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Bishop(s) Angelo Giurdanella , Bishop Domenico Mogavero , Bishop Emeritus
General Information Type of Jurisdiction: DioceseErected: 1093 Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Palermo Rite: Latin (or Roman)Country: Italy Square Kilometers: 1,374 (530 Square Miles)Conference Region: Sicilia Official Web Site: http://www.diocesimazara.eu/ Mailing Address: Vescovado, Piazza della Repubblica 6, 91026 Mazara del Vallo [Trapani], ItaliaTelephone: 0923.90.27.01Fax: 0923.90.27.31
Tristano (Justino) † ( 1157 Appointed - )Pellegrino de Pactis , O.P. † ( 1317 Appointed - 1326 Died)Ferrier de Abella , O.P. † (28 Sep 1330 Appointed - 30 Aug 1334 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Barcelona )Hugo de Pistorio , O.P. † (14 Jun 1335 Appointed - 1342 Died)Bernardo † (20 Nov 1342 Appointed - )Raimondo de Montechateno † (22 Jun 1347 Appointed - 1349 Died)Guglielmo Monstrio † (15 Jun 1349 Appointed - 23 Dec 1355 Appointed, Archbishop of Messina )Gregorio , O.S.B. † (24 Apr 1357 Appointed - 1361 Died)Ruggero de Piazza , O.F.M. † (19 Apr 1363 Appointed - 20 Dec 1383 Died)Francesco de Regno , O.P. † (12 May 1386 Appointed - )Francesco , O.P. † (18 Mar 1388 Appointed - 1391 Died)Francesco de Vitalis † (14 Sep 1391 Appointed - 1414 Died)Giovanni Rosa , O.F.M. † ( 1415 Appointed - 1448 Died)Bessarion Basilios , O.S.B.M. † (28 Mar 1449 Appointed - 25 Oct 1458 Resigned)Giovanni Burgio † (25 Oct 1458 Appointed - 16 Nov 1467 Appointed, Archbishop of Palermo )Paolo Visconti , O. Carm. † (16 Nov 1467 Appointed - 6 Sep 1469 Appointed, Archbishop of Palermo )Giovanni de Monteaperto † (6 Sep 1469 Appointed - 1486 Died)Giovanni Castrinot † (15 Mar 1486 Appointed - 1503 Resigned)Giovanni Villamarino † ( 1503 Appointed - 1525 Died)Agostino de Francisco † (21 Jul 1525 Appointed - )Girolamo de Francisco † (12 Dec 1526 Appointed - 1530 Died)Giovanni Omodei † (14 Dec 1530 Appointed - 1 Feb 1542 Died)Girolamo de Termini † (6 Aug 1543 Appointed - 27 Oct 1561 Died)Giacomo Lomellino del Canto † (17 Apr 1562 Appointed - 10 Jan 1571 Appointed, Archbishop of Palermo )Juan Beltr�n de Guevara † (24 Sep 1571 Appointed - 16 Jan 1573 Resigned)Antonio Lombardo † (16 Jan 1573 Appointed - 30 Mar 1579 Appointed, Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti) )Bernardo Gasc� † (30 Mar 1579 Appointed - 14 Aug 1586 Died)Luciano Rosso (de Rubeis) † (23 Jan 1589 Appointed - 28 Oct 1602 Died)Giovanni de Gantes † (28 Apr 1604 Appointed - 24 Sep 1605 Died)Marco La Cava † (5 Dec 1605 Appointed - 5 Aug 1626 Died)Francisco S�nchez Villanueva y Vega † (23 Sep 1630 Appointed - 9 Jul 1635 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands} )Giovanni Domenico Spinola † (1 Dec 1636 Appointed - 11 Aug 1646 Died)Diego Reques�ns † (7 Oct 1647 Appointed - Mar 1650 Died)Carlo Impellizzeri † (19 Dec 1650 Appointed - 1656 Died)Juan Lozano , O.S.A. † (29 May 1656 Confirmed - 4 Feb 1669 Appointed, Archbishop of Palermo )Giuseppe Cigala (Cicala) , C.R. † (30 Jun 1670 Appointed - 9 May 1678 Appointed, Archbishop of Messina )Carlo Riggio † (28 Apr 1681 Appointed - 14 Nov 1683 Died)Franciscus Maria Graffeo , O.F.M. Conv. † (30 Apr 1685 Appointed - 16 Jan 1695 Died)Bartolomeo Castelli , C.R. † (28 Nov 1695 Appointed - 5 Apr 1730 Died)Alessandro Caputo , O. Carm. † (21 May 1731 Appointed - 24 Feb 1741 Died)Giuseppe Stella † (9 Jul 1742 Confirmed - 7 Sep 1758 Died)Girolamo Palermo , C.R. † (4 Apr 1759 Appointed - 25 Jun 1765 Resigned)Michele Scavo † (6 Aug 1766 Confirmed - Nov 1771 Died)Ugone Pap� di Valdina † (14 Dec 1772 Confirmed - 13 Jan 1791 Died)Orazio della Torre † (3 Dec 1792 Confirmed - 21 Dec 1811 Died)Emmanuele Custo † (23 Sep 1816 Confirmed - 8 Jul 1829 Died)Luigi Scalabrini , O. Carm. † (17 Dec 1832 Confirmed - 4 Jul 1842 Died)Antonio Salomone † (20 Jan 1845 Confirmed - 21 Dec 1857 Confirmed, Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno) )Carmelo Valenti , C.Ss.R. † (27 Sep 1858 Appointed - 22 Sep 1882 Died)Antonio Maria Saeli , C.Ss.R. † (22 Sep 1882 Succeeded - 5 Mar 1900 Died)Gaetano Quattrocchi † (15 Jun 1900 Appointed - 1 Apr 1903 Resigned)Nicola Maria Audino † (22 Jun 1903 Appointed - 21 Jun 1933 Died)Salvatore Ballo Guercio † (18 Sep 1933 Appointed - 8 Aug 1949 Resigned)Gioacchino Di Leo † (5 Jul 1950 Appointed - 8 Oct 1963 Died)Giuseppe Mancuso † (26 Nov 1963 Appointed - 21 Mar 1977 Retired)Costantino Trapani , O.F.M. † (21 Mar 1977 Succeeded - 7 Dec 1987 Retired)Emanuele Catarinicchia † (7 Dec 1987 Appointed - 15 Nov 2002 Retired)Calogero La Piana , S.D.B. (15 Nov 2002 Appointed - 18 Nov 2006 Appointed, Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela )Domenico Mogavero (22 Feb 2007 Appointed - 29 Jul 2022 Retired)Angelo Giurdanella (29 Jul 2022 Appointed - )
Date
Event
From
To
1093 Erected
Diocese of Mazara del Vallo (erected)
31 May 1844 Territory Lost
Diocese of Mazara del Vallo
Diocese of Trapani (erected)
15 September 1950 Territory Lost
Diocese of Mazara del Vallo (Aloamo, Galatafimi, Castellammare del Golfo, and Borgo Fazio Communis Drepanensis)
Diocese of Trapani
15 September 1950 Territory Added
Diocese of Trapani (Cossura island (Pantelleria))
Diocese of Mazara del Vallo
Year
Catholics
Total Population
Percent Catholic
Diocesan Priests
Religious Priests
Total Priests
Catholics Per Priest
Permanent Deacons
Male Religious
Female Religious
Parishes
Source
1886
200,482
.0%
634
0
22
OTC
1950
275,800
275,800
100.0%
189
34
223
1,236
42
314
58
ap1951
1970
226,183
227,183
99.6%
120
20
140
1,615
29
226
56
ap1971
1980
229,700
236,900
97.0%
80
34
114
2,014
42
230
61
ap1981
1990
222,723
231,562
96.2%
68
35
103
2,162
41
216
78
ap1991
1999
223,358
234,693
95.2%
70
30
100
2,233
36
241
77
ap2000
2000
223,124
233,951
95.4%
71
30
101
2,209
36
241
77
ap2001
2001
223,250
234,592
95.2%
72
28
100
2,232
34
241
77
ap2002
2002
223,025
234,295
95.2%
71
24
95
2,347
30
241
77
ap2003
2003
222,965
233,592
95.5%
73
23
96
2,322
29
241
77
ap2004
2004
220,659
233,706
94.4%
70
25
95
2,322
31
241
77
ap2005
2005
221,096
235,409
93.9%
68
26
94
2,352
33
163
77
ap2006
2006
220,906
235,600
93.8%
66
28
94
2,350
35
163
77
ap2007
2013
210,652
231,450
91.0%
70
30
100
2,106
1
38
131
63
ap2014
2016
223,900
241,200
92.8%
67
31
98
2,284
1
39
143
67
ap2017
2019
218,178
228,603
95.4%
64
22
86
2,536
3
26
110
67
ap2020
2021
215,820
227,740
94.8%
64
18
82
2,631
4
22
87
67
ap2022
Note : Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
Ferrier de Abella , O.P. † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 28 Sep 1330 to 30 Aug 1334 )Michele Alagna Foder� , S.D.B. †Umberto Luciano Altomare † (Auxiliary Bishop: 31 Mar 1960 to 10 Jul 1962 )Salvatore Asta †Nicola Maria Audino † (Bishop: 22 Jun 1903 to 21 Jun 1933 )Salvatore Ballo Guercio † (Bishop: 18 Sep 1933 to 8 Aug 1949 )Juan Beltr�n de Guevara † (Bishop: 24 Sep 1571 to 16 Jan 1573 )Giulio Mariano Carmelo Benzo , O.S.B. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Jun 1828 to 18 Nov 1856 )Giovanni Burgio † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 25 Oct 1458 to 16 Nov 1467 )Alessandro Caputo , O. Carm. † (Bishop: 21 May 1731 to 24 Feb 1741 )Bartolomeo Castelli , C.R. † (Bishop: 28 Nov 1695 to 5 Apr 1730 )Giovanni Castrinot † (Bishop: 15 Mar 1486 to 1503 )Emanuele Catarinicchia † (Bishop: 7 Dec 1987 to 15 Nov 2002 )Giuseppe Cigala (Cicala) , C.R. † (Bishop: 30 Jun 1670 to 9 May 1678 )Emmanuele Custo † (Bishop: 23 Sep 1816 to 8 Jul 1829 )Orazio della Torre † (Bishop: 3 Dec 1792 to 21 Dec 1811 )Vincenzo Di Giovanni †Gioacchino Di Leo † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 5 Jul 1950 ; Bishop: 4 Oct 1950 to 8 Oct 1963 )Agostino de Francisco † (Bishop: 21 Jul 1525 )Girolamo de Francisco † (Bishop: 12 Dec 1526 to 1530 )Giovanni de Gantes † (Bishop: 28 Apr 1604 to 24 Sep 1605 )Bernardo Gasc� † (Bishop: 30 Mar 1579 to 14 Aug 1586 )Franciscus Maria Graffeo , O.F.M. Conv. † (Bishop: 30 Apr 1685 to 16 Jan 1695 )Carlo Impellizzeri † (Bishop: 19 Dec 1650 to 1656 )Marco La Cava † (Bishop: 5 Dec 1605 to 5 Aug 1626 )Antonio Lombardo † (Bishop: 16 Jan 1573 to 30 Mar 1579 )Giacomo Lomellino del Canto † (Bishop: 17 Apr 1562 to 10 Jan 1571 )Juan Lozano , O.S.A. † (Bishop: 29 May 1656 to 4 Feb 1669 )Giuseppe Mancuso † (Coadjutor Bishop: 14 Jul 1962 ; Bishop: 26 Nov 1963 to 21 Mar 1977 )Guglielmo Monstrio † (Bishop: 15 Jun 1349 to 23 Dec 1355 )Giovanni de Monteaperto † (Bishop: 6 Sep 1469 to 1486 )Raimondo de Montechateno † (Bishop: 22 Jun 1347 to 1349 )Giovanni Omodei † (Bishop: 14 Dec 1530 to 1 Feb 1542 )Pellegrino de Pactis , O.P. † (Bishop: 1317 to 1326 )Girolamo Palermo , C.R. † (Bishop: 4 Apr 1759 to 25 Jun 1765 )Giuseppe Palermo , O.E.S.A. †Ugone Pap� di Valdina † (Bishop: 14 Dec 1772 to 13 Jan 1791 )Ruggero de Piazza , O.F.M. † (Bishop: 19 Apr 1363 to 20 Dec 1383 )Hugo de Pistorio , O.P. † (Bishop: 14 Jun 1335 to 1342 )Gaetano Quattrocchi † (Priest: 20 Dec 1873 ; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Feb 1896 ; Apostolic Administrator: 17 Mar 1896 ; Bishop: 15 Jun 1900 to 1 Apr 1903 )Francesco de Regno , O.P. † (Bishop: 12 May 1386 )Diego Reques�ns † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 7 Oct 1647 to Mar 1650 )Carlo Riggio † (Bishop: 28 Apr 1681 to 14 Nov 1683 )Giovanni Rosa , O.F.M. † (Bishop: 1415 to 1448 )Luciano Rosso (de Rubeis) † (Bishop: 23 Jan 1589 to 28 Oct 1602 )Ernesto Ruffini † (Apostolic Administrator: 18 Aug 1948 to 4 Oct 1950 )Antonio Maria Saeli , C.Ss.R. † (Coadjutor Bishop: 3 Jul 1882 ; Bishop: 22 Sep 1882 to 5 Mar 1900 )Antonio Salomone † (Bishop: 20 Jan 1845 to 21 Dec 1857 )Francisco S�nchez Villanueva y Vega † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 23 Sep 1630 to 9 Jul 1635 )Luigi Scalabrini , O. Carm. † (Bishop: 17 Dec 1832 to 4 Jul 1842 )Michele Scavo † (Bishop: 6 Aug 1766 to Nov 1771 )Isidoro Span� † (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Sep 1801 to 1840 )Giovanni Domenico Spinola † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 1 Dec 1636 to 11 Aug 1646 )Giuseppe Stella † (Bishop: 9 Jul 1742 to 7 Sep 1758 )Girolamo de Termini † (Bishop: 6 Aug 1543 to 27 Oct 1561 )Costantino Trapani , O.F.M. † (Coadjutor Bishop: 29 Oct 1976 ; Bishop: 21 Mar 1977 to 7 Dec 1987 )Carmelo Valenti , C.Ss.R. † (Bishop: 27 Sep 1858 to 22 Sep 1882 )Giovanni Villamarino † (Bishop: 1503 to 1525 )Paolo Visconti , O. Carm. † (Bishop: 16 Nov 1467 to 6 Sep 1469 )Francesco de Vitalis † (Bishop: 14 Sep 1391 to 1414 )Bernardo † (Bishop: 20 Nov 1342 )Bessarion Basilios , O.S.B.M. † (Administrator: 28 Mar 1449 to 25 Oct 1458 )Francesco , O.P. † (Bishop: 18 Mar 1388 to 1391 )Gregorio , O.S.B. † (Bishop: 24 Apr 1357 to 1361 )Tristano (Justino) † (Bishop: 1157 )
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