acerenza (Italy) (1737.07.08 โ€“ 1738.05.21)

Archbishop of Matera (Italy) (1737.07.08 โ€“ 1738.05.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1738.05.21 โ€“ 1750.02.20)

Archbishop Casimiro Rossi
(1733.01.19 โ€“ 1738.05.03)

Born:1685.03.11
Ordained Priest:1719.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:1733.01.25
Died:1758.12.27 (โ€  73)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1733.01.19 โ€“ 1738.05.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno (Italy) (1738.05.03 โ€“ 1758.12.27)

Archbishop Celestino Galiano, O.S.B.
(1731.04.30 โ€“ 1732.03.31)

Born:1681.10.27 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1704.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1731.05.27
Died:1753.07.26 (โ€  71)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1731.04.30 โ€“ 1732.03.31)

Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica (1732.03.31 โ€“ 1753.07.26)

Archbishop Fabrizio de Capua
(1727.12.22 โ€“ 1730.12.11)

Born:1685.04.14
Ordained Priest:1727.04.06
Consecrated Bishop:1727.12.27
Died:1738.03.01 (โ€  52)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1727.12.22 โ€“ 1730.12.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno (Italy) (1730.12.11 โ€“ 1738.03.01)

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Pignatelli
(1713.08.28 โ€“ 1725.12)

Born:1660.09.26
Ordained Priest:1692.05.18
Consecrated Bishop:1713.09.03
Died:1725.12 (โ€  65)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1713.08.28 โ€“ 1725.12)

Archbishop Francesco Pignatelli, C.R. (later Cardinal)
(1684.09.27 โ€“ 1703.02.19)

Born:1652.02.06 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1684.10.03
Created Cardinal:1703.12.17
Died:1734.12.05 (โ€  82)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1684.09.27 โ€“ 1703.02.19)

Apostolic Nuncio to Poland (1700.03.20 โ€“ 1703.02.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy) (1703.02.19 โ€“ 1734.12.05)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro (1704.02.11 โ€“ 1719.04.26)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1719.04.26 โ€“ 1724.06.12)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1724.06.12 โ€“ 1725.11.19)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1725.11.19 โ€“ 1734.12.05)

Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals (1725.11.19? โ€“ 1734.12.05)

Archbishop Tommaso de Sarria, O.P.
(1665.04.13 โ€“ 1682.11.05)

Died:1682.11.05

Metropolitan Archbishop of Trani (Italy) (1656.10.16 โ€“ 1665.04.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1665.04.13 โ€“ 1682.11.05)

Archbishop Tommaso Caracciolo, C.R.
(1637.03.30 โ€“ 1665)

Died:1665

Titular Archbishop of Cyrene (1631.11.10 โ€“ 1637.03.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1637.03.30 โ€“ 1665)

Cardinal Gil Carrillo de Albornoz
(1630.09.23 โ€“ 1637.03.30)

Born:1579 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:1627.08.30
Consecrated Bishop:1630.10.06
Died:1649.12.19 (โ€  69)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via (1630.08.12 โ€“ 1649.12.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1630.09.23 โ€“ 1637.03.30)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1644.03.14 โ€“ 1646.01.08)

Archbishop Francisco Sรกnchez Villanueva y Vega
(1628.01.24 โ€“ 1630.09.23)

Born:1581.01 (Spain)
Died:1658.02.04 (โ€  77)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1628.01.24 โ€“ 1630.09.23)

Archbishop-Bishop of Mazara del Vallo (Italy) (1630.09.23 โ€“ 1635.07.09)

Archbishop-Bishop of Islas Canarias (Spain) (1635.07.09 โ€“ 1658.02.04)

Archbishop Antonio dโ€™Aquino
(1618 โ€“ 1627.08.27)

Died:1627.08.27

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1595.04.17 โ€“ 1618)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1618 โ€“ 1627.08.27)

Cardinal Bonifazio Caetani
(1613.04.22 โ€“ 1617.06.24)

Born:1567 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1593.11.08
Consecrated Bishop:1599
Created Cardinal:1606.09.11
Died:1617.06.24 (โ€  49)

