Leonardo D'Ascenzo (born 31 August 1961) is an Italian Roman Catholic prelate.
He was born on 31 August 1961, and ordained to the priesthood in 1986, and began serving the Suburbicarian Diocese of Velletri-Segni. D'Ascenzo was appointed archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie on 4 November 2017, following the death of Giovan Battista Pichierri. D'Ascenzo was ordained a bishop on 14 January 2018, and formally installed on 27 January 2018. [1] [2]
The Archbishop of Nazareth is a former residential Metropolitan see, first in the Holy Land, then in Apulian exile in Barletta, which had a Latin and a Maronite successor as titular sees, the first merged into Barletta, the second suppressed.
Bisceglie is a city and municipality of 55,251 inhabitants in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, in the Apulia region, in southern Italy. The municipality has the fourth highest population in the province and fourteenth highest in the region.
Trani is a seaport of Apulia, Southern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea, 40 kilometres (25 mi) by railway west-northwest of Bari. It is one of the capital cities of the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani.
The Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Italy in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani in Apulia. Formerly a metropolitan see, in 1980 it became a suffragan archdiocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto. It received its current name in 1986, when the Archdiocese of Trani added to its title the names of two suppressed dioceses merged into it.
Luisa Piccarreta, TOSD, also known as the "Little Daughter of the Divine Will",, was a Catholic mystic and member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. Her writings and spirituality centred on union with the will of God.
Carmelo Cassati was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church.
Nicholas the Pilgrim, sometimes Nicholas of Trani, is a saint of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church.
Bisceglie Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Bisceglie, Apulia, Italy. Peter II of Trani began to build the cathedral in 1073, which he dedicated to his namesake, Saint Peter. Building was completed in 1295. Formerly the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Bisceglie, it has been since 1986 a co-cathedral in the Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie.
The Diocese of Bisceglie was a Roman Catholic diocese located in the town of Bisceglie on the Adriatic Sea in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia in southern Italy. It is five miles south of Trani.
Juan Battista de Ojeda also Giovanni Battista de Hogeda or Giovanni Battista de Oxeda was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Agrigento (1571–1574) and Archbishop of Trani (1560–1571).
Scipione de Tolfa was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera (1593–1595) and Archbishop of Trani (1576–1593).
Tommaso d'Ancora, C.R. or Tommaso d'Ariconi (1583–1656) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Trani (1635–1656) and Bishop of Mottola (1630–1634).
Pietro de Torres (1634–1709) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Trani (1695–1709), Archbishop of Potenza (1689–1695), and Archbishop of Dubrovnik (1665–1689).
Giovanni Battista del Tinto, O. Carm. was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Cassano all'Jonio (1676–1685) and Archbishop of Trani (1666–1676).
Tommaso de Sarria, O.P. was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Taranto (1665–1682) and Archbishop of Trani (1656–1665).
Giovan Battista Pichierri was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Giulio Caracciolo was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Cassano all'Jonio (1597–1599) and Archbishop of Trani (1593–1597).
Andrea de Franchis was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Trani (1598–1603).
Francesco Carosio was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Trani (1418–1427) and Bishop of Melfi (1412–1418).
Giovanni Ricchiuti is an Italian archbishop of the Catholic church. On 15 October, he's been appointed as archbishop of the diocese of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti.