Byzantine Church in Italy

Recent Appointments of Bishops

DateDescendingRecent Events
2026.01.31

Italy Cardinal Marcello Semeraro resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Italy Bishop Manuel Nin Güell, O.S.B., Apostolic Exarch of Greece of the Greeks (Greece), was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

2025.11.08

Italy Fr. Raffaele De Angelis was consecrated as Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

2025.08.30

Italy Cardinal Francesco Montenegro resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Italy Fr. Raffaele De Angelis, Priest of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy), was elected Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

2025.05.22

Italy Msgr. Ignazio Ceffalia was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Fiorentino

2025.03.25

Italy Msgr. Ignazio Ceffalia, Priest of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Archbishop of Fiorentino and Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus

2023.06.19

Italy Cardinal Francesco Montenegro was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Italy Archbishop Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

2023.02.15

Italy Archbishop Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro resigned as Secretary of Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

2021.05.27

Italy Abbot Francesco De Feo, O.S.B., was appointed as Hegumen of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Hegumen of Italian Basilian Order of Grottaferrata

2020.02.25

Italy Bishop Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro, Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy), was promoted as Secretary of Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, Apostolic Administrator of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Titular Archbishop of Tricala

2019.12.13

Italy Msgr. Ignazio Ceffalia, Priest of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

2019.01.06

Italy Abbot Emiliano Fabbricatore, O.S.B.I., Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Superior General emeritus of Italian Basilian Order of Grottaferrata, passed away at 80

2017.11.25

Italy Bishop Sotìr Ferrara, Bishop emeritus of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy), passed away at 79

2016.08.06

Italy Bishop Ercole Lupinacci, Bishop emeritus of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy), passed away at 82

2016.04.04

Belgium Abbot Michel Van Parys, O.S.B., resigned as Hegumen of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Hegumen of Italian Basilian Order of Grottaferrata

2015.06.28

Italy Fr. Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro was consecrated as Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

2015.03.31

Italy Cardinal Paolo Romeo resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Italy Fr. Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro, Priest of Newton of the Greek-Melkites (USA), was elected Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

2014.03.01

Italy Fr. Ignazio Ceffalia, Priest of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

2013.11.04

Belgium Fr. Michel Van Parys, O.S.B., was appointed as Hegumen of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Hegumen of Italian Basilian Order of Grottaferrata

Italy Bishop Marcello Semeraro, Bishop of Albano (Italy) and Secretary of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Italy Abbot Emiliano Fabbricatore, O.S.B.I., resigned as Abbot Ordinary of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Superior General of Italian Basilian Order of Grottaferrata

2013.04.08

Italy Cardinal Paolo Romeo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Italy Bishop Sotìr Ferrara resigned as Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

2012.07.01

Italy Fr. Donato Oliverio was consecrated as Bishop of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

2012.05.12

Italy Archbishop Salvatore Nunnari resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Italy Fr. Donato Oliverio, Priest of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy), was elected Bishop of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

2010.09.22

Italy Msgr. Eleuterio Francesco Fortino, Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, passed away at 72

2010.08.10

Italy Archbishop Salvatore Nunnari, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cosenza–Bisignano (Italy), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Italy Bishop Ercole Lupinacci resigned as Bishop of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

2007.09.26

Italy Abbot Marco Petta, O.S.B.I., Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Superior General emeritus of Italian Basilian Order of Grottaferrata, passed away at 86

2006.11.05

Italy Fr. Raffaele De Angelis was appointed as Priest of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

2006.07.21

Italy Abbot Paolo Giannini, O.S.B.I., Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Superior General emeritus of Italian Basilian Order of Grottaferrata, passed away at 86

2003.08.06

Italy Fr. Ignazio Ceffalia was appointed as Priest of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

2000.01.31

Italy Fr. Emiliano Fabbricatore, O.S.B.I., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Superior General of Italian Basilian Order of Grottaferrata

Italy Abbot Marco Petta, O.S.B.I., resigned as Abbot Ordinary of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Superior General of Italian Basilian Order of Grottaferrata

