Cosenza-Bisignano (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy] (original) (raw)

Bishop(s) Giovanni Checchinato, Archbishop Salvatore Nunnari, Archbishop Emeritus Suffragan Dioceses Cassano all’Jonio Rossano-Cariati (Archdiocese) San Marco Argentano-Scalea	General Information Type of Jurisdiction: ArchdioceseName Changed: 30 September 1986 Metropolitan SeeRite: Latin (or Roman)Country: ItalySquare Kilometers: 2,537 (979 Square Miles)Conference Region: Calabria Official Web Site: http://www.diocesicosenza.it/ Mailing Address: Arcivescovado, Piazza A.G. Parrasio 16, 87100 Cosenza, ItaliaTelephone: 0984.68.77.21Fax: 0984.25.883

Past and Present Ordinaries

Andrea † ( 1201 Appointed - 1202 Died)
Luca Campano, O. Cist. † ( 1203 Appointed - 1224 Died)
Opizone di Asti † ( 1224 Appointed - 1250 Died)
Bartolomeo Pignatelli † (4 Nov 1254 Appointed - 30 Sep 1266 Appointed, Archbishop of Messina)
Tommaso d’Agni Lentini, O.P. † (18 Apr 1267 Appointed - 19 Mar 1272 Appointed, Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme})
Riccardo da Benevento † ( 1272 Appointed - 1276 Died)
Belprando † (30 Nov 1276 Appointed - 1278 Died)
Pietro de Confluentia, O.P. † (5 Apr 1278 Appointed - 1290 Died)
Adamo de Ducy † (17 Nov 1290 Appointed - 1295 Died)
Ruggero di Stefanuzia † (15 Aug 1295 Appointed - 1298 Died)
Pietro Boccaplanula, O.F.M. † (3 Oct 1298 Appointed - 1319 Died)
Nicolas † (24 Jun 1320 Appointed - 1330 Died)
Francesco della Marra † (25 May 1330 Appointed - 1353 Died)
Pietro de Galganis † (29 Jan 1354 Appointed - 3 Nov 1362 Died)
Nicola Caracciolo † (14 Dec 1362 Appointed - 1365 Died)
Cerretano dei Cerretani † (21 Feb 1365 Appointed - 1377 Died)
Niccol� Brancaccio † (13 Jan 1377 Appointed - 1379 Resigned)
Giovanni da Camerino † (24 Jan 1379 Appointed - 1383 Died)
Andrea Cumanus † (2 Dec 1383 Appointed - )
Tirello Caracciolo † (24 Apr 1388 Appointed - 1412 Died)
Francesco Tomacelli † (5 Jan 1413 Appointed - 3 Aug 1425 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Capaccio)
Bernardino Caracciolo † (3 Aug 1425 Appointed - 1452 Died)
Pyrrhus Caracciolo † (20 Nov 1452 Appointed - 1 Aug 1481 Died)
Giovanni d’Aragona † (14 Nov 1481 Appointed - 17 Oct 1485 Died)
Niccol� Bucciardi Cybo † (19 Oct 1485 Appointed - 24 Apr 1489 Appointed, Archbishop of Arles)
Carlo Domenico del Carretto † (24 Apr 1489 Appointed - 10 Oct 1491 Appointed, Administrator of Angers)
Battista Pinelli † (10 Oct 1491 Appointed - 1495 Died)
Bartolomeo Flores † (5 Aug 1495 Appointed - 1497 Removed)
Ludovico Agnelli † (16 Oct 1497 Appointed - 3 Nov 1499 Died)
Francisco de Borja † (6 Nov 1499 Appointed - 4 Nov 1511 Died)
Giovanni Ruffo de Theodoli † (6 Nov 1511 Appointed - 1527 Died)
Niccol� Gaddi † (31 Jan 1528 Appointed - 21 Jun 1535 Resigned)
Taddeo Gaddi † (21 Jun 1535 Appointed - 22 Dec 1561 Died)
Francesco Gonzaga † (2 Mar 1562 Appointed - 12 Jan 1565 Resigned)
Tommaso Milesio † (12 Jan 1565 Appointed - 10 Jan 1568 Died)
Flavio Orsini † (24 Jan 1569 Appointed - 16 Sep 1573 Resigned)
Andrea Matteo Acquaviva d’Aragona † (16 Sep 1573 Appointed - 6 Nov 1576 Died)
Fantino Petrignani † (6 Jan 1577 Appointed - 1585 Resigned)
Silvio Passerini † (20 May 1585 Appointed - 1587 Died)
Giovanni Evangelista Pallotta † (11 Sep 1587 Appointed - 5 Apr 1591 Resigned)
Giovanni Battista Costanzo † (5 Apr 1591 Appointed - 1617 Died)
Paolo Emilio Santoro † (3 Jul 1617 Appointed - 20 Nov 1623 Appointed, Archbishop of Urbino)
Giulio Antonio Santoro † (29 Jan 1624 Appointed - 28 Sep 1638 Died)
Martino Alfieri † (11 Apr 1639 Appointed - 30 Mar 1641 Died)
Antonio Ricciulli † (27 Nov 1641 Appointed - May 1643 Died)
Alfonso Maurelli (Castiglion Morelli) † (31 Aug 1643 Appointed - 22 Feb 1649 Died)
Giuseppe (Francisco Maria) Sanfelice † (22 Aug 1650 Appointed - 20 Nov 1660 Died)
