Titular Episcopal See of Monteverde, Italy

Titular Bishop

Titular Archbishop (2012.01.27 – ...):

Archbishop Luciano Russo (61)

Secretary for Pontifical Representations of Secretariat of State

Past Ordinaries

Bishops of Monteverde (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Giuseppe Mormile, C.R.
(1792.03.26 – 1801.02.22)

Born:	1732.11.20
Ordained Priest:	1755.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1792.04.09
Died:	1801.02.22 († 68)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nazareth in Barletta (Italy) (1792.03.26 – 1801.02.22)

Bishop of Canne (Italy) (1792.03.26 – 1801.02.22)

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1792.03.26 – 1801.02.22)

Archbishop Pasquale Maria Mastrilli, C.R.
(1769.11.20 – 1783.11.18)

Born:	1727.02.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1769.11.30
Died:	1783.11.18 († 56)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nazareth in Barletta (Italy) (1769.11.20 – 1783.11.18)

Bishop of Canne (Italy) (1769.11.20 – 1783.11.18)

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1769.11.20 – 1783.11.18)

Archbishop Giusto De Marco, C.R.
(1751.12.20 – 1769.10.04)

Born:	1704.01.18
Ordained Priest:	1727.01.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1751.12.21
Died:	1769.10.04 († 65)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nazareth in Barletta (Italy) (1751.12.20 – 1769.10.04)

Bishop of Canne (Italy) (1751.12.20 – 1769.10.04)

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1751.12.20 – 1769.10.04)

Archbishop Antonio Marulli De Galiberti
(1745.06.21 – 1751.11)

Born:	1677.08.02
Ordained Priest:	1700.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1745.06.27
Died:	1751.11 († 74)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nazareth in Barletta (Italy) (1745.06.21 – 1751.11)

Bishop of Canne (Italy) (1745.06.21 – 1751.11)

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1745.06.21 – 1751.11)

Archbishop Nicola Iorio
(1726.06.05 – 1744.11)

Born:	1679.06.19
Ordained Priest:	1702.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1726.06.11
Died:	1744.11 († 65)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nazareth in Barletta (Italy) (1726.06.05 – 1744.11)

Bishop of Canne (Italy) (1726.06.05 – 1744.11)

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1726.06.05 – 1744.11)

Fr. Giovanni Crisostomo Bianchi, O.E.S.A.
(1726.04.08 – 1726.04.15)

Died:

1726.04.15

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nazareth in Barletta (Italy) (1726.04.08 – 1726.04.15 not possessed)

Bishop of Canne (Italy) (1726.04.08 – 1726.04.15)

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1726.04.08 – 1726.04.15)

Archbishop Salvatore Miroballo
(1717.12.18 – 1726.03.22)

Born:	1682.07.18
Ordained Priest:	1705.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1717.12.26

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nazareth in Barletta (Italy) (1717.12.18 – 1726.03.22)

Bishop of Canne (Italy) (1717.12.18 – 1726.03.22)

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1717.12.18 – 1726.03.22)

Archbishop Girolamo Mattei
(1710.10.01 – 1712.11.21)

Born:	1672.11.02
Ordained Priest:	1708.02.26
Died:	1740.02.25 († 67)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nazareth in Barletta (Italy) (1710.10.01 – 1712.11.21)

Bishop of Canne (Italy) (1710.10.01 – 1712.11.21)

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1710.10.01 – 1712.11.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Fermo (Italy) (1712.11.21 – 1712.11.21)

Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia (1724.10.02 – 1740.02.25)

Archbishop Giulio Piazza (later Cardinal)
(1706.09.13 – 1710.07.21)

Born:	1663.03.13 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1697.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1697.12.22
Created Cardinal:	1712.05.18
Died:	1726.04.23 († 63)

Titular Archbishop of Rhodes (1697.12.02 – 1706.09.13)

Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland (1698.01.07 – 1702.12.23)

Apostolic Nuncio to Cologne (1702.12.23 – 1706.07.15)

Apostolic Nuncio to Poland (1706.07.15 – 1709.12.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nazareth in Barletta (Italy) (1706.09.13 – 1710.07.21)

Bishop of Canne (Italy) (1706.09.13 – 1710.07.21)

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1706.09.13 – 1710.07.21)

Apostolic Nuncio to Austria-Hungary (1709.12.15 – 1712.05.18)

Archbishop-Bishop of Faenza (Italy) (1710.07.21 – 1726.04.23)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna (1714.04.16 – 1726.04.23)