1995.12.09

Italy Archbishop Mario Brini, Prelate emeritus of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta), passed away at 87

1994.09.13

Italy Abbot Marco Petta, O.S.B.I., was confirmed as Abbot Ordinary of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Superior General of Italian Basilian Order of Grottaferrata

1994.08.10

Italy Fr. Marco Petta, O.S.B.I., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

1993.04.11

Italy Archbishop Mario Brini resigned as Prelate of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

1992

Italy Abbot Paolo Giannini, O.S.B.I., resigned as Abbot Ordinary of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Superior General of Italian Basilian Order of Grottaferrata

1990.04.13

Italy Abbot Teodoro Minisci, O.S.B.I., Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Superior General emeritus of Italian Basilian Order of Grottaferrata, passed away at 82

1989.01.15

Italy Fr. Sotìr Ferrara was consecrated as Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

1988.10.15

Italy Fr. Sotìr Ferrara was elected Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

1987.11.30

Italy Bishop Ercole Lupinacci, Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

1987.06.07

Italy Bishop Giovanni Stamati, Bishop of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy), passed away at 74

1987

Italy Msgr. Eleuterio Francesco Fortino, Priest of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

1986.09.30

Italy Territorial Abbacy of Santissimo Salvatore (Italo-Albanese Rite) was suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela and united to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Messina) (Italy)

Italy Archbishop Ignazio Cannavò, Bishop-Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy), Metropolitan Archbishop of Messina (Italy), Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Bishop of Lipari (Italy), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy)

1985.04.17

Italy Msgr. Eleuterio Francesco Fortino, Priest of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

1982.10.17

Italy Fr. Donato Oliverio was appointed as Priest of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

1982.09.14

Italy Archbishop Mario Brini, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, was appointed as Prelate of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

1981.08.06

Italy Fr. Ercole Lupinacci was consecrated as Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

1981.06.05

Italy Bishop Giuseppe Perniciaro, Bishop emeritus of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy), passed away at 74

1981.03.25

Italy Fr. Ercole Lupinacci was elected Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Italy Bishop Giuseppe Perniciaro resigned as Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

1979.02.20

Italy Bishop Giovanni Stamati, Titular Bishop of Stephaniacum and Apostolic Administrator of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

1979.02.10

Italy Bishop Giovanni Mele, Bishop of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy), passed away at 93

1977.06.03

Italy Archbishop Ignazio Cannavò succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Messina (Italy) and Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Italy Archbishop Francesco Fasola resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Messina (Italy) and Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

1973.06.15

Italy Fr. Eleuterio Francesco Fortino, Priest of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy), was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

1972.08.04

Italy Abbot Paolo Giannini, O.S.B.I., was confirmed as Abbot Ordinary of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Superior General of Italian Basilian Order of Grottaferrata

Italy Abbot Teodoro Minisci, O.S.B.I., resigned as Abbot Ordinary of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Superior General of Italian Basilian Order of Grottaferrata

1972.08.01

Italy Fr. Paolo Giannini, O.S.B.I., was appointed as Abbot Ordinary of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

1972.05.27

Italy Fr. Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro was appointed as Priest of Newton of the Greek-Melkites (USA)

1967.07.12

Italy Bishop Giuseppe Perniciaro, Titular Bishop of Arbanum and Auxiliary Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

1967.06.29

Italy Fr. Giovanni Stamati was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Stephaniacum

1967.03.25

Italy Fr. Giovanni Stamati was elected Titular Bishop of Stephaniacum and Apostolic Administrator of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

1966.03.10

Italy Abbot Isidoro Croce, O.S.B.I., Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) and Superior General emeritus of Italian Basilian Order of Grottaferrata, passed away at 74

1965.10.02

Italy Archbishop Mario Brini, Apostolic Internuncio to United Arab Republic, was appointed as Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches

1963.11.24

Italy Fr. Eleuterio Francesco Fortino was appointed as Priest of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

1963.06.25

Italy Bishop Francesco Fasola, Bishop of Caltagirone (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Messina (Italy) and Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

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Recent Appointments in the Eastern Church

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