Acerenza (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Historical Details

Diocese of Acerenza
- Latin Name: Acheruntina
- Erected: 4th Century
- Country: Italy
Archdiocese of Acerenza
- Latin Name: Acheruntina
- Elevated: 11th Century
- Country: Italy
Archdiocese of Acerenza e Matera
- Latin Name: Acheruntina et Materanensis
- United: 7 May 1203
- Metropolitan See
- Country: Italy
Archdiocese of Acerenza (e Matera)
- Latin Name: Acheruntina (et Materanensis)
- Name Changed: 27 June 1818
- Country: Italy
Archdiocese of Acerenza e Matera
- Latin Name: Acheruntina et Materanensis
- Name Changed: 9 November 1822
- Metropolitan See
- Country: Italy
Archdiocese of Acerenza
- Latin Name: Acheruntina
- Split: 2 July 1954
- Country: Italy
Diocese of Acerenza
- Latin Name: Acheruntina
- Elevated: 21 August 1976
- Metropolitan: Diocese of Portalegre
- Country: Italy

Past and Present Ordinaries

Raynald † (Mar 1198 Appointed - 31 Jul 1199 Died)
Anselmo † (18 Apr 1253 Appointed - )
Lorenzo , O.P. † (5 Apr 1267 Appointed - 15 Nov 1276 Died)
Pietro d’Archia † (22 Jun 1279 Appointed - 1300 Died)
Gentile Orsini, O.P. † (3 Jun 1300 Appointed - 1303 Died)
Guido de Beaulieu, O.S.B. † (6 Sep 1303 Appointed - 3 Nov 1306 Appointed, Bishop of Toul)
Rodolfo , O.P. † (12 Aug 1307 Appointed - 6 Nov 1307 Died)
Roberto , O.P. † (18 Aug 1308 Appointed - 1334 Died)
Pietro † (4 Jul 1334 Appointed - 1342 Died)
Giovanni Cortello † (29 Jan 1343 Appointed - 1363 Died)
Bartolomeo Prignano † (22 Mar 1363 Appointed - 13 Jan 1377 Appointed, Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa))
Niccolò Acconciamuro † (8 Apr 1377 Appointed - 5 Nov 1378 Appointed, Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa))
Giacomo di Silvestro † (7 Feb 1379 Appointed - )
Bisanzio Morelli † ( 1384 Appointed - )
Tommaso di Bitonto † (20 Dec 1393 Appointed - )
Pietro Giovanni de Paludibus, O.F.M. † ( 1394 Appointed - 26 Apr 1395 Appointed, Archbishop of Corinthus)
Stefano Governo † (15 Mar 1395 Appointed - 5 Mar 1403 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Calvi Risorta)
Riccardo d’Olibano † (6 Nov 1402 Appointed - 1406 Died)
Nicola Piscicelli, O. Cist. † (16 Mar 1407 Appointed - 21 Feb 1415 Appointed, Archbishop of Salerno)
Manfredi Aversano † (20 Feb 1415 Appointed - 4 Aug 1444 Died)
Marino de Paulis † (4 Sep 1444 Appointed - Sep 1470 Died)
Enrico Languardo, O.P. † ( 1470 Appointed - 8 Dec 1482 Died)
Vincenzo Palmeriis † (14 Mar 1483 Appointed - 30 Jul 1518 Resigned)
Andrea Matteo Palmieri † (30 Jul 1518 Appointed - 21 Aug 1528 Resigned)
Luigi de Palmeri, O.F.M. † (21 Aug 1528 Appointed - Aug 1530 Died)
Andrea Matteo Palmieri † ( 1530 Appointed - 21 Jun 1531 Resigned)
Giovanni Michele Saraceni † (21 Jun 1531 Appointed - 1556 Resigned)
Sigismondo Saraceno † (4 May 1556 Appointed - 7 Jan 1585 Died)
Francesco Antonio Santorio † (28 Jul 1586 Appointed - 1589 Died)
Francisco Avellaneda † (30 Jan 1591 Appointed - 3 Oct 1591 Died)
Scipione della Tolfa † (20 Dec 1593 Appointed - 1595 Died)
Giovanni Myra (Mira) † (11 Mar 1596 Appointed - 1600 Died)
Giuseppe de Rossi † (12 Sep 1605 Appointed - 5 Feb 1610 Died)
Juan (Giovanni) de Espila (Spilla), O.P. † (19 Jan 1611 Appointed - 20 Sep 1619 Died)
Fabrizio Antinori † (10 Jan 1622 Appointed - 13 Nov 1630 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Siracusa)
Giovanni Domenico Spinola † (13 Nov 1630 Appointed - 26 Apr 1632 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Luni e Sarzana)
Simone Carafa Roccella, C.R. † (30 Aug 1638 Appointed - 16 Sep 1647 Confirmed, Archbishop of Messina)
Giambattista Spínola (Sr.) † (18 May 1648 Appointed - 10 Nov 1664 Appointed, Archbishop of Genova)
Vincenzo Lanfranchi, C.R. † (7 Dec 1665 Appointed - 6 Sep 1676 Died)
Antonio del Río Colmenares † (14 Mar 1678 Appointed - Apr 1702 Died)
Antonio Maria Brancaccio, C.R. † (4 Jun 1703 Appointed - 10 Dec 1722 Died)
Giuseppe Maria Positano, O.P. † (27 Sep 1723 Confirmed - 14 Mar 1730 Died)
Alfonso Miraconda, O.S.B. † (11 Dec 1730 Confirmed - 5 Feb 1737 Died)
Giovanni Rossi, C.R. † (8 Jul 1737 Appointed - 21 May 1738 Appointed, Archbishop of Taranto)
Francesco Lanfreschi † (21 May 1738 Appointed - 8 Feb 1754 Died)
Anton Ludovico Antinori, C.O. † (22 Apr 1754 Confirmed - 24 Apr 1758 Resigned)
Serafino Filangeri, O.S.B. † (22 Nov 1758 Confirmed - 23 Aug 1762 Confirmed, Archbishop of Palermo)
Nicola Filomarini (Filomarino), O.S.B. † (16 May 1763 Confirmed - 31 Aug 1767 Confirmed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Caserta)
Carlo Parlati, C.P.O. † (14 Dec 1767 Confirmed - 24 Feb 1774 Died)
Giuseppe Sparano † (29 May 1775 Confirmed - 5 Jun 1776 Died)
Francesco Zunica † (16 Dec 1776 Confirmed - 16 Dec 1796 Died)
Camillo Cattaneo della Volta † (18 Dec 1797 Confirmed - 13 Mar 1834 Died)
Antonio Di Macco † (6 Apr 1835 Confirmed - 7 Aug 1854 Died)
Gaetano Rossini † (23 Mar 1855 Confirmed - 27 Mar 1867 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi)
Pietro Giovine † (27 Oct 1871 Appointed - 11 Sep 1879 Died)
Gesualdo Nicola Loschirico, O.F.M. Cap. † (27 Feb 1880 Appointed - 30 Mar 1890 Died)
Francesco Maria Imparati, O.F.M. Obs. † (23 Jun 1890 Appointed - 11 Jul 1892 Died)
Raffaele di Nonno, C.Ss.R. † (16 Jan 1893 Appointed - 23 Jun 1895 Died)
Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M. Ref. † (29 Nov 1895 Appointed - 30 Sep 1899 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia)
Raffaele Rossi † (14 Dec 1899 Appointed - 18 Aug 1906 Died)
Anselmo Filippo Pecci, O.S.B. † (18 Sep 1907 Appointed - 10 Apr 1945 Retired)
Vincenzo Cavalla † (8 Sep 1946 Appointed - 14 Feb 1954 Died)
Domenico Picchinenna † (2 Jul 1954 Appointed - 4 Sep 1961 Appointed, Archbishop of Cosenza)
Corrado Ursi † (30 Nov 1961 Appointed - 23 May 1966 Appointed, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples})
Giuseppe Vairo † (22 Dec 1970 Appointed - 12 Feb 1979 Resigned)
Francesco Cuccarese (12 Feb 1979 Appointed - 6 Jun 1987 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Caserta)
Michele Scandiffio † (30 Apr 1988 Appointed - 27 Jul 2005 Retired)
Giovanni Ricchiuti (27 Jul 2005 Appointed - 15 Oct 2013 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti)
Francesco Sirufo (20 May 2016 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Acerenza
4th Century	Erected		Diocese of Acerenza (erected)
Archdiocese of Acerenza
11th Century	Elevated	Diocese of Acerenza	Archdiocese of Acerenza
Archdiocese of Acerenza e Matera
7 May 1203	United	Archdiocese of Acerenza Archdiocese of Matera	Archdiocese of Acerenza e Matera
Archdiocese of Acerenza (e Matera)
27 June 1818	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Acerenza e Matera	Archdiocese of Acerenza (e Matera)
Archdiocese of Acerenza e Matera
9 November 1822	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Acerenza (e Matera)	Archdiocese of Acerenza e Matera
11 August 1945	Territory Added		Archdiocese of Acerenza e Matera
Archdiocese of Acerenza
2 July 1954	Split	Archdiocese of Acerenza e Matera	Archdiocese of Acerenza Archdiocese of Matera
Diocese of Acerenza
21 August 1976	Elevated	Archdiocese of Acerenza	Diocese of Acerenza (Archdiocese to Diocese)
8 September 1976	Territory Lost	Diocese of Acerenza (B. Maria Virginis a Monte Carmelo (in Castelglorioso-Arioso))	Archdiocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo
Archdiocese of Acerenza
3 December 1977	Elevated	Diocese of Acerenza	Archdiocese of Acerenza

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Archdiocese of Acerenza e Matera

1886 144,141 .0% 452 0 33 OTC

1950 168,932 169,271 99.8% 93 10 103 1,640 9 140 38 ap1951

Archdiocese of Acerenza

1959 69,438 69,508 99.9% 44 4 48 1,446 6 86 20 ap1960

1969 60,098 60,374 99.5% 31 3 34 1,767 4 81 22 ap1971

Diocese of Acerenza

Archdiocese of Acerenza

1980 59,800 60,718 98.5% 35 6 41 1,458 7 68 21 ap1981

1990 61,000 62,500 97.6% 39 6 45 1,355 8 73 21 ap1991

1999 60,150 60,300 99.8% 37 6 43 1,398 6 61 21 ap2000

2000 60,150 60,300 99.8% 38 8 46 1,307 8 62 21 ap2001

2001 59,950 60,100 99.8% 37 6 43 1,394 6 63 21 ap2002

2002 59,950 60,120 99.7% 38 6 44 1,362 6 62 21 ap2003

2003 60,000 60,200 99.7% 37 5 42 1,428 5 62 21 ap2004

2004 60,000 60,200 99.7% 35 2 37 1,621 2 58 21 ap2005

2005 53,000 55,000 96.4% 36 2 38 1,394 2 57 21 ap2006

2006 53,000 53,215 99.6% 40 2 42 1,261 2 67 21 ap2007

2011 42,382 42,815 99.0% 38 2 40 1,059 2 61 21 ap2012

2012 42,600 43,000 99.1% 39 3 42 1,014 3 60 21 ap2013

2015 40,368 40,595 99.4% 39 3 42 961 6 50 21 ap2016

2018 40,490 40,650 99.6% 39 39 1,038 1 45 21 ap2019

2020 39,836 39,940 99.7% 38 38 1,048 1 31 21 ap2021

2022 39,610 39,722 99.7% 35 35 1,131 1 37 21 ap2023

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Acerenza e Matera
1886		144,141	.0%			452	0				33	OTC
1950	168,932	169,271	99.8%	93	10	103	1,640		9	140	38	ap1951
Archdiocese of Acerenza
1959	69,438	69,508	99.9%	44	4	48	1,446		6	86	20	ap1960
1969	60,098	60,374	99.5%	31	3	34	1,767		4	81	22	ap1971
Diocese of Acerenza
Archdiocese of Acerenza
1980	59,800	60,718	98.5%	35	6	41	1,458		7	68	21	ap1981
1990	61,000	62,500	97.6%	39	6	45	1,355		8	73	21	ap1991
1999	60,150	60,300	99.8%	37	6	43	1,398		6	61	21	ap2000
2000	60,150	60,300	99.8%	38	8	46	1,307		8	62	21	ap2001
2001	59,950	60,100	99.8%	37	6	43	1,394		6	63	21	ap2002
2002	59,950	60,120	99.7%	38	6	44	1,362		6	62	21	ap2003
2003	60,000	60,200	99.7%	37	5	42	1,428		5	62	21	ap2004
2004	60,000	60,200	99.7%	35	2	37	1,621		2	58	21	ap2005
2005	53,000	55,000	96.4%	36	2	38	1,394		2	57	21	ap2006
2006	53,000	53,215	99.6%	40	2	42	1,261		2	67	21	ap2007
2011	42,382	42,815	99.0%	38	2	40	1,059		2	61	21	ap2012
2012	42,600	43,000	99.1%	39	3	42	1,014		3	60	21	ap2013
2015	40,368	40,595	99.4%	39	3	42	961		6	50	21	ap2016
2018	40,490	40,650	99.6%	39		39	1,038	1		45	21	ap2019
2020	39,836	39,940	99.7%	38		38	1,048	1		31	21	ap2021
2022	39,610	39,722	99.7%	35		35	1,131	1		37	21	ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Niccolò Acconciamuro † (Archbishop: 8 Apr 1377 to 5 Nov 1378)
