Former Diocese of

Squillace

Italy Italy

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Squillace / Squillacen(sis) (Latin)

Suppressed

History

Past Ordinaries

Bishops of Squillace (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Antonio Cantisani
(1980.07.31 โ€“ 1986.09.30)

Born:1926.11.02 (Lauria Superiore, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1949.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:1971.12.27
Died:2021.07.01 (Catanzaro, Italy โ€  94)

Archbishop of Rossano (Italy) (1971.11.18 โ€“ 1980.07.31)

Bishop of Cariati (Italy) (1979.04.04 โ€“ 1980.07.31)

Archbishop of Catanzaro (Italy) (1980.07.31 โ€“ 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1980.07.31 โ€“ 1986.09.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Catanzaroโ€“Squillace (Italy) (1986.09.30 โ€“ 2003.01.31)

Archbishop Armando Fares
(1950.06.16 โ€“ 1980)

Born:1904.12.22 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1927.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:1950.07.02
Died:1980.11.01 (โ€  75)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Catanzaro (Italy) (1950.06.16 โ€“ 1956.01.20)

Archbishop-Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1950.06.16 โ€“ 1980)

Archbishop of Catanzaro (Italy) (1956.01.20 โ€“ 1980)

Archbishop Giovanni Fiorentini
(1927.12.22 โ€“ 1950.06.16)

Born:1867.09.23 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1890.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:1909.08.29
Died:1956.01.20 (โ€  88)

Bishop of Tricarico (Italy) (1909.03.25 โ€“ 1919.09.25)

Bishop of Catanzaro (Italy) (1919.09.25 โ€“ 1927.06.05)

Archbishop of Catanzaro (Italy) (1927.06.05 โ€“ 1956.01.20)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1927.12.22 โ€“ 1950.06.16)

Bishop Antonio Melomo (later Archbishop)
(1922.03.17 โ€“ 1927.02.07)

Born:1879.03.09 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1901.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:1922.05.21
Died:1945.06.28 (โ€  66)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1922.03.17 โ€“ 1927.02.07)

Bishop of Monopoli (Italy) (1927.02.07 โ€“ 1940.08.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Conza (Italy) (1940.08.28 โ€“ 1945.06.28)

Bishop of Bisaccia (Italy) (1940.08.28 โ€“ 1945.06.28)

Bishop of Santโ€™Angelo dei Lombardi (Italy) (1940.08.28 โ€“ 1945.06.28)

Bishop Giorgio Giovanni Elli
(1918.02.23 โ€“ 1920.02.10)

Born:1880.06.03 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1903.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:1918.05.06
Died:1920.02.10 (โ€  39)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1918.02.23 โ€“ 1920.02.10)

Bishop Eugenio Tosi, O.Ss.C.A. (later Cardinal)
(1911.04.05 โ€“ 1917.03.22)

Ora et labora

Born:1864.05.06 (Busto Arsizio, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1887.06.04
Consecrated Bishop:1911.04.16
Created Cardinal:1922.12.11
Died:1929.01.07 (Milano, Italy โ€  64)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1911.04.05 โ€“ 1917.03.22)

Bishop of Andria (Italy) (1917.03.22 โ€“ 1922.03.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy) (1922.03.07 โ€“ 1929.01.07)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti (1922.12.14 โ€“ 1929.01.07)

Bishop Raffaele Morisciano
(1858.09.27 โ€“ 1909.08.30)

Born:1811.09.22 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1835.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:1855.12.02
Died:1909.08.30 (โ€  97)

Bishop of Gravina (Italy) (1855.09.28 โ€“ 1858.09.27)

Bishop of Montepeloso (Italy) (1855.09.28 โ€“ 1858.09.27)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1858.09.27 โ€“ 1909.08.30)

Bishop Concezio Pasquini, O.F.M.
(1842.07.26 โ€“ 1857.12.21)

Born:1804.07.10
Ordained Priest:1827.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:1842.07.24
Died:1858.01.09 (โ€  53)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1842.07.26 โ€“ 1857.12.21)