Bishop of Cassano allโ€™Jonio (Italy) (1599.11.08 โ€“ 1613.04.22)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1607.11.19 โ€“ 1617.06.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1613.04.22 โ€“ 1617.06.24)

Archbishop Ottavio Mirto Frangipane
(1605.06.20 โ€“ 1612)

Died:1612

Bishop of Caiazzo (Italy) (1572.11.19 โ€“ 1592.03.09)

Bishop of Tricarico (Italy) (1592.03.09 โ€“ 1605.06.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1605.06.20 โ€“ 1612)

Archbishop Juan de Castro
(1600.03.20 โ€“ 1601.11.11)

Died:1601.11.11

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1600.03.20 โ€“ 1601.11.11)

Archbishop Lelio Brancaccio
(1574.11.15 โ€“ 1599)

Died:1599

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sorrento (Italy) (1571.06.20 โ€“ 1574.11.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1574.11.15 โ€“ 1599)

Cardinal Girolamo di Corregio
(1569.05.13 โ€“ 1572.10.09)

Born:1511 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:1561.02.26
Consecrated Bishop:1570.01.22
Died:1572.10.09 (โ€  60)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (1561.06.03 โ€“ 1562.05.05)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio (1562.05.05 โ€“ 1568.05.14)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Martino ai Monti (1568.05.14 โ€“ 1570.06.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1569.05.13 โ€“ 1572.10.09)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca (1570.06.09 โ€“ 1570.07.03)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia (1570.07.03 โ€“ 1572.10.09)

Cardinal Marco Antonio Colonna
(1560.07.09 โ€“ 1568.10.13)

Born:1523 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1560
Created Cardinal:1565.03.12
Died:1597.03.13 (โ€  73)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1560.07.09 โ€“ 1568.10.13)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1565.05.15 โ€“ 1580.12.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno (Italy) (1568.10.13 โ€“ 1574.10.13)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli (1580.12.05 โ€“ 1586.10.13)

Commendatory Abbot of Subiaco (Italy) (1585 โ€“ 1592)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1586.10.13 โ€“ 1587.05.11)

Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals (1586.10.13 โ€“ 1587.05.11)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1587.05.11 โ€“ 1597.03.13)

Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library (1591 โ€“ 1597.03.13)

Archbishop Francesco Colonna
(1544.10.22 โ€“ 1560)

Died:1560

Commendatory Abbot of Subiaco (Italy) (1529 โ€“ 1559)

Archbishop of Rossano (Italy) (1534.12.18 โ€“ 1544.10.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1544.10.22 โ€“ 1560)

Cardinal Antonio Sanseverino, S.M.O.M.
(1528.08.31 โ€“ 1543.08.17)

Born:1477 (Italy)
Created Cardinal:1527.11.21
Ordained Priest:1528.11.17
Consecrated Bishop:1531.12.21
Died:1543.08.17 (โ€  65)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1528.04.27 โ€“ 1530.05.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1528.08.31 โ€“ 1543.08.17)

Apostolic Administrator of Conversano (Italy) (1529.07.28 โ€“ 1534.02.11)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Apollinare (1530.05.16 โ€“ 1534.09.05)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1534.09.05 โ€“ 1537.11.28)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1537.11.28 โ€“ 1539.08.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Lacedonia (Italy) (1538.02.25 โ€“ 1538.09.24)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1539.08.04 โ€“ 1543.01.08)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1543.01.08 โ€“ 1543.08.17)

Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals (1543.01.08 โ€“ 1543.08.17)

Archbishop Girolamo dโ€™Ippolito, O.P.
(1528 โ€“ 1528)

Died:1528

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1528 โ€“ 1528)

Cardinal Francesco Armellini deโ€™ Medici
(1525.12.15 โ€“ 1528.01.08)

Born:1470.07.13 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:1517.07.01
Consecrated Bishop:1525?
Died:1528.01.08 (โ€  57)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto (1517.07.06 โ€“ 1523.11.22)

Apostolic Administrator of Gerace (Italy) (1517.11.19 โ€“ 1519.06.06)

Apostolic Administrator of Oppido Mamertina (Italy) (1517.11.19 โ€“ 1519.06.06)

Apostolic Administrator of Arezzo (Italy) (1519 โ€“ 1522)

Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1521.09.13 โ€“ 1528.01.08)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1523.11.22 โ€“ 1528.01.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1525.12.15 โ€“ 1528.01.08)

Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery (1526 โ€“ 1528.01.08)

Archbishop Giovanni Maria Poderico
(1510.04.24 โ€“ 1524)

Died:1524

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nazareth in Barletta (Italy) (1491.04.11 โ€“ 1510.04.24)

Bishop of Canne (1491.04.11 โ€“ 1510.04.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1510.04.24 โ€“ 1524)

Archbishop-elect Orlando Carretto della Rovere
(1509.10.10 โ€“ 1510.04.24)

Born: (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:1512.03.28
Died:1529

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1509.10.10 โ€“ 1510.04.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nazareth in Barletta (Italy) (1510.04.24 โ€“ 1512.08.12)

Bishop of Canne (1510.04.24 โ€“ 1512.08.12)

Apostolic Administrator of Ourense (Spain) (1511.10.01 โ€“ 1512.08.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Avignon (France) (1512.08.12 โ€“ 1529)

Archbishop Enrico Bruno, O.P.
(1498.09.14 โ€“ 1509)

Died:1509

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1492.10.29 โ€“ 1498.09.14)

Bishop of Orte (1492.10.29 โ€“ 1498.09.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1498.09.14 โ€“ 1509)

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Orsini
(Apostolic Administrator 1490.11.05 โ€“ 1498.09.24)

Archbishop Francesco de Perez
(1489.10.26 โ€“ 1491)

Died:1491

Bishop of Teramo (Italy) (1479.10.09 โ€“ 1489.10.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1489.10.26 โ€“ 1491)

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Petrucci
(1485.11.17 โ€“ 1489.10.26)

Died:1514

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1485.11.17 โ€“ 1489.10.26)

Bishop of Teramo (Italy) (1489.10.26 โ€“ 1493.10.18)

Bishop of Caserta (Italy) (1493.10.18 โ€“ 1514)

Cardinal Giovanni dโ€™Aragona
(Apostolic Administrator 1477.11.10 โ€“ 1485.10.17)

Cardinal Latino Orsini
(1472.10.30 โ€“ 1477.08.11)

Born:1410? (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Created Cardinal:1448.12.20
Died:1477.08.11 (โ€  66)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Conza (Italy) (1438.03.10 โ€“ 1439.06.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Trani (Italy) ([1438.11.21] 1439.06.08 โ€“ 1450.12.23)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1449.01.03 โ€“ 1465.06.07)

Bishop of Urbino (Italy) (1450.12.23 โ€“ 1452.09.11)

Abbot nullius of Farfa (Italy) (1450.12.23 โ€“ 1477.08.08)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1451 โ€“ 1451)

Apostolic Administrator of Bari e Canosa (Italy) (1454.12.04 โ€“ 1472.11.06)

Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (1463 โ€“ 1477.08.11)

Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1465.06.07 โ€“ 1468.10.14)

Apostolic Administrator of Polignano (1468 โ€“ 1472)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1468.10.14 โ€“ 1477.08.11)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1469.11.13 โ€“ 1471.01.19)

Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1471.08.09 โ€“ 1477.08.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1472.10.30 โ€“ 1477.08.11)

Archbishop Alessandro Galeota
(1449 โ€“ ?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1449 โ€“ ?)

Archbishop Mario Orsini
(1445.07.30 โ€“ 1471)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy) (1445.06.04 โ€“ 1445.07.30 not possessed)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1445.07.30 โ€“ 1471)

Cardinal Giuliano Cesarini
(Apostolic Administrator 1440 โ€“ 1444.03.07)

Archbishop Giovanni Berardi (later Cardinal)
(1421.10.20 โ€“ 1439.12.18)

Born:1380 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Created Cardinal:1439.12.18
Died:1449.01.21 (โ€  68)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1421.10.20 โ€“ 1439.12.18)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1440.01.08 โ€“ 1444.03.07)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1443 โ€“ 1444.10.04)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1444.03.07 โ€“ 1449.01.21)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo in commendum (1444.03.07 โ€“ 1449.01.21)

Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary (1444.12 โ€“ 1449.01.21)

Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals (1445 โ€“ 1449.01.21)

Cardinal Rinaldo Brancaccio
(Apostolic Administrator 1412.07.03 โ€“ 1420)

Cardinal Ludovico Bonito
(1406 โ€“ 1412)

Born: (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1387?
Created Cardinal:1408.09.19
Died:1413.09.18

Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy) (1382.06.01 โ€“ 1392)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bar (Montenegro) (1395 โ€“ 1395)

Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica ([1395] 1396.05.22 โ€“ 1399.09.05)

Bishop of Bergamo (Italy) (1399.09.05 โ€“ 1400.11.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa (Italy) ([1400.07.18] 1400.11.15 โ€“ 1406)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1406 [1407.07.29] โ€“ 1412)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1408.09.19 โ€“ 1413.09.18)

Archbishop Alamanno Adimari (later Pseudocardinal)
(1401.11.16 โ€“ 1406.11.03)

Born:1362 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Created Cardinal:1411.06.06
Died:1422.09.17 (โ€  59)

Bishop of Firenze (Italy) (1400 โ€“ 1401.10.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1401.11.16 โ€“ 1406.11.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa (Italy) (1406.11.03 โ€“ 1411.06.06)

Pseudocardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio (1411.06.06 โ€“ 1422.09.17โ–ผ)

Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (1418 โ€“ 1422.09.17โ–ผ)

Archbishop Iacopo Palladini
(1400.03.24 โ€“ 1401.11.16)

Born:1349
Died:1417 (โ€  68)

Bishop of Monopoli (Italy) (1391.10.11 โ€“ 1400.03.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1400.03.24 โ€“ 1401.11.16)

Archbishop-Bishop of Firenze (Italy) (1401.11.16 โ€“ 1410.07.18)

Archbishop-Bishop of Spoleto (Italy) (1410.07.18 โ€“ 1417)

Archbishop Bartolomeo dโ€™Aprano
(? โ€“ 1400.03.07)

Died:1414.09.09

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (? โ€“ 1400.03.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno (Italy) (1400.03.07 โ€“ 1414.09.09)

Archbishop Elisario, O.S.B.
(1391 โ€“ ?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1391 โ€“ ?)

Archbishop Pietro Amely di Brunac, O.E.S.A. (later Patriarch)
(1386 โ€“ 1387.11.12)

Bishop of Senigallia (Italy) (1375.07.05 โ€“ 1382)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1386 โ€“ 1387.11.12)

Patriarch of Grado (Italy) (1387.11.12 โ€“ 1400)

Patriarch of Alexandria (1400 โ€“ 1402?)

Archbishop Giacomo
(1386 โ€“ ?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1386 โ€“ ?)

Cardinal Marino Giudice
(1380.06.04 โ€“ 1386.01.11)

Born: (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1370?
Created Cardinal:1383
Died:1386.01.11

Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (Italy) (1370.02.18 โ€“ 1373.05.18)

Bishop of Cassano allโ€™Jonio (Italy) (1373.05.18 โ€“ 1379)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brindisiโ€“Oria (Italy) (1379 โ€“ 1380.06.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Imola (Italy) (1380 โ€“ 1382)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1380.06.04 โ€“ 1386.01.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Aversa (Italy) (1381.11.13 โ€“ 1386.01.11)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1383 โ€“ 1386.01.11)

Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1383 โ€“ 1386.01.11)

Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (1383 โ€“ 1386.01.11)

Archbishop Martino Del Giudice
(1380.06.04 โ€“ 1385.12)

Died:1385.12

Bishop of Carinola (? โ€“ 1364)

Bishop of Sora (Italy) (1364 โ€“ 1378)

Bishop of Tricarico (Italy) (1378 โ€“ 1380.06.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1380.06.04 โ€“ 1385.12)

