Former Territorial Prelature of

Acquaviva delle Fonti

Italy Italy

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Territorial Prelature Territorial Prelature

Name: Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italiano) / Aquaviven(sis) (Latin)

Suppressed

Notes: United æque principaliter with Altamura 1848.08.17–1986.09.30

History

Past Ordinaries

Prelates of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Roman Rite)

Bishop Tarcisio Pisani, O.M.
(1982.06.28 – 1986.09.30)

Born:1929.07.15 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1954.11.28
Consecrated Bishop:1982.09.12
Died:1994.03.14 († 64)

Bishop of Gravina (Italy) (1982.06.28 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1982.06.28 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy) (1982.06.28 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Altamura–Gravina–Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1994.03.14)

Bishop Salvatore Isgrò (later Archbishop)
(1975.04.25 – 1982.03.18)

Born:1930.10.21 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1953.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1975.06.21
Died:2004.05.02 († 73)

Bishop of Irsina (Italy) (1975.04.25 – 1976.08.21)

Bishop of Gravina (Italy) (1975.04.25 – 1982.03.18)

Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1975.04.25 – 1982.03.18)

Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy) (1975.04.25 – 1982.03.18)

Apostolic Administrator of Bitonto (Italy) (1978.11.21 – 1981.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Ruvo (Italy) (1978.11.21 – 1981.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy) (1982.03.18 – 2004.05.02)

Archbishop Enrico Nicodemo
(Apostolic Administrator 1969.07.23 – 1973.08.27)

Bishop Antonio D’Erchia
(1962.12.17 – 1969.06.29)

Iter para tutum

Born:1911.05.14 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1933.12.31
Consecrated Bishop:1963.03.19
Died:1997.10.06 († 86)

Titular Bishop of Podalia (1962.12.17 – 1969.06.29)

Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1962.12.17 – 1969.06.29)

Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy) (1962.12.17 – 1969.06.29)

Apostolic Administrator of Conversano (Italy) (1964.05.24 – 1970.01.21)

Bishop of Monopoli (Italy) (1969.06.29 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Conversano (Italy) (1970.01.21 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Conversano–Monopoli (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1987.02.11)

Bishop Salvatore Rotolo, S.D.B.
(1948.04.01 – 1962)

Ad quærendas animas semper evolvar

Born:1881.07.08 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1905.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:1937.10.31
Died:1969.10.20 († 88)

Auxiliary Bishop of Velletri (Italy) (1937.10.05 – 1948.04.01)

Titular Bishop of Nazianzus (1937.10.05 – 1969.10.20)

Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1948.04.01 – 1962)

Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy) (1948.04.01 – 1962)

Bishop Giuseppe Della Cioppa
(1943.07.17 – 1947.12.02)

Born:1886.02.03 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1909.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:1944.03.19
Died:1958.10.18 († 72)

Titular Bishop of Tiberias (1943.07.17 – 1947.12.02)

Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1943.07.17 – 1947.12.02)

Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy) (1943.07.17 – 1947.12.02)

Bishop of Alife (Italy) (1947.12.02 – 1953.04.01)

Titular Bishop of Cesarea in Numidia (1953.04.01 – 1958.10.18)

Bishop Domenico Dell’Aquila
(1932.06.27 – 1942.07.12)

Ad solem superans fluctus

Born:1873.12.08 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:1932.08.28
Died:1942.07.12 († 68)

Titular Bishop of Lystra (1932.06.27 – 1942.07.12)

Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1932.06.27 – 1942.07.12)

Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy) (1932.06.27 – 1942.07.12)

Bishop Adolfo Verrienti
(1910.06.23 – 1929.06)

Born:1871.06.03 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1894.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:1910.09.11
Died:1932.01.15 († 60)

Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1910.06.23 – 1929.06)

Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy) (1910.06.23 – 1929.06)

Titular Bishop of Calynda (1910.06.23 – 1932.01.15)

Bishop Carlo Giuseppe Cecchini, O.P. (later Archbishop)
(1904.01.27 – 1909.12.04)

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

Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus (1904.01.27 – 1909.12.04)

Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1904.01.27 – 1909.12.04)

Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy) (1904.01.27 – 1909.12.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1909.12.04 – 1916.12.17)

Archbishop Carlo Caputo
(1902 – 1904.01.14)

Born:1843.11.05 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1867.03.16
Consecrated Bishop:1883.05.15
Died:1908.09.27 († 64)

Bishop of Monopoli (Italy) (1883.03.18 – 1886.06.07)

Bishop of Aversa (Italy) (1886.06.07 – 1897.04.19)

Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia (1897.04.19 – 1908.09.27)

Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1902 – 1904.01.14)

Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy) (1902 – 1904.01.14)

Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria (1904.01.14 – 1907.08)

Bishop Tommaso Cirielli
(1899.03.12 – 1902.02.26)

Born:1836.04.11 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1858.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:1899.07.02
Died:1902.02.26 († 65)

Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1899.03.12 – 1902.02.26)

Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy) (1899.03.12 – 1902.02.26)

Titular Bishop of Proconnesus (1899.06.19 – 1902.02.26)

Bishop Luigi Marcello Pellegrini
(1879.09.09 – 1894.10.16)

Born:1825.12.19 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1850.03.16
Consecrated Bishop:1881.05.22
Died:1894.10.16 († 68)

Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1879.09.09 – 1894.10.16)

Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy) (1879.09.09 – 1894.10.16)

Titular Bishop of Troas (1881.05.13 – 1894.10.16)

Bishop Giovanni Domenico Falconi
(1848.08.17 – 1862.12.25)

Born:1810.08.04 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1833.03.23
Consecrated Bishop:1858.08.01
Died:1862.12.25 († 52)

Bishop-Prelate of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1848.08.17 – 1862.12.25)

Bishop-Prelate of Altamura (Italy) (1848.08.17 – 1862.12.25)

Titular Bishop of Eumenia (1858.06.25 – 1862.12.25)

Archpriests of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Roman Rite)

Fr. Ignazio Palmitessa
(1815? – 1817)

Died:1817

Archpriest of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1815? – 1817)

Fr. Pietro Monticelli
(1800? – 1815)

Died:1815

Archpriest of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1800? – 1815)

Fr. Valerio Giustiniano Persio
(1789? – 1800)

Died:1800

Archpriest of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1789? – 1800)

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