Diocese of Gravina

Historical Details

• Diocese of Gravina
  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Split: 11 October 1976
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Bari (-Canosa)
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy

• Diocese of Gravina (di Puglia)
  • Latin Name: Gravinensis
  • Erected: 9th Century
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Acerenza e Matera
  • Country: Italy

• Diocese of Gravina e Irsina (Montepeloso)
  • Latin Name: Gravinensis et Montis Pelusii
  • United: 27 June 1818
  • Immediately Subject to the Holy See
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 473 (182 Square Miles)

Past Ordinaries

• Nicola † ( 1318 Appointed - 1335 Died)
• Riccardo Caracciolo, O.F.M. † ( 1335 Appointed - May 1343 Died)
• Andrea de Perugia, O.F.M. † (3 Sep 1343 Appointed - 1345 Died)
• Tancredi da Auletta, O.F.M. † (3 Mar 1346 Appointed - 1348 Died)
• Bernardo Cucchi † (28 Jan 1349 Appointed - 1350 Died)
• Giovanni da Gallinaro, O.F.M. † (22 May 1350 Appointed - 14 Mar 1373 Appointed, Bishop of Rossano)
• Luciano de Gravina, O.E.S.A. † (8 Apr 1373 Appointed - 1381 Died)
• Nicola de Madio, O.P. † (7 Feb 1386 Appointed - )
• Filippo † ( 1395 Appointed - 16 Apr 1395 Appointed, Archbishop of Otranto)
• Francesco Bonaccorsi, O.F.M. † (1 May 1395 Appointed - 13 Oct 1400 Appointed, Bishop of Acci (Accia))
• Antonio de Rossi † (13 Oct 1400 Appointed - 4 Jan 1402 Appointed, Bishop of Isola)
• Ruggero Longobardi † (4 Jan 1402 Appointed - 1411 Died)
• Enrico Dasmani, O.F.M. † (19 Oct 1411 Appointed - )
• Giovanni Roberto Santoro † ( 1429 Appointed - 1444 Died)
• Mario Orsini † (14 Feb 1447 Appointed - 1472 Died)
• Giacomo Vittorio Appiani † (1 Feb 1473 Appointed - 1482 Died)
• Pietro Matteo d’Aquino, O.P. † (19 Aug 1482 Appointed - 18 Feb 1508 Appointed, Bishop of Lecce)
• Antonio Brancaccio (Brancati), O.P. † (18 Feb 1508 Appointed - 1518 Died)
• Luca Rinaldi † (1 Dec 1518 Appointed - 1552 Died)
• Giovanni Angelo Peregrini † (14 Dec 1552 Appointed - 1568 Died)
• Francesco Bossi † (2 Aug 1568 Appointed - 5 May 1574 Appointed, Bishop of Perugia)
• Gastone Ettore Paganelli † (10 May 1574 Appointed - 1575 Died)
• Giulio Ricci † (9 May 1575 Appointed - 13 Nov 1581 Appointed, Bishop of Teramo)