Archbishop Giacomo de Atri
(1349.01.07 โ€“ 1381.07.15)

Died:1381.07.15

Metropolitan Archbishop of Corinthus (1340? โ€“ 1349.01.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1349.01.07 โ€“ 1381.07.15)

Archbishop Bertrando
(1348 โ€“ 1349)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1348 โ€“ 1349)

Archbishop Ruggero Capitignono
(1334 โ€“ 1348)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1334 โ€“ 1348)

Archbishop Gregorio, O.P.
(1301 โ€“ 1334)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1301 โ€“ 1334)

Archbishop Gualtiero
(1299 โ€“ 1301)

Bishop of Anglona (? โ€“ 1296)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1299 โ€“ 1301)

Archbishop Enrico
(1274 โ€“ 1298)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1274 โ€“ 1298)

Archbishop Giacomo da Viterbo, O.P.
(1270 โ€“ 1273)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1270 โ€“ 1273)

Archbishop Gerardo
(? โ€“ 1260)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (? โ€“ 1260)

Archbishop Enrico da Cerasolio
(1252 โ€“ ?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1252 โ€“ ?)

Archbishop Nicola
(1219 โ€“ 1244)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1219 โ€“ 1244)

Archbishop Gualtiero
(1216 โ€“ 1218)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1216 โ€“ 1218)

Archbishop Berardo
(1205 โ€“ 1210)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1205 โ€“ 1210)

Archbishop Nicola
(1205 โ€“ 1205?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1205 โ€“ 1205?)

Archbishop Angelo
(1194 โ€“ 1202)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1194 โ€“ 1202)

Archbishop Gervasio
(? โ€“ 1194)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (? โ€“ 1194)

Archbishop Basilico Palagaro
(1179 โ€“ 1181)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1179 โ€“ 1181)

Archbishop Giraldo
(1139 โ€“ 1172)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1139 โ€“ 1172)

Archbishop Filippo, O. Cist.
(1138 โ€“ ?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1138 โ€“ ?)

Archbishop Rolemanno
(1133 โ€“ ?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1133 โ€“ ?)

Archbishop Bellegardo
(? โ€“ ?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (? โ€“ ?)

Archbishop Gualtiero
(1125 โ€“ 1129)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1125 โ€“ 1129)

Archbishop Reinaldo
(1106 โ€“ 1124)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1106 โ€“ 1124)

Archbishop Monaldo
(1102 โ€“ ?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1102 โ€“ ?)

Archbishop Stefano Filomarino
(1102 โ€“ ?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1102 โ€“ ?)

Archbishop Giacomo
(? โ€“ 1098)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (? โ€“ 1098)

Archbishop Alberto
(1092 โ€“ ?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1092 โ€“ ?)

Archbishop Basilico
(? โ€“ 1084)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (? โ€“ 1084)

Archbishop Orso
(1080 โ€“ ?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1080 โ€“ ?)

Archbishop Droso
(? โ€“ 1071)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (? โ€“ 1071)

Archbishop Stefano
(? โ€“ 1041)

Died:1041

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (? โ€“ 1041)

Archbishop Alessandro Facciapecora
(1040 โ€“ ?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1040 โ€“ ?)

Bishops of Taranto (Roman Rite)

Saint Bishop Cataldo di Taranto
(680 โ€“ 685.03.08)

Born:610? (Ireland)
Consecrated Bishop:680
Died:685.03.08 (โ€  74)
Feast:05.10

Bishop of Taranto (Italy) (680 โ€“ 685.03.08)

Bishop.

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (83)

Castellaneta (โ†), Conversanoโ€“Monopoli (โ†–), Brindisiโ€“Ostuni (โ†—), Oria (โ†’)

Statistics (2019.12.31)

Area: 1,056 kmยฒ

Population: 375,700 Catholics (97.4% of 385,900 total)

Pastoral Centres: 86 parishes, 7 missions

Personnel: 210 priests (163 diocesan, 47 religious), 12 deacons, 263 religious (50 brothers, 213 sisters), 19 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

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