Bishop of Ariano (Italy) (1857.12.21 โ€“ 1858.01.09)

Bishop Andrea Maria Rispoli, C.SS.R.
(1826.03.13 โ€“ 1839.09.18)

Born:1787.09.07
Ordained Priest:1811.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:1826.03.27
Died:1839.09.18 (โ€  52)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1826.03.13 โ€“ 1839.09.18)

Bishop Nicola Antonio Montiglia
(1818.05.25 โ€“ 1824.09.27)

Born:1750.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:1818.05.31
Died:1826.11.30 (โ€  76)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1818.05.25 โ€“ 1824.09.27)

Bishop of Nicotera (Italy) (1824.09.27 โ€“ 1826.11.30)

Bishop of Tropea (Italy) (1824.09.27 โ€“ 1826.11.30)

Bishop Nicola Notaris
(1778.07.20 โ€“ 1802.07.08)

Born:1727.07.05 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1752.08.25
Consecrated Bishop:1777.08.03
Died:1802.07.08 (โ€  75)

Bishop of Umbriatico (Italy) (1777.07.28 โ€“ 1778.07.20)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1778.07.20 โ€“ 1802.07.08)

Bishop Diego Genovesi
(1763.03.21 โ€“ 1778.05.26)

Born:1725.06.30
Ordained Priest:1749.03.22
Consecrated Bishop:1763.03.27
Died:1778.05.26 (โ€  52)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1763.03.21 โ€“ 1778.05.26)

Bishop Francesco Saverio Maria Queraldi
(1748.05.06 โ€“ 1762.11.10)

Born:1704.06.27?
Ordained Priest:1727.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:1748.05.12
Died:1762.11.10 (โ€  58)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1748.05.06 โ€“ 1762.11.10)

Bishop Nicola Michele Abati
(1733.09.28 โ€“ 1748?)

Born:1678.09.25
Ordained Priest:1701.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:1724.07.02
Died:1748? (โ€  70)

Bishop of Carinola (Italy) (1724.06.26 โ€“ 1733.09.28)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1733.09.28 โ€“ 1748?)

Bishop Marcantonio Attaffi
(1718.02.11 โ€“ 1733.08.17)

Born:1656.02.02?
Ordained Priest:1680.03.16
Consecrated Bishop:1706.12.12
Died:1733.08.17 (โ€  77)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1706.11.14 โ€“ 1718.02.11)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1718.02.11 โ€“ 1733.08.17)

Bishop Fortunato Durante
(1697.11.20 โ€“ 1714.11.23)

Born:1655?
Consecrated Bishop:1697.11.24
Died:1714.11.23 (โ€  58)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1697.11.20 โ€“ 1714.11.23)

Bishop Gennaro Crispino
(1694.07.19 โ€“ 1697.09)

Born:1652.04.21
Ordained Priest:1675.03.30
Died:1697.09 (โ€  45)

Bishop of Minori (Italy) (1692.03.10 โ€“ 1694.07.19)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1694.07.19 โ€“ 1697.09)

Bishop Alfonso de Aloysio
(1688.05.31 โ€“ 1694.05)

Born:1644.01.04
Ordained Priest:1678.05.03
Consecrated Bishop:1688.06.13
Died:1694.05 (โ€  50)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1688.05.31 โ€“ 1694.05)

Bishop Paolo Filocamo
(1676.04.27 โ€“ 1687.09.14)

Born:1625?
Ordained Priest:1648.03.28
Consecrated Bishop:1676.05.10
Died:1687.09.14 (โ€  61)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1676.04.27 โ€“ 1687.09.14)

Bishop Francesco Tirotta
(1665.04.13 โ€“ 1676.01.27)

Born:1627?
Consecrated Bishop:1665.05.03
Died:1676.01.27 (โ€  48)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1665.04.13 โ€“ 1676.01.27)

