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Guglielmo † (29 Sep 1173 Appointed - 1181 Died)Pietro † (2 Jan 1183 Appointed - 1196 Died)Gerardo † (18 Oct 1196 Appointed - 1212 Died)Pellegrino † ( 1216 Appointed - 24 Apr 1222 Died)Giovanni di San Liberatore , O.S.B. † (27 Sep 1225 Appointed - 2 Oct 1226 Died)Pietro Paparone † (23 Feb 1231 Appointed - 27 Nov 1248 Died)Pellegrino † (23 Oct 1254 Appointed - Apr 1286 Died)Adenolfo † (23 May 1288 Appointed - 1 Oct 1295 Appointed, Archbishop of Conza )Andrea Pandone † (5 Feb 1296 Appointed - 5 Jun 1304 Appointed, Archbishop of Capua )Rodolfo † (5 Jun 1304 Appointed - 1305 Died)Bartolomeo † (22 Jan 1306 Appointed - 1319 Died)Bertrando , O.P. † ( 1319 Appointed - 1333 Died)Guglielmo Isnard , O.F.M. † (6 Dec 1333 Appointed - 3 Mar 1344 Appointed, Archbishop of Benevento )Guillaume de Rosi�res , O.S.B. † (28 Feb 1344 Appointed - 7 Apr 1346 Appointed, Bishop of Monte Cassino )Galhard de Carceribus † (19 Jul 1346 Appointed - 1348 Died)Giovanni della Porta † (30 May 1348 Appointed - 18 Jan 1353 Appointed, Archbishop of Capua )Pino (Pietro) Gisio , O.P. † (2 Nov 1352 Appointed - 1378 Died)Marion del Giudice † ( 1379 Appointed - 4 Jun 1380 Appointed, Archbishop of Taranto )Gorello † (7 Feb 1379 Appointed - )Riccardo Rogerii † (11 Jun 1382 Appointed - )Pandullo , O.S.B. † (28 Nov 1412 Appointed - 1414 Died)Aragonio Malaspina † (9 Feb 1415 Appointed - 23 Feb 1418 Appointed, Archbishop of Otranto )Paolo Romano † (23 Feb 1418 Appointed - 1423 Died)Pietro de Gattula † (17 May 1423 Appointed - 1437 Died)Pietro Orso , O.P. † (15 Apr 1437 Appointed - 1452 Died)Goffredo Carusio † (19 Dec 1453 Appointed - 28 Jul 1471 Died)Francesco de Arenis † (14 Oct 1477 Appointed - Aug 1483 Died)Roberto Piscicelli † (7 Apr 1484 Appointed - 1513 Died)Domingo Idioc�iz † (8 Jun 1513 Appointed - 25 Sep 1518 Died)Gian Pietro Carafa † (20 Dec 1518 Appointed - 8 Aug 1524 Resigned)Girolamo Aleandro † (8 Aug 1524 Appointed - 30 Jan 1541 Resigned)Francesco Aleandro † (30 Jan 1541 Appointed - 3 Nov 1560 Died)Giovanni Carlo Bovio † (21 Jun 1564 Appointed - Sep 1570 Died)Bernardino Figueroa † (26 Nov 1571 Appointed - Nov 1586 Died)Andr�s de Ayardis † (10 May 1591 Appointed - 4 Sep 1595 Died)Juan Pedrosa , O.S.B. † (25 May 1598 Appointed - 24 Jan 1604 Died)Juan de Falces (de Santisteban y Falces) , O.S.H. † (4 Jul 1605 Appointed - 15 Oct 1636 Died)Francesco Surgenti (Sorgente) , C.R. † (1 Mar 1638 Appointed - 9 Jan 1640 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Monopoli )Dionysius Odriscol , O.F.M. Obs. † (5 Mar 1640 Appointed - Aug 1650 Died)Lorenzo Reynoso † (19 Feb 1652 Confirmed - 1 Mar 1656 Died)Francesco de Estrada † (28 Jul 1659 Appointed - 23 Nov 1671 Died)Alfonso �lvarez Barba Ossorio , O. Carm. † (29 May 1673 Appointed - 22 Jun 1676 Confirmed, Archbishop of Salerno )Manuel de la Torre † (24 May 1677 Appointed - 3 Dec 1679 Died)Giovanni de Torrecilla y C�rdenas † (17 Mar 1681 Appointed - 24 Jun 1688 Died)Francesco Ram�rez , O.P. † (28 Feb 1689 Appointed - 26 Aug 1697 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Agrigento (Girgenti) )Agust�n Antonio de Arellano , O.S.A. † (15 Sep 1698 Appointed - 11 Nov 1699 Died)Bernab� de Castro , O.S.A. † (15 Dec 1700 Appointed - 11 Dec 1707 Died)Pablo Vilana Perlas † (16 Dec 1715 Appointed - 12 May 1723 Confirmed, Archbishop of Salerno )Andrea Maddalena , C.R.M. † (27 Sep 1724 Confirmed - 11 Jul 1743 Died)Antonino Sersale † (9 Sep 1743 Appointed - 16 Nov 1750 Appointed, Archbishop of Taranto )Giovanni Angelo Ciocchi del Monte † (1 Feb 1751 Confirmed - 9 Feb 1759 Resigned)Domenico Rovegno † (28 May 1759 Confirmed - 25 Oct 1763 Died)Giuseppe de Rossi † (9 Apr 1764 Confirmed - 16 Feb 1778 Died)Giovanni Battista Rivellini † (14 Dec 1778 Confirmed - 23 Dec 1795 Died)Annibale Di Leo † (29 Jan 1798 Confirmed - 13 Feb 1814 Died)Antonio Barretta , C.R. † (26 Jun 1818 Confirmed - 7 Jun 1819 Resigned)Giuseppe Maria Tedeschi † (17 Dec 1819 Confirmed - 18 Mar 1825 Died)Pietro Consiglio † (13 Mar 1826 Confirmed - 23 Nov 1839 Died)Diego Planeta † (15 Jul 1841 Confirmed - 22 Dec 1849 Resigned)Giuseppe Rotondo (Rotundo) † (20 May 1850 Confirmed - 17 Dec 1855 Confirmed, Archbishop of Taranto )Raffaele Ferrigno † (16 Jun 1856 Confirmed - 20 Apr 1875 Died)Luigi Maria Aguilar , B. † (17 Sep 1875 Appointed - 21 Jan 1892 Died)Salvatore Palmieri , C.Pp.S. † (16 Jan 1893 Appointed - 7 Aug 1905 Died)Luigi Morando , C.S.S. † (3 Jan 1906 Appointed - 20 Aug 1909 Died)Tommaso Valerio Valeri , O.F.M. † (22 Apr 1910 Appointed - 14 Aug 1942 Retired)Francesco de Filippis † (26 Nov 1942 Appointed - 1 Sep 1953 Retired)Nicola Margiotta † (25 Sep 1953 Appointed - 24 May 1975 Retired)Settimio Todisco (24 May 1975 Appointed - 5 Feb 2000 Retired)Rocco Talucci (5 Feb 2000 Appointed - 20 Oct 2012 Retired)Domenico Caliandro (20 Oct 2012 Appointed - 9 Dec 2022 Retired)Giovanni Intini (9 Dec 2022 Appointed - )
Date
Event
From
To
Diocese of Brindisi
4th Century Erected
Diocese of Brindisi (erected)
Archdiocese of Brindisi
10th Century Elevated
Diocese of Brindisi
Archdiocese of Brindisi
8 May 1591 Territory Lost
Archdiocese of Brindisi
Diocese of Oria (erected)
14 May 1821 Territory Added
Diocese of Ostuni (suppressed)
Archdiocese of Brindisi
20 October 1980 Elevated
Archdiocese of Brindisi (no longer a metropolitan)
Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostuni
30 September 1986 Name Changed
Archdiocese of Brindisi
Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostuni
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 Brindisi
1886
80,510
.0%
253
0
18
OTC
1948
187,000
188,000
99.5%
120
26
146
1,280
34
175
33
ap1951
1959
226,065
226,065
100.0%
112
35
147
1,537
40
284
37
ap1960
1970
331,466
332,016
99.8%
135
36
171
1,938
44
407
48
ap1971
1980
269,790
270,943
99.6%
132
33
165
1,635
37
364
57
ap1981
Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostuni
1990
274,584
276,184
99.4%
128
31
159
1,726
3
35
278
60
ap1991
1999
180,000
281,149
64.0%
120
32
152
1,184
8
38
228
61
ap2000
2000
227,841
279,841
81.4%
121
37
158
1,442
9
38
211
61
ap2001
2001
283,836
285,836
99.3%
125
39
164
1,730
10
45
145
61
ap2002
2002
290,000