Gennaro Sanfelice † (21 Nov 1661 Appointed - 19 Feb 1694 Died)
Eligio Caracciolo, C.R. † (15 Mar 1694 Appointed - 17 Oct 1700 Died)
Andrea Brancaccio, C.R. † (18 Apr 1701 Appointed - 4 Jun 1725 Died)
Vincenzo Maria d’Aragona, O.P. † (23 Jul 1725 Appointed - 18 Apr 1743 Died)
Francesco Antonio Cavalcanti, C.R. † (20 May 1743 Appointed - 7 Jan 1748 Died)
Michele Maria Capece Galeota, C.R. † (6 May 1748 Appointed - 20 Aug 1764 Appointed, Archbishop of Capua)
Antonio D’Afflitto, C.R. † (20 Aug 1764 Appointed - 26 Oct 1772 Died)
Gennaro Clemente Francone † (14 Dec 1772 Appointed - 27 Feb 1792 Confirmed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Gaeta)
Raffaele Mormile, C.R. † (27 Feb 1792 Confirmed - 28 Mar 1803 Appointed, Archbishop of Palermo)
Vincenzo Nicola Pasquale Dentice, O.S.B. † (26 Jun 1805 Confirmed - 1 Nov 1806 Died)
Domenico Narni Mancinelli † (6 Apr 1818 Confirmed - 24 Feb 1832 Confirmed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Caserta)
Lorenzo Pontillo † (20 Jan 1834 Confirmed - 10 Nov 1873 Died)
Camillo Sorgente † (4 May 1874 Appointed - 2 Oct 1911 Died)
Tommaso Trussoni † (14 Dec 1912 Appointed - 9 Apr 1934 Retired)
Roberto Nogara † (22 Aug 1934 Appointed - 24 Apr 1940 Died)
Aniello Calcara † (1 Jul 1940 Appointed - 5 Jul 1961 Died)
Domenico Picchinenna † (4 Sep 1961 Appointed - 29 May 1971 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Catania)
Enea Selis † (2 Sep 1971 Appointed - 30 Oct 1979 Resigned)
Dino Trabalzini † (18 Mar 1980 Appointed - 6 Jun 1998 Retired)
Giuseppe Agostino † (6 Jun 1998 Appointed - 18 Dec 2004 Retired)
Salvatore Nunnari (18 Dec 2004 Appointed - 15 May 2015 Retired)
Francescantonio Nol�, O.F.M. Conv. † (15 May 2015 Appointed - 15 Sep 2022 Died)
Giovanni Checchinato (10 Dec 2022 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Cosenza
7th Century	Erected	Diocese of Cosenza (erected)
1094	Territory Added	Diocese of Amantea (suppressed)	Diocese of Cosenza
Archdiocese of Cosenza
1150	Elevated	Diocese of Cosenza	Archdiocese of Cosenza
16 December 1963	Territory Added	Diocese of Nicotera e Tropea (Aiello Calabro, Serra d'Aiello, Amantea, S. Pietro in Amantea, Belmonte Calabro, Cleto, Falconara Albanese, Fiumefreddo Bruzio and Longobardi plus Laghitelli and Terrati)	Archdiocese of Cosenza
21 November 1973	Territory Added	Diocese of Nicastro (Scigliano with the village of Lupia, Pedivigliano with the village of Pittarella, Golosimi with the villages of Covaci and Rizzuti, Bianchi and Panettieri)	Archdiocese of Cosenza
Archdiocese of Cosenza e Bisignano
4 April 1979	United	Archdiocese of CosenzaDiocese of San Marco e Bisignano	Archdiocese of Cosenza e Bisignano
Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano
29 January 1980	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano (San Giacomo)	Diocese of San Marco Argentano-Scalea
30 September 1986	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Cosenza e Bisignano	Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano
18 November 1989	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano (S. Carlo Borromeo in Panettieri)Archdiocese of Crotone-Santa Severina (San Michele Arcangelo in Cuturella)Diocese of Lamezia Terme (Spirito Santo in Castagna)Diocese of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi) (S. Maria del Carmine and S Maria delle Grazie, both in Fabrizia)	Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace
18 November 1997	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano (Sant'Andrea Apostolo (Guardia Piemontese), Santa Maria del Rifugio (Acquappesa), and Santa Teresa V. (Intavolata di Acquappesa))	Diocese of San Marco Argentano-Scalea
30 January 2001	Elevated	Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano (became a Metropolitan)

Statistics

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 Cosenza
1886	140,724	.0%	310	0	100	OTC
1950	238,256	240,656	99.0%	180	72	252	945	120	ap1951
1969	293,712	294,712	99.7%	152	85	237	1,239	113	543	114	ap1971
Archdiocese of Cosenza e Bisignano
1980	348,041	349,207	99.7%	172	136	308	1,130	168	561	200	ap1981
Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano
1990	370,981	376,970	98.4%	150	124	274	1,353	1	136	548	125	ap1991
1999	378,000	380,000	99.5%	133	100	233	1,622	12	110	400	124	ap2000
2000	372,000	380,000	97.9%	138	100	238	1,563	11	112	573	126	ap2001
2001	372,000	380,000	97.9%	138	100	238	1,563	14	113	573	127	ap2002
2002	373,000	381,000	97.9%	151	100	251	1,486	25	113	590	127	ap2003
2003	374,000	382,000	97.9%	154	100	254	1,472	26	113	590	126	ap2004
2004	377,000	379,000	99.5%	152	100	252	1,496	25	113	590	126	ap2005
2006	381,000	383,000	99.5%	163	100	263	1,448	35	113	590	127	ap2007
2013	396,000	399,000	99.2%	156	83	239	1,656	41	91	293	132	ap2014
2016	378,740	384,150	98.6%	153	83	236	1,604	43	90	285	132	ap2017
2019	381,148	383,408	99.4%	147	68	215	1,772	40	79	262	131	ap2020
2021	376,615	378,850	99.4%	150	68	218	1,727	36	76	250	135	ap2022