Anton Ludovico Antinori, C.O. † (Archbishop: 22 Apr 1754 to 24 Apr 1758)
Fabrizio Antinori † (Archbishop: 10 Jan 1622 to 13 Nov 1630)
Francisco Avellaneda † (Archbishop: 30 Jan 1591 to 3 Oct 1591)
Manfredi Aversano † (Archbishop: 20 Feb 1415 to 4 Aug 1444)
Guido de Beaulieu, O.S.B. † (Administrator: 6 Sep 1303 to 3 Nov 1306)
Tommaso di Bitonto † (Archbishop: 20 Dec 1393)
Antonio Maria Brancaccio, C.R. † (Archbishop: 4 Jun 1703 to 10 Dec 1722)
Alfonso Maria Cappetta (Cappelta) †
Simone Carafa Roccella, C.R. † (Archbishop: 30 Aug 1638 to 16 Sep 1647)
Camillo Cattaneo della Volta † (Archbishop: 18 Dec 1797 to 13 Mar 1834)
Vincenzo Cavalla † (Archbishop: 8 Sep 1946 to 14 Feb 1954)
Giovanni Cortello † (Archbishop: 29 Jan 1343 to 1363)
Pietro d’Archia † (Archbishop: 22 Jun 1279 to 1300)
Scipione della Tolfa † (Archbishop: 20 Dec 1593 to 1595)
Antonio del Río Colmenares † (Archbishop: 14 Mar 1678 to Apr 1702)
Antonio Di Macco † (Archbishop: 6 Apr 1835 to 7 Aug 1854)
Raffaele di Nonno, C.Ss.R. † (Archbishop: 16 Jan 1893 to 23 Jun 1895)
Juan (Giovanni) de Espila (Spilla), O.P. † (Archbishop: 19 Jan 1611 to 20 Sep 1619)
Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M. Ref. † (Archbishop: 29 Nov 1895 to 30 Sep 1899)
Serafino Filangeri, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 22 Nov 1758 to 23 Aug 1762)
Nicola Filomarini (Filomarino), O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 16 May 1763 to 31 Aug 1767)
Pietro Giovine † (Archbishop: 27 Oct 1871 to 11 Sep 1879)
Stefano Governo † (Archbishop: 15 Mar 1395 to 5 Mar 1403)
Francesco-Paolo Grifi † (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Jan 1828 to 1832)
Francesco Maria Imparati, O.F.M. Obs. † (Archbishop: 23 Jun 1890 to 11 Jul 1892)
Vincenzo Lanfranchi, C.R. † (Archbishop: 7 Dec 1665 to 6 Sep 1676)
Francesco Lanfreschi † (Archbishop: 21 May 1738 to 8 Feb 1754)
Enrico Languardo, O.P. † (Archbishop: 1470 to 8 Dec 1482)
Gesualdo Nicola Loschirico, O.F.M. Cap. † (Archbishop: 27 Feb 1880 to 30 Mar 1890)
Alfonso Miraconda, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 11 Dec 1730 to 5 Feb 1737)
Bisanzio Morelli † (Archbishop: 1384)
Giovanni Myra (Mira) † (Archbishop: 11 Mar 1596 to 1600)
Riccardo d’Olibano † (Archbishop: 6 Nov 1402 to 1406)
Angelo Michele Onorati †
Gentile Orsini, O.P. † (Administrator: 3 Jun 1300 to 1303)
Donato Pafundi †
Luigi de Palmeri, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 21 Aug 1528 to Aug 1530)
Vincenzo Palmeriis † (Archbishop: 14 Mar 1483 to 30 Jul 1518)
Andrea Matteo Palmieri † (Archbishop: 30 Jul 1518 to 21 Aug 1528; Administrator: 1530 to 21 Jun 1531)