• Antonio Maria Manzoli † (26 Nov 1581 Appointed - 1593 Resigned)
• Vincenzo Giustiniani † (2 Aug 1593 Appointed - 3 Oct 1614 Died)
• Agostino Cassandra, O.F.M. Conv. † (24 Nov 1614 Appointed - Sep 1623 Died)
• Giulio Cesare Sacchetti † (4 Dec 1623 Appointed - 16 Mar 1626 Appointed, Bishop of Fano)
• Arcangelo Baldini, O.P. † (20 Jul 1626 Appointed - 27 Nov 1629 Died)
• Arcasio Ricci † (13 Nov 1630 Appointed - 8 Feb 1636 Died)
• Filippo Cansacchi (Consacchi) † (15 Dec 1636 Appointed - 12 Oct 1644 Died)
• Domenico Cennini † (6 Mar 1645 Appointed - 21 Aug 1684 Died)
• Domenico Valvassori, O.S.A. † (18 Mar 1686 Appointed - 2 Oct 1689 Died)
• Marcello Cavalieri, O.P. † (11 Jan 1690 Appointed - Aug 1705 Died)
• Luigi (Ludovico) Capuani (Capulani) † (14 Dec 1705 Appointed - 13 Sep 1708 Died)
• Cesare Francesco Lucini, O.P. † (11 May 1718 Appointed - 2 Mar 1725 Died)
• Vincenzo Ferrero, O.P. † (18 Apr 1725 Appointed - 8 Feb 1730 Appointed, Bishop of Lucera)
• Camillo Olivieri † (5 Mar 1731 Appointed - 21 Aug 1758 Died)
• Nicolò Cicirelli † (18 Dec 1758 Appointed - 7 May 1790 Died)
• Michele de Angelis † (18 Jun 1792 Confirmed - 10 Oct 1806 Died)
• Ludovico Maria Roselli, O.F.M. Ref. † (2 Oct 1818 Confirmed - 15 Oct 1818 Died)
• Cassiodoro Margarita † (21 Dec 1818 Confirmed - 1 Sep 1850 Died)
• Francesco Xaverio Giannuzzi Savelli † (17 Feb 1851 Confirmed - 14 Aug 1851 Died)
• Mario De Luca † (27 Sep 1852 Confirmed - 24 Mar 1855 Died)
• Raffaele Antonio Morisciano † (28 Sep 1855 Confirmed - 27 Sep 1858 Appointed, Bishop of Squillace)
• Alfonso Maria Cappetta (Cappelta) † (20 Jun 1859 Confirmed - 22 Jul 1871 Died)
• Vincenzo Salvatore † (6 May 1872 Appointed - 7 Sep 1899 Died)
• Cristoforo Maiello † (14 Dec 1899 Appointed - 8 Mar 1906 Died)
• Nicolo Zimarino † (6 Dec 1906 Appointed - 15 May 1920 Died)
• Giovanni Maria Sanna, O.F.M. Conv. † (12 May 1922 Appointed - 15 Apr 1953 Retired)
• Aldo Forzoni † (14 May 1953 Appointed - 30 Nov 1961 Appointed, Bishop of Diano-Teggiano)
• Giuseppe Vairo † (19 Jan 1962 Appointed - 23 Dec 1971 Resigned)
• Salvatore Isgró † (25 Apr 1975 Appointed - 18 Mar 1982 Appointed, Archbishop of Sassari)
• Tarcisio Pisani, O.M. † (28 Jun 1982 Appointed - 30 Sep 1986 Appointed, Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti)