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Leonardo Antonio Paolo Bonanno (Priest: 27 Jun 1971 to 7 Jan 2011)
Giovanni Checchinato (Archbishop: 10 Dec 2022 - )
Salvatore Nunnari (Archbishop: 18 Dec 2004 to 15 May 2015)
Giuseppe Piemontese, O.F.M. Conv. (Apostolic Administrator: 15 Sep 2022 to 4 Feb 2023)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Andrea Matteo Acquaviva d’Aragona † (Archbishop: 16 Sep 1573 to 6 Nov 1576)
Antonio D’Afflitto, C.R. † (Archbishop: 20 Aug 1764 to 26 Oct 1772)
Ludovico Agnelli † (Archbishop: 16 Oct 1497 to 3 Nov 1499)
Tommaso d’Agni Lentini, O.P. † (Archbishop: 18 Apr 1267 to 19 Mar 1272)
Giuseppe Agostino † (Archbishop: 6 Jun 1998 to 18 Dec 2004)
Martino Alfieri † (Archbishop: 11 Apr 1639 to 30 Mar 1641)
Umberto Luciano Altomare † (Priest: 16 Jun 1940 to 31 Mar 1960)
Opizone di Asti † (Archbishop: 1224 to 1250)
Riccardo da Benevento † (Archbishop: 1272 to 1276)
Pietro Boccaplanula, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 3 Oct 1298 to 1319)
Francisco de Borja † (Archbishop: 6 Nov 1499 to 4 Nov 1511)
Andrea Brancaccio, C.R. † (Archbishop: 18 Apr 1701 to 4 Jun 1725)
Niccol� Brancaccio † (Archbishop: 13 Jan 1377 to 1379)
Niccol� Bucciardi Cybo † (Archbishop: 19 Oct 1485 to 24 Apr 1489)
Aniello Calcara † (Archbishop: 1 Jul 1940 to 5 Jul 1961)
Giovanni da Camerino † (Archbishop: 24 Jan 1379 to 1383)
Luca Campano, O. Cist. † (Archbishop: 1203 to 1224)
Michele Maria Capece Galeota, C.R. † (Archbishop: 6 May 1748 to 20 Aug 1764)
Bernardino Caracciolo † (Archbishop: 3 Aug 1425 to 1452)
Eligio Caracciolo, C.R. † (Archbishop: 15 Mar 1694 to 17 Oct 1700)
Nicola Caracciolo † (Archbishop: 14 Dec 1362 to 1365)
Pyrrhus Caracciolo † (Archbishop: 20 Nov 1452 to 1 Aug 1481)
Tirello Caracciolo † (Archbishop: 24 Apr 1388 to 1412)
Francesco Antonio Cavalcanti, C.R. † (Archbishop: 20 May 1743 to 7 Jan 1748)
Cerretano dei Cerretani † (Archbishop: 21 Feb 1365 to 1377)
Pietro de Confluentia, O.P. † (Archbishop: 5 Apr 1278 to 1290)
Giovanni Costantino †
Giovanni Battista Costanzo † (Archbishop: 5 Apr 1591 to 1617)
Andrea Cumanus † (Archbishop: 2 Dec 1383)
Giovanni d’Aragona † (Administrator: 14 Nov 1481 to 17 Oct 1485)
Vincenzo Maria d’Aragona, O.P. † (Archbishop: 23 Jul 1725 to 18 Apr 1743)
Carlo Domenico del Carretto † (Archbishop: 24 Apr 1489 to 10 Oct 1491)
Francesco della Marra † (Archbishop: 25 May 1330 to 1353)
Vincenzo Nicola Pasquale Dentice, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 26 Jun 1805 to 1 Nov 1806)
Adamo de Ducy † (Archbishop: 17 Nov 1290 to 1295)
Bartolomeo Flores † (Archbishop: 5 Aug 1495 to 1497)
Gennaro Clemente Francone † (Archbishop: 14 Dec 1772 to 27 Feb 1792)
Tomaso Frinsinio, O.P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Nov 1562)
Niccol� Gaddi † (Administrator: 31 Jan 1528 to 21 Jun 1535)
Taddeo Gaddi † (Archbishop: 21 Jun 1535 to 22 Dec 1561)
Raffaele Gagliardi †
Pietro de Galganis † (Archbishop: 29 Jan 1354 to 3 Nov 1362)
Francesco Gonzaga † (Archbishop: 2 Mar 1562 to 12 Jan 1565)
Antonio Lanza † (Priest: 16 Apr 1927 to 12 May 1943)
Augusto Lauro † (Priest: 29 Jun 1947; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Sep 1975 to 7 Apr 1979)