Pietro Giovanni de Paludibus, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 1394 to 26 Apr 1395)
Carlo Parlati, C.P.O. † (Archbishop: 14 Dec 1767 to 24 Feb 1774)
Marino de Paulis † (Archbishop: 4 Sep 1444 to Sep 1470)
Anselmo Filippo Pecci, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 18 Sep 1907 to 10 Apr 1945)
Domenico Picchinenna † (Bishop: 2 Jul 1954 to 4 Sep 1961)
Nicola Piscicelli, O. Cist. † (Archbishop: 16 Mar 1407 to 21 Feb 1415)
Giuseppe Maria Positano, O.P. † (Archbishop: 27 Sep 1723 to 14 Mar 1730)
Bartolomeo Prignano † (Archbishop: 22 Mar 1363 to 13 Jan 1377)
Giovanni Rossi, C.R. † (Archbishop: 8 Jul 1737 to 21 May 1738)
Giuseppe de Rossi † (Archbishop: 12 Sep 1605 to 5 Feb 1610)
Raffaele Rossi † (Archbishop: 14 Dec 1899 to 18 Aug 1906)
Gaetano Rossini † (Archbishop: 23 Mar 1855 to 27 Mar 1867)
Francesco Antonio Santorio † (Archbishop: 28 Jul 1586 to 1589)
Giovanni Michele Saraceni † (Archbishop: 21 Jun 1531 to 1556)
Sigismondo Saraceno † (Archbishop: 4 May 1556 to 7 Jan 1585)
Michele Scandiffio † (Priest: 8 Jul 1951 to 2 Jul 1954; Archbishop: 30 Apr 1988 to 27 Jul 2005)
Giacomo di Silvestro † (Archbishop: 7 Feb 1379)
Giuseppe Sparano † (Archbishop: 29 May 1775 to 5 Jun 1776)
Giambattista Spínola (Sr.) † (Archbishop: 18 May 1648 to 10 Nov 1664)
Giovanni Domenico Spinola † (Archbishop: 13 Nov 1630 to 26 Apr 1632)
Corrado Ursi † (Archbishop: 30 Nov 1961 to 23 May 1966)
Giuseppe Vairo † (Apostolic Administrator: 28 Jun 1966; Archbishop: 22 Dec 1970; Archbishop (Personal Title): 21 Aug 1976; Archbishop: 3 Dec 1977 to 12 Feb 1979)
Francesco Zunica † (Archbishop: 16 Dec 1776 to 16 Dec 1796)
Anselmo † (Archbishop: 18 Apr 1253)
Lorenzo , O.P. † (Archbishop: 5 Apr 1267 to 15 Nov 1276)
Pietro † (Archbishop: 4 Jul 1334 to 1342)
Raynald † (Bishop: Mar 1198 to 31 Jul 1199)
Roberto , O.P. † (Archbishop: 18 Aug 1308 to 1334)
Rodolfo , O.P. † (Archbishop: 12 Aug 1307 to 6 Nov 1307)

Source(s)

Diocese of Acerenza
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 843
Archdiocese of Acerenza
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 70
Archdiocese of Acerenza e Matera
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 70
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 79
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 94
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 67
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 67
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 64
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 57
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 843, to Page 844