293,849
98.7%
120
43
163
1,779
10
47
200
62
ap2003
2003
274,000
276,727
99.0%
119
35
154
1,779
10
45
200
61
ap2004
2004
291,000
294,220
98.9%
121
40
161
1,807
9
44
200
59
ap2005
2006
272,000
274,326
99.2%
118
36
154
1,766
13
43
230
59
ap2007
2012
281,593
284,593
98.9%
126
30
156
1,805
11
36
180
61
ap2013
2015
273,141
276,604
98.7%
126
34
160
1,707
14
39
184
60
ap2016
2018
265,560
269,900
98.4%
119
33
152
1,747
13
66
141
59
ap2019
2020
264,660
269,000
98.4%
115
31
146
1,812
11
44
156
60
ap2021
2022
259,400
263,650
98.4%
113
31
144
1,801
16
38
141
58
ap2023
Note : Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
Luigi Maria Aguilar , B. † (Archbishop: 17 Sep 1875 to 21 Jan 1892 )Francesco Aleandro † (Archbishop: 30 Jan 1541 to 3 Nov 1560 )Girolamo Aleandro † (Archbishop: 8 Aug 1524 to 30 Jan 1541 )Alfonso �lvarez Barba Ossorio , O. Carm. † (Archbishop: 29 May 1673 to 22 Jun 1676 )Agust�n Antonio de Arellano , O.S.A. † (Archbishop: 15 Sep 1698 to 11 Nov 1699 )Francesco de Arenis † (Archbishop: 14 Oct 1477 to Aug 1483 )Andr�s de Ayardis † (Archbishop: 10 May 1591 to 4 Sep 1595 )Antonio Barretta , C.R. † (Archbishop: 26 Jun 1818 to 7 Jun 1819 )Giovanni Carlo Bovio † (Archbishop: 21 Jun 1564 to Sep 1570 )Simone da Brindisi , O.F.M. †Gian Pietro Carafa † (Archbishop: 20 Dec 1518 to 8 Aug 1524 )Galhard de Carceribus † (Archbishop: 19 Jul 1346 to 1348 )Goffredo Carusio † (Archbishop: 19 Dec 1453 to 28 Jul 1471 )Bernab� de Castro , O.S.A. † (Archbishop: 15 Dec 1700 to 11 Dec 1707 )Giovanni Angelo Ciocchi del Monte † (Archbishop: 1 Feb 1751 to 9 Feb 1759 )Pietro Consiglio † (Bishop: 13 Mar 1826 to 23 Nov 1839 )Francesco de Estrada † (Archbishop: 28 Jul 1659 to 23 Nov 1671 )Eugenio Raffaele Faggiano , C.P. †Juan de Falces (de Santisteban y Falces) , O.S.H. † (Archbishop: 4 Jul 1605 to 15 Oct 1636 )Raffaele Ferrigno † (Archbishop: 16 Jun 1856 to 20 Apr 1875 )Bernardino Figueroa † (Archbishop: 26 Nov 1571 to Nov 1586 )Francesco de Filippis † (Archbishop: 26 Nov 1942 to 1 Sep 1953 )Pietro de Gattula † (Archbishop: 17 May 1423 to 1437 )Pino (Pietro) Gisio , O.P. † (Archbishop: 2 Nov 1352 to 1378 )Marion del Giudice † (Archbishop: 1379 to 4 Jun 1380 )Giovanni Granafei †Domenico Guadalupi †Domingo Idioc�iz † (Archbishop: 8 Jun 1513 to 25 Sep 1518 )Guglielmo Isnard , O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 6 Dec 1333 to 3 Mar 1344 )Dionigi Latomo Massa †Annibale Di Leo † (Archbishop: 29 Jan 1798 to 13 Feb 1814 )Andrea Maddalena , C.R.M. † (Archbishop: 27 Sep 1724 to 11 Jul 1743 )Aragonio Malaspina † (Archbishop: 9 Feb 1415 to 23 Feb 1418 )Nicola Margiotta † (Archbishop: 25 Sep 1953 to 24 May 1975 )Mario Miglietta † (Priest: 10 Aug 1947 to 18 Nov 1978 )Luigi Morando , C.S.S. † (Archbishop: 3 Jan 1906 to 20 Aug 1909 )Dionysius Odriscol , O.F.M. Obs. † (Archbishop: 5 Mar 1640 to Aug 1650 )Pietro Orso , O.P. † (Archbishop: 15 Apr 1437 to 1452 )Salvatore Palmieri , C.Pp.S. † (Archbishop: 16 Jan 1893 to 7 Aug 1905 )Andrea Pandone † (Archbishop: 5 Feb 1296 to 5 Jun 1304 )Pietro Paparone † (Archbishop: 23 Feb 1231 to 27 Nov 1248 )Juan Pedrosa , O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 25 May 1598 to 24 Jan 1604 )Roberto Piscicelli † (Archbishop: 7 Apr 1484 to 1513 )Diego Planeta † (Archbishop: 15 Jul 1841 to 22 Dec 1849 )Giovanni della Porta † (Archbishop: 30 May 1348 to 18 Jan 1353 )Francesco Ram�rez , O.P. † (Archbishop: 28 Feb 1689 to 26 Aug 1697 )Lorenzo Reynoso † (Archbishop: 19 Feb 1652 to 1 Mar 1656 )Giovanni Battista Rivellini † (Archbishop: 14 Dec 1778 to 23 Dec 1795 )Riccardo Rogerii † (Archbishop: 11 Jun 1382 )Paolo Romano † (Archbishop: 23 Feb 1418 to 1423 )Guillaume de Rosi�res , O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 28 Feb 1344 to 7 Apr 1346 )Giuseppe de Rossi † (Archbishop: 9 Apr 1764 to 16 Feb 1778 )Giuseppe Rotondo (Rotundo) † (Bishop: 20 May 1850 to 17 Dec 1855 )Domenico Rovegno † (Archbishop: 28 May 1759 to 25 Oct 1763 )Giovanni di San Liberatore , O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 27 Sep 1225 to 2 Oct 1226 )Bernardino Scannafora †Orazio Semeraro † (Priest: 11 Aug 1929 to 22 Mar 1957 ; Coadjutor Archbishop: 30 Apr 1967 to 24 May 1975 )Antonino Sersale † (Archbishop: 9 Sep 1743 to 16 Nov 1750 )Giovanni Sorano †Francesco Surgenti (Sorgente) , C.R. † (Archbishop: 1 Mar 1638 to 9 Jan 1640 )Giuseppe Maria Tedeschi † (Archbishop: 17 Dec 1819 to 18 Mar 1825 )Manuel de la Torre † (Archbishop: 24 May 1677 to 3 Dec 1679 )Giovanni de Torrecilla y C�rdenas † (Archbishop: 17 Mar 1681 to 24 Jun 1688 )Tommaso Valerio Valeri , O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 22 Apr 1910 to 14 Aug 1942 )Adolfo Verrienti † (Priest: 19 May 1894 to 23 Jun 1910 )Pablo Vilana Perlas † (Archbishop: 16 Dec 1715 to 12 May 1723 )Adenolfo † (Archbishop: 23 May 1288 to 1 Oct 1295 )Bartolomeo † (Archbishop: 22 Jan 1306 to 1319 )Bertrando , O.P. † (Archbishop: 1319 to 1333 )Gerardo † (Archbishop: 18 Oct 1196 to 1212 )Gorello † (Archbishop: 7 Feb 1379 )Guglielmo † (Archbishop: 29 Sep 1173 to 1181 )Pandullo , O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 28 Nov 1412 to 1414 )Pellegrino † (Archbishop: 23 Oct 1254 to Apr 1286 )Pellegrino † (Archbishop: 1216 to 24 Apr 1222 )Pietro † (Archbishop: 2 Jan 1183 to 1196 )Rodolfo † (Administrator: 5 Jun 1304 to 1305 )
Diocese of Brindisi
Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 862, to Page 863
Crontassi Iconografia ed Araldica dell'Episcopato Pugliese, Page 138, to Page 144
Archdiocese of Brindisi
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 149
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 111
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 141, and Page 142
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 122, and Page 123
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 128, and Page 129
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 132, and Page 133
Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 72, Page 1,076, and Page 1,077
Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostuni
Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 79, Page 668, to Page 671
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