Giovanni Battista Mantovano, O.M. †
Alfonso Maurelli (Castiglion Morelli) † (Archbishop: 31 Aug 1643 to 22 Feb 1649)
Sextilius Mazuca (Massuca) †
Tommaso Milesio † (Archbishop: 12 Jan 1565 to 10 Jan 1568)
Raffaele Mormile, C.R. † (Archbishop: 27 Feb 1792 to 28 Mar 1803)
Domenico Narni Mancinelli † (Archbishop: 6 Apr 1818 to 24 Feb 1832)
Roberto Nogara † (Archbishop: 22 Aug 1934 to 24 Apr 1940)
Francescantonio Nol�, O.F.M. Conv. † (Archbishop: 15 May 2015 to 15 Sep 2022)
Flavio Orsini † (Administrator: 24 Jan 1569 to 16 Sep 1573)
Giovanni Evangelista Pallotta † (Archbishop: 11 Sep 1587 to 5 Apr 1591)
Pietro Paolo Parisio †
Silvio Passerini † (Archbishop: 20 May 1585 to 1587)
Fantino Petrignani † (Archbishop: 6 Jan 1577 to 1585)
Domenico Picchinenna † (Archbishop: 4 Sep 1961 to 29 May 1971)
Bartolomeo Pignatelli † (Archbishop: 4 Nov 1254 to 30 Sep 1266)
Battista Pinelli † (Archbishop: 10 Oct 1491 to 1495)
Lorenzo Pontillo † (Archbishop: 20 Jan 1834 to 10 Nov 1873)
Antonio Ricciulli † (Archbishop: 27 Nov 1641 to May 1643)
Antonio Ricciulli †
Gaspare Ricciullo del Fosso, O.M. †
Giovanni Ruffo de Theodoli † (Archbishop: 6 Nov 1511 to 1527)
Gennaro Sanfelice † (Archbishop: 21 Nov 1661 to 19 Feb 1694)
Giuseppe (Francisco Maria) Sanfelice † (Archbishop: 22 Aug 1650 to 20 Nov 1660)
Giulio Antonio Santoro † (Archbishop: 29 Jan 1624 to 28 Sep 1638)
Paolo Emilio Santoro † (Archbishop: 3 Jul 1617 to 20 Nov 1623)
Enea Selis † (Archbishop: 2 Sep 1971 to 30 Oct 1979)
Giuseppe Maria Sensi †
Camillo Sorgente † (Archbishop: 4 May 1874 to 2 Oct 1911)
Serafino Sprovieri † (Priest: 12 Jul 1953 to 11 Feb 1978)
Ruggero di Stefanuzia † (Archbishop: 15 Aug 1295 to 1298)
Francesco Tomacelli † (Archbishop: 5 Jan 1413 to 3 Aug 1425)
Dino Trabalzini † (Archbishop: 18 Mar 1980 to 6 Jun 1998)
Tommaso Trussoni † (Archbishop: 14 Dec 1912 to 9 Apr 1934)
Luigi Vaccari, O.S.B. †
Giuseppe Vairo † (Priest: 16 Jun 1940; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Jul 1961 to 19 Jan 1962)
Saverio Zupi † (Priest: 19 Dec 1936 to 28 Oct 1961)
Andrea † (Archbishop: 1201 to 1202)
Belprando † (Archbishop: 30 Nov 1276 to 1278)
Nicolas † (Archbishop: 24 Jun 1320 to 1330)

Source(s)

Diocese of Cosenza
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 878, to Page 879
Archdiocese of Cosenza
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 220
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 141, and Page 142
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 183, and Page 184
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 171
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 179
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 190, and Page 191
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 66, Page 95, and Page 96
Archdiocese of Cosenza e Bisignano
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 71, Page 560, to Page 562
Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 79, Page 690, to Page 693
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 93, Page 337, and Page 338

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