Diocese of Bitonto

Bitonto Cathedral

The Italian Catholic diocese of Bitonto, in Apulia, had a short independent existence from 1982 to 1986. In the latter year it was united into the Archdiocese of Bari, forming the Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto. Before 1982, it had existed since the 9th century until being united into the diocese of Ruvo e Bitonto in 1818. ^{[1] [2]}

Ordinaries

Diocese of Bitonto

Erected: 9th Century
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Bari (-Canosa)

• Bishop Anderano (c. 734; belonged either to Bitonto or the diocese of Bisignano)
• Arnolfo (1087)
• Enrico Minutoli (1382 - 1383 Appointed Archbishop of Trani)

...

• Battista Pontini (1484 - 1500 Died)
• Giambattista Orsini (12 June 1501 - 20 Dec 1501), administrator ^[3]
• Giovanni Francesco de Orsini (20 Dec 1501 - 1517 Resigned) ^{[3] [4]}
• Giulio de' Medici (18 Feb 1517 - 27 Feb 1517 Resigned) ^[4]
• Giacomo Orsini (27 Feb 1517 - 24 Jan 1530 Resigned)
• Alessandro Farnese (seniore) (24 Jan 1530 - 17 May 1532 Resigned)
• Lópe de Alarcón (17 May 1532 - 1537 Resigned)
• Alessandro Farnese (iuniore) (17 Jun 1537 - 8 Jan 1538 Resigned)
• Sebastiano Deli di Castel Durante (11 Jan 1538 - 1544 Died)
• Alessandro Farnese (iuniore) (1544 - 27 Oct 1544 Resigned)
• Cornelio Musso (27 Oct 1544 - 13 Jan 1574 Died)
• Giovanni Pietro Fortiguerra (26 Apr 1574 - 1593 Died)
• Flaminio Parisio (17 Sep 1593 - 1603 Died)
• Girolamo Bernardino Pallantieri (10 Sep 1603 - 23 Aug 1619 Died) ^[5]
• Giovanni Battista Stella (13 Nov 1619 - 15 Dec 1621 Died)
• Fabrizio Carafa (24 Jan 1622 - Mar 1651 Died) ^[6]
• Alessandro Crescenzi (26 Aug 1652 - 14 May 1668 Resigned) ^[7]
• Tommaso Acquaviva d'Aragona (14 May 1668 - 23 Aug 1672 Died) ^[8]
• Francesco Antonio Gallo (3 Oct 1672 - Sep 1685 Died)
• Filippo Massarenghi (13 May 1686 - 5 Jun 1688 Died) ^[9]
• Carlo de Ferrari (6 Jun 1689 - Nov 1698 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Capano (21 Jun 1700 - 14 Jan 1720 Died)
• Domenico Maria Cedronio (20 Mar 1720 - May 1722 Died)
• Luca Antonio della Gatta (6 Jul 1722 - 8 Jul 1737 Appointed, Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla)
• Giovanni Barba (8 Jul 1737 - 13 Dec 1749 Died)
• Nicola Ferri (23 Feb 1750 - 28 May 1770 Appointed, Bishop of Satriano e Campagna)
• Orazio Berarducci (28 May 1770 - 1801 Died)

27 June 1818: United with Diocese of Ruvo to form the Diocese of Ruvo e Bitonto

Diocese of Bitonto

30 September 1982: Re-established from the Diocese of Ruvo e Bitonto

• Andrea Mariano Magrassi (30 Sep 1982 - 30 Sep 1986 Appointed, Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto)

30 September 1986: United with Archdiocese of Bari (-Canosa) to form the Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto

Auxiliary Bishops

• Domenico Padovano (1984 to 30 Sep 1986)

Notes

1. "Diocese of Bitonto" Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
2. "Diocese of Bitonto" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
3. Eubel, Konrad (1914). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. II (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 109.(in Latin)
4. Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 138.(in Latin)
5. "Bishop Girolamo Bernardino Pallantieri, O.F.M. Conv." Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
6. "Bishop Fabrizio Carafa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 21, 2016
7. "Alessandro Cardinal Crescenzi, C.R.S. " Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 9, 2016
8. "Bishop Tommaso Acquaviva d’Aragona, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 21, 2016
9. "Bishop Filippo Massarenghi, C.O." Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 15, 2016

References

Attribution

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Ruvo and Bitonto". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.