Diocese of

Tursi–Lagonegro

Italy

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Tursi–Lagonegro (Italiano) / Tursien(sis)–Lacunerulonen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Potenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico Nuovo

Neighbouring Dioceses: San Marco Argentano–Scalea (↙), Teggiano–Policastro (←), Potenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico Nuovo (↖), Tricarico (↑), Matera–Irsina (↗), Cassano all’Jonio (↓), Lungro (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Maria SS. di Anglona

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

968: Established as Diocese of Tursi (Italiano) / Tursien(sis) (Latin)
1068.04.13: Became suffragan of Acerenza
1110: Suppressed (to establish Diocese of Anglona)
1976.09.08: Restored as Diocese of Tursi–Lagonegro (Italiano) / Tursien(sis)–Lacunerulonen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Potenza, Diocese of Cassano all’Jonio, Diocese of Diano–Teggiano, Diocese of Matera and Diocese of Policastro, from the suppressed Diocese of Anglona–Tursi and became suffragan of Potenza)

Contact Info

Address: Piazza Cattedrale 8, 75028 Tursi, Italy

Phone: 0835 533147

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.04.28 – ...):

Bishop Vincenzo Carmine Orofino (72)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tursi–Lagonegro (Roman Rite)

Bishop Vincenzo Carmine Orofino (72)
(2016.04.28 – ...)

Bishop of Tursi–Lagonegro (Italy)

Ad Dominum aspicio

Born:	1953.07.08 (San Severino Lucano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1980.10.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.05.15

Priest of Tursi–Lagonegro (Italy) (1980.10.04 – 2004.03.20)

Bishop of Tricarico (Italy) (2004.03.20 – 2016.04.28)

Bishop of Tursi–Lagonegro (Italy) (2016.04.28 – ...)

Bishop Francescantonio Nolè, O.F.M. Conv. (later Archbishop)
(2000.11.04 – 2015.05.15)

In simplicitate et lætitia

Born:	1948.06.09 (Potenza, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1973.09.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.12.10
Died:	2022.09.15 (Roma, Italy † 74)

Bishop of Tursi–Lagonegro (Italy) (2000.11.04 – 2015.05.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cosenza–Bisignano (Italy) (2015.05.15 – 2022.09.15)

Bishop Rocco Talucci (89) (later Archbishop)
(1988.01.25 – 2000.02.05)

Archbishop emeritus of Brindisi–Ostuni (Italy)

In verbo tuo laxabo rete

Born:	1936.11.06 (Venosa, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1961.07.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.03.25

Priest of Melfi–Rapolla–Venosa (Italy) (1961.07.23 – 1988.01.25)

Bishop of Tursi–Lagonegro (Italy) (1988.01.25 – 2000.02.05)

Archbishop of Brindisi–Ostuni (Italy) (2000.02.05 – 2012.10.20)

Bishop Gerardo Pierro (later Archbishop)
(1981.06.26 – 1987.02.28)

Dives in misericordia

Born:	1935.04.26 (Mercato San Severino, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1957.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.08.02
Died:	2025.02.24 (Pontecagnano Faiano, Italy † 89)

Priest of Salerno (Italy) (1957.12.21 – 1981.06.26)

Bishop of Tursi–Lagonegro (Italy) (1981.06.26 – 1987.02.28)

Bishop of Avellino (Italy) (1987.02.28 – 1992.05.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno–Campagna–Acerno (Italy) (1992.05.25 – 2010.06.10)

Bishop Vincenzo Franco (later Archbishop)
(1976.09.08 – 1981.01.27)

Born:	1917.06.01 (Trani, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1947.07.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.01.26
Died:	2016.03.04 (Trani, Italy † 98)

Bishop of Anglona–Tursi (Italy) (1974.12.12 – 1976.09.08)

Bishop of Tursi–Lagonegro (Italy) (1976.09.08 – 1981.01.27)

Archbishop of Otranto (Italy) (1981.01.27 – 1993.04.08)

Bishops of Tursi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Leone
(1102 – ?)

Bishop of Tursi (Italy) (1102 – ?)

Bishop Simeone
(1077 – ?)

Bishop of Tursi (Italy) (1077 – ?)

Bishop Inghilberto
(1068 – ?)

Bishop of Tursi (Italy) (1068 – ?)

Bishop Enghelberto
(1065 – ?)

Bishop of Tursi (Italy) (1065 – ?)

Bishop Michele
(1050 – ?)

Bishop of Tursi (Italy) (1050 – ?)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cattedrale di Maria Santissima Annunziata, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata
Co-Cathedral: Concattedrale San Nicola de Bari, Lagonegro, Potenza, Basilicata
Former Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Basilica Santuario di Santa Maria d’Anglona “Della Natività di Maria”, Contrada Anglona, Matera, Basilicata
Former Cathedral: Ex cattedrale San Michele Arcangelo, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata
Minor Basilica: Basilica di San Biagio, Monte San Biagio, Potenza, Basilicata
Minor Basilica: Basilica di Sant’Egidio Abate, Latronico, Potenza, Basilicata
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (93)

San Marco Argentano–Scalea (↙), Teggiano–Policastro (←), Potenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico Nuovo (↖), Tricarico (↑), Matera–Irsina (↗), Cassano all’Jonio (↓), Lungro (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,509 km²

Population: 123,700 Catholics (99.2% of 124,690 total)

Pastoral Centres: 72 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 75 priests (71 diocesan, 4 religious), 6 deacons, 50 religious (5 brothers, 45 sisters), 7 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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