Bishop Rodolfo Dulcino
(1657.03.12 โ€“ 1664.10.10)

Born:1621?
Ordained Priest:1656.08.10
Died:1664.10.10 (โ€  42)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1657.03.12 โ€“ 1664.10.10)

Bishop Carlo Sgombrino
(1652.12.11 โ€“ 1672.02.08)

Born:1619?
Consecrated Bishop:1652.12.29
Died:1686.10 (โ€  66)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1652.12.11 โ€“ 1672.02.08)

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1652.12.11 โ€“ 1672.02.08)

Bishop of Catanzaro (Italy) (1672.02.08 โ€“ 1686.10)

Bishop Giuseppe della Cornea, O.P.
(1636.09.22 โ€“ 1656.03.20)

Born:1596.12.01?
Consecrated Bishop:1626.06.01
Died:1678.03.27 (โ€  81)

Bishop of Caserta (Italy) (1626.05.27 โ€“ 1636.09.22)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1636.09.22 โ€“ 1656.03.20)

Bishop of Orvieto (Italy) (1656.03.20 โ€“ 1676)

Bishop Lodovico Saffiro
(1635.09.17 โ€“ 1635.11)

Consecrated Bishop:1635.09.21
Died:1635.11

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1635.09.17 โ€“ 1635.11)

Bishop Fabrizio Sirleto
(1603.04.07 โ€“ 1635.04.01)

Consecrated Bishop:1603.04.20
Died:1635.04.01

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1603.04.07 โ€“ 1635.04.01)

Bishop Paolo Isaresi della Mirandola, O.P.
(1601.08.13 โ€“ 1602)

Consecrated Bishop:1601.09.09
Died:1602

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1601.08.13 โ€“ 1602)

Bishop Tommaso Sirleto
(1594.09.05 โ€“ 1601)

Died:1601

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1594.09.05 โ€“ 1601)

Bishop Marcello Sirleto
(1573.05.29 โ€“ 1594)

Died:1594

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1573.05.29 โ€“ 1594)

Cardinal Guglielmo Sirleto
(1568.02.27 โ€“ 1573.05.29)

Born:1514 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:1565.03.12
Consecrated Bishop:1566.10.13
Died:1585.10.06 (โ€  70)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna pro illa vice Deaconry (1565.05.15 โ€“ 1565.10.26)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna (1565.10.26 โ€“ 1585.10.06)

Bishop of San Marco (Italy) (1566.09.06 โ€“ 1568.02.27)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1568.02.27 โ€“ 1573.05.29)

Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library (1572.03.18 โ€“ 1585.10.06)

Bishop Alfonso de Villalobos Xeres
(1554 โ€“ 1568)

Coadjutor Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (? โ€“ 1554)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1554 โ€“ 1568)

Bishop Enrique de Villalobos Xeres
(1540.11.05 โ€“ 1554)

Died:1554

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1538.07.29 โ€“ 1540.11.05)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1540.11.05 โ€“ 1554)

Cardinal Enrique de Borja y Aragรณn
(1539.12.17 โ€“ 1540.09.16)

Born:1518.12.19 (Spain)
Created Cardinal:1539.12.19
Died:1540.09.16 (โ€  21)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1539.12.17 โ€“ 1540.09.16)

Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo pro illa vice Deaconry (1540.05.31 โ€“ 1540.09.16)

Bishop Simone de Galeotis
(1520.12.01 โ€“ 1539)

Born:1487?
Died:1539 (โ€  52)

Coadjutor Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (? โ€“ 1520.12.01)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1520.12.01 โ€“ 1539)

Bishop Vincenzio Galeota
(1482.01.30 โ€“ 1520.12.01)

Died:1522

Bishop of Rapolla (Italy) (1478 โ€“ 1482.01.30)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1482.01.30 โ€“ 1520.12.01)

Apostolic Administrator of Capaccio (Italy) (1514.03.22 โ€“ 1522.09.10)

Bishop Francesco de Cajeta
(1477.03.13 โ€“ 1480)

Died:1480

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1477.03.13 โ€“ 1480)

Bishop Francesco de Arceriis
(1418.01.26 โ€“ 1476)

Died:1476

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1418.01.26 โ€“ 1476)

Bishop Leone Calojero
(1413.02.13 โ€“ 1417)

Died:1417

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1413.02.13 โ€“ 1417)

Bishop Roberto de Basilio
(1402.08.18 โ€“ 1413.02.13)

Died:1418?

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1402.08.18 โ€“ 1413.02.13)

Bishop of Belcastro (Italy) (1413.02.13 โ€“ 1418?)

Bishop Andrea Serao
(1392.09.26 โ€“ 1402)

Died:1422.06.12

Bishop of Potenza (Italy) (1389 โ€“ 1392.09.26)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1392.09.26 โ€“ 1402)

Bishop of Isernia (Italy) (1402 โ€“ 1402.10.11)

Bishop of Potenza (Italy) (1402.10.11 โ€“ 1404.12.17)

Bishop of Caiazzo (Italy) (1404.12.17 โ€“ 1422.06.12)

Bishop Filippo Crispo (later Archbishop)
(1378 โ€“ 1392)

Died:1402.12.01

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1378 โ€“ 1392)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Messina (Italy) (1392 โ€“ 1402)

Bishop Matteo Scaleato, O. Carm.
(1369.12.17 โ€“ 1378)

Bishop of Lavello (Italy) (1364.11.13 โ€“ 1369.12.17)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1369.12.17 โ€“ 1378)

Bishop Giovanni de Rocca
(1349.09.04 โ€“ 1369)

Died:1369

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1349.09.04 โ€“ 1369)

Bishop Nicola de Teramo (later Archbishop)
(1345.12.12 โ€“ 1349.09.04)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1345.12.12 โ€“ 1349.09.04)

Bishop of Melfi (Italy) (1349.09.04 โ€“ 1349.10.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Oristano (Italy) (1349.10.21 โ€“ 1363)

Bishop Giordano
(? โ€“ 1344)

Died:1344

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (? โ€“ 1344)

Bishop Filippo
(1286? โ€“ ?)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1286? โ€“ ?)

Bishop Riccardo
(1266.10.11 โ€“ ?)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1266.10.11 โ€“ ?)

Bishop Tommaso, O. Cist.
(1254.10.06 โ€“ ?)

Bishop of Martirano (Italy) (1252 โ€“ 1254.10.06)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1254.10.06 โ€“ ?)

Bishop Benvenuto
(1251.12.23 โ€“ 1254)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1251.12.23 โ€“ 1254)

Archbishop Rainaldo
(Apostolic Administrator 1234.12.09 โ€“ 1251)

Bishop Rainaldo (later Archbishop)
(1217.09.04 โ€“ 1234.12.09)

Died:1251

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1217.09.04 โ€“ 1234.12.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Reggio Calabria (Italy) (1234.12.09 โ€“ 1251)

Apostolic Administrator of Squillace (Italy) (1234.12.09 โ€“ 1251)

Bishop Ugone
(1196 โ€“ 1217)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1196 โ€“ 1217)

Bishop Aymerio
(1178? โ€“ ?)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1178? โ€“ ?)

Bishop Silcazio
(1145 โ€“ ?)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1145 โ€“ ?)

Bishop Drogo
(1122 โ€“ 1145)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1122 โ€“ 1145)

Bishop Pietro (later Archbishop)
(1110.03.01 โ€“ 1122)

Died:1132

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1110.03.01 โ€“ 1122)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy) (1123 โ€“ 1132)

Bishop Donato
(? โ€“ ?)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (? โ€“ ?)

Bishop Giovanni de Niceforo
(1096 โ€“ 1098.03.11)

Died:1098.03.11

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1096 โ€“ 1098.03.11)

Bishop Teodoro Mesymerio
(1060? โ€“ 1096)

Died:1096

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1060? โ€“ 1096)

Former Prelates

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