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Gravina e Irsina (Montepeloso)
1886		23,918	.0%			79	0				9	OTC
1950	35,900	36,000	99.7%	30	4	34	1,055		4	130	10	ap1951
1970	34,946	47,300	73.9%	20	3	23	1,519		3	135	9	ap1971
Diocese of Gravina
1980	44,200	46,302	95.5%	24	7	31	1,425		7	135	13	ap1981

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• None

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Michele de Angelis † (Bishop: 18 Jun 1792 to 10 Oct 1806)
• Giacomo Vittorio Appiani † (Bishop: 1 Feb 1473 to 1482)
• Tancredi da Auletta, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 3 Mar 1346 to 1348)
• Arcangelo Baldini, O.P. † (Bishop: 20 Jul 1626 to 27 Nov 1629)
• Francesco Bonaccorsi, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 1 May 1395 to 13 Oct 1400)
• Francesco Bossi † (Bishop: 2 Aug 1568 to 5 May 1574)
• Antonio Brancaccio (Brancati), O.P. † (Bishop: 18 Feb 1508 to 1518)
• Filippo Cansacchi (Consacchi) † (Bishop: 15 Dec 1636 to 12 Oct 1644)
• Alfonso Maria Cappetta (Cappelta) † (Bishop: 20 Jun 1859 to 22 Jul 1871)
• Luigi (Ludovico) Capuani (Capulani) † (Bishop: 14 Dec 1705 to 13 Sep 1708)
• Riccardo Caracciolo, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 1335 to May 1343)
• Agostino Cassandra, O.F.M. Conv. † (Bishop: 24 Nov 1614 to Sep 1623)
• Marcello Cavalieri, O.P. † (Bishop: 11 Jan 1690 to Aug 1705)
• Domenico Cennini † (Bishop: 6 Mar 1645 to 21 Aug 1684)
• Nicolò Cicirelli † (Bishop: 18 Dec 1758 to 7 May 1790)
• Bernardo Cucchi † (Bishop: 28 Jan 1349 to 1350)
• Pietro Matteo d’Aquino, O.P. † (Bishop: 19 Aug 1482 to 18 Feb 1508)
• Enrico Dasmani, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 19 Oct 1411)
• Mario De Luca † (Bishop: 27 Sep 1852 to 24 Mar 1855)
• Giuseppe Rocco Favale † (Priest: 15 Jul 1962 to 1974)
• Vincenzo Ferrero, O.P. † (Bishop: 18 Apr 1725 to 8 Feb 1730)
• Aldo Forzoni † (Bishop: 14 May 1953 to 30 Nov 1961)
• Giovanni da Gallinaro, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 22 May 1350 to 14 Mar 1373)
• Francesco Xaverio Giannuzzi Savelli † (Bishop: 17 Feb 1851 to 14 Aug 1851)
• Vincenzo Giustiniani † (Bishop: 2 Aug 1593 to 3 Oct 1614)
• Luciano de Gravina, O.E.S.A. † (Bishop: 8 Apr 1373 to 1381)
• Salvatore Isgró † (Bishop: 25 Apr 1975 to 18 Mar 1982)
• Ruggero Longobardi † (Bishop: 4 Jan 1402 to 1411)
• Cesare Francesco Lucini, O.P. † (Bishop: 11 May 1718 to 2 Mar 1725)
• Nicola de Madio, O.P. † (Bishop: 7 Feb 1386)
• Cristoforo Maiello † (Bishop: 14 Dec 1899 to 8 Mar 1906)
• Ludovico Maiorano, C.R.L. †
• Antonio Maria Manzoli † (Bishop: 26 Nov 1581 to 1593)
• Cassiodoro Margarita † (Bishop: 21 Dec 1818 to 1 Sep 1850)
• Raffaele Antonio Morisciano † (Bishop: 28 Sep 1855 to 27 Sep 1858)
• Camillo Olivieri † (Bishop: 5 Mar 1731 to 21 Aug 1758)
• Mario Orsini † (Administrator: 14 Feb 1447 to 1472)
• Gastone Ettore Paganelli † (Bishop: 10 May 1574 to 1575)
• Giovanni Angelo Peregrini † (Bishop: 14 Dec 1552 to 1568)
• Andrea de Perugia, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 3 Sep 1343 to 1345)
• Tarcisio Pisani, O.M. † (Bishop: 28 Jun 1982 to 30 Sep 1986)
• Arcasio Ricci † (Bishop: 13 Nov 1630 to 8 Feb 1636)
• Giulio Ricci † (Bishop: 9 May 1575 to 13 Nov 1581)
• Luca Rinaldi † (Bishop: 1 Dec 1518 to 1552)
• Ludovico Maria Roselli, O.F.M. Ref. † (Bishop: 2 Oct 1818 to 15 Oct 1818)
• Antonio de Rossi † (Bishop: 13 Oct 1400 to 4 Jan 1402)
• Giulio Cesare Sacchetti † (Bishop: 4 Dec 1623 to 16 Mar 1626)
• Vincenzo Salvatore † (Bishop: 6 May 1872 to 7 Sep 1899)
• Giovanni Maria Sanna, O.F.M. Conv. † (Bishop: 12 May 1922 to 15 Apr 1953)
• Giovanni Roberto Santoro † (Bishop: 1429 to 1444)
• Giuseppe Vairo † (Bishop: 19 Jan 1962 to 23 Dec 1971)
• Domenico Valvassori, O.S.A. † (Bishop: 18 Mar 1686 to 2 Oct 1689)
• Nicolo Zimarino † (Bishop: 6 Dec 1906 to 15 May 1920)
• Filippo † (Bishop: 1395 to 16 Apr 1395)
• Nicola † (Bishop: 1318 to 1335)

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