Archbishop Domenico Folgori
(1695.02.07 – 1706.08)

Consecrated Bishop:	1695.03.19
Died:	1706.08

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nazareth in Barletta (Italy) (1695.02.07 – 1706.08)

Bishop of Canne (Italy) (1695.02.07 – 1706.08)

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1695.02.07 – 1706.08)

Archbishop Giuseppe Rosa
(1690.01.11 – 1694.11)

Born:	1635.12.24 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1690.01.22
Died:	1694.11 († 58)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nazareth in Barletta (Italy) (1690.01.11 – 1694.11)

Bishop of Canne (Italy) (1690.01.11 – 1694.11)

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1690.01.11 – 1694.11)

Archbishop Filippo Condulmer
(1685.05.14 – 1688.10)

Born:	1635.11.10
Ordained Priest:	1675.09.21
Died:	1688.10 († 52)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nazareth in Barletta (Italy) (1685.05.14 – 1688.10)

Bishop of Canne (Italy) (1685.05.14 – 1688.10)

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1685.05.14 – 1688.10)

Archbishop Marziale Pellegrino, O.F.M. Conv.
(1677.05.24 – 1685)

Consecrated Bishop:	1677.05.30
Died:	1685

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nazareth in Barletta (Italy) (1677.05.24 – 1685)

Bishop of Canne (Italy) (1677.05.24 – 1685)

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1677.05.24 – 1685)

Archbishop Francesco Antonio De Luca
(1667.02.07 – 1676.04.09)

Consecrated Bishop:	1654.06.07
Died:	1676.04.09

Bishop of Anglona–Tursi (Italy) (1654.06.01 – 1667.02.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nazareth in Barletta (Italy) (1667.02.07 – 1676.04.09)

Bishop of Canne (Italy) (1667.02.07 – 1676.04.09)

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1667.02.07 – 1676.04.09)

Archbishop Antonio Severolo
(1639.10.03 – 1666)

Died:

1666

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ragusa (Croatia) (1634.04.03 – 1639.10.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nazareth in Barletta (Italy) (1639.10.03 – 1666)

Bishop of Canne (Italy) (1639.10.03 – 1666)

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1639.10.03 – 1666)

Archbishop Antonio Lombardi
(1627.03.22 – 1636.07)

Consecrated Bishop:	1627.04.18
Died:	1636.07

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nazareth in Barletta (Italy) (1627.03.22 – 1636.07)

Bishop of Canne (Italy) (1627.03.22 – 1636.07)

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1627.03.22 – 1636.07)

Cardinal Domenico Rivarola
(1609.03.30 – 1627.01.03)

Born:	1575 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1608.12.28
Created Cardinal:	1611.08.17
Died:	1627.01.03 († 51)

Bishop of Aléria (France) (1608.12.10 – 1609.03.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nazareth in Barletta (Italy) (1609.03.30 – 1627.01.03)

Bishop of Canne (Italy) (1609.03.30 – 1627.01.03)

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1609.03.30 – 1627.01.03)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Martino ai Monti (1611.09.12 – 1627.01.03)

Cardinal Michelangelo Tonti
(1608.11.05 – 1609.03.11)

Born:	1566 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1608.11.16
Created Cardinal:	1608.11.24
Died:	1622.04.21 († 55)

Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria (1608? – 1611?)

Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (1608? – 1622.04.21?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nazareth in Barletta (Italy) (1608.11.05 – 1609.03.11)

Bishop of Canne (Italy) (1608.11.05 – 1609.03.11)

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1608.11.05 – 1609.03.11)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola (1608.12.10 – 1621.10.13)

Bishop of Cesena (Italy) (1609.03.11 – 1622.04.21)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli (1621.10.13 – 1622.04.21)

Cardinal Maffeo Barberini (later Pope Urban VIII)
(1604.10.20 – 1608.10.27)

Born:	1568.04.05 (Firenze, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1592
Consecrated Bishop:	1604.10.28
Created Cardinal:	1606.09.11
Elected as Supreme Pontiff:	1623.08.06
Installed as Supreme Pontiff:	1623.09.29
Died:	1644.07.29 (Roma, Italy † 76)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nazareth in Barletta (Italy) (1604.10.20 – 1608.10.27)

Bishop of Canne (Italy) (1604.10.20 – 1608.10.27)

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1604.10.20 – 1608.10.27)

Apostolic Nuncio to France (1604.12.04 – 1606?)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio (1607.11.12 – 1610.05.05)

Bishop of Spoleto (Italy) (1608.10.27 – 1617.07.17)

Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (1610.01.08 – 1623.08.06)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio (1610.05.05 – 1623.08.06)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1623.01.09 – 1623.08.06)

Supreme Pontiff (1623.08.06 [1623.09.29] – 1644.07.29)

Archbishop Girolamo Bilacqua, O.F.M.
(1587.12.02 – 1604.09.04)

Died:

1604.09.04

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nazareth in Barletta (Italy) (1587.12.02 – 1604.09.04)

Bishop of Canne (Italy) (1587.12.02 – 1604.09.04)

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1587.12.02 – 1604.09.04)

Archbishop Francesco Spera, O.F.M.
(1587.05.11 – 1587.10.28)

Consecrated Bishop:	1587.05.24
Died:	1587.10.28

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nazareth in Barletta (Italy) (1587.05.11 – 1587.10.28)

Bishop of Canne (Italy) (1587.05.11 – 1587.10.28)

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1587.05.11 – 1587.10.28)

Archbishop Fabio Mirto Frangipane
(1572.11.05 – 1587.03.17)

Died:

1587.03.17

Bishop of Caiazzo (Italy) (1537.07.10 – 1572.11.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nazareth in Barletta (Italy) (1572.11.05 – 1587.03.17)

Bishop of Canne (Italy) (1572.11.05 – 1587.03.17)

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1572.11.05 – 1587.03.17)

Archbishop Bernardino Figueroa
(1553.03.01 – 1571.11.26)

Born:	(Italy)
Died:	1586.11

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nazareth in Barletta (Italy) (1553.03.01 – 1571.11.26)

Bishop of Canne (Italy) (1553.03.01 – 1571.11.26)

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1553.03.01 – 1571.11.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brindisi–Oria (Italy) (1571.11.26 – 1586.11)

Archbishop Gerolamo de Caro
(1536.11 – 1552.02.16)

Consecrated Bishop:	1526.02.05
Died:	1560.11.08

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1521.03.13 – 1552.02.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nazareth in Barletta (Italy) (1536.11 – 1552.02.16)

Bishop of Canne (Italy) (1536.11 – 1552.02.16)

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1536.11 – 1552.02.16)

Archbishop Gerolamo de Caro
(1521.03.13 – 1552.02.16)

(see above)

Bishop Bartolomeo di Capoferro
(1506.10.14 – 1521)

Died:

1521

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1506.10.14 – 1521)

Blessed Bishop Giovanni da Salerno, O.P.
(1504.12.18 – 1506)

Died:	1506
Feast:	08.09

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1504.12.18 – 1506)

Bishop and religious of Order of Preachers (Dominicans).

Bishop Bartolomeo Mondelli di Campagna
(1502.10.24 – ?)

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1502.10.24 – ?)

Bishop Pietro, O.P.
(1499.07.19 – 1502)

Died:

1502

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1499.07.19 – 1502)

Bishop Francesco da Oliveto
(1492.12.10 – 1499)

Died:

1499

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1492.12.10 – 1499)

Bishop Viviano de’ Viviani da Salerno
(1464.09.26 – 1492)

Died:

1492

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1464.09.26 – 1492)

Bishop Matteo
(1422.12.20 – 1464)

Died:

1464

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1422.12.20 – 1464)

Bishop Tommaso di Taurasi
(1418.07.27 – ?)

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1418.07.27 – ?)

Bishop Pietro di Roccargento, O.E.S.A.
(1390.11.14 – 1418)

Died:

1418

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1390.11.14 – 1418)

Bishop Lorenzo
(1384 – 1390)

Died:

1390

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1384 – 1390)

Bishop Francesco Bellanti
(? – 1384)

Died:

1417.07.06

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (? – 1384)

Bishop of Veroli (Italy) (1384 – 1387)

Bishop of Terni (Italy) (1387 – 1407)

Bishop of Grosseto (Italy) (1407 – 1417.07.06)

Bishop Matteo
(1348.03.30 – 1367?)

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (1348.03.30 – 1367?)

Bishop Leonardo
(? – 1348)

Died:

1348

Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) (? – 1348)

Former Titular Bishops

Titular Bishop: Bishop Luigi Padovese, O.F.M. Cap. (2004.10.11 – 2010.06.03)
Titular Bishop: Bishop John Joseph Glynn (1991.12.10 – 2004.08.23)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Josef Schoiswohl (1969.06.10 – 1991.02.26)