Cassano all’Jonio (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Past and Present Ordinaries

Giovanni Fortebraccio † (21 Jan 1252 Appointed - )
Marco d’Assisi, O.F.M. † (15 May 1267 Appointed - 1282 Died)
Pasquale † ( 1282 Appointed - 1298 Resigned)
Riccardo † ( 1298 Appointed - 28 Feb 1301 Appointed, Bishop of Tricarico)
Guglielmo da Cuna, O.F.M. † (28 Feb 1301 Appointed - )
Alberto Bizozi † ( 1312 Appointed - )
Giovanni † ( 1316 Appointed - )
Jean de Mafino † (18 Mar 1329 Appointed - 1334 Died)
Landolfo Vulcano † (24 Oct 1334 Appointed - )
Gunio † (15 Jan 1335 Appointed - )
Durante † (Nov 1346 Appointed - )
Ruggero Quattromani † (Jan 1348 Appointed - )
Giovanni di Papasidero † (17 Mar 1348 Appointed - 1373 Died)
Marion del Giudice † (18 May 1373 Appointed - 1378 Removed)
Andrea Cumanus † (26 Jan 1379 Appointed - 2 Dec 1383 Appointed, Archbishop of Cosenza)
Nicola † ( 1383 Appointed - 1392 Died)
Pietro † (1 Oct 1392 Appointed - 31 May 1400 Appointed, Bishop of Marsico Nuovo)
Febo Sanseverino † (1 Dec 1399 Appointed - 1404 Resigned)
Marino Scannaforcia † (11 Nov 1404 Appointed - 1418 Died)
Antonello Gesualdo, O.S.B. † (23 Nov 1418 Appointed - 1428 Died)
Guillaume Chyurlia † (29 Nov 1428 Appointed - 1432 Died)
Belforte Spinelli † (14 May 1432 Appointed - 12 Dec 1440 Appointed, Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina)
Gioacchino Suhare † (12 Dec 1440 Appointed - 1463 Died)
Giovanni Francesco Brusato † (8 Dec 1463 Appointed - 22 Mar 1476 Appointed, Archbishop of Nicosia)
Bartolomeo del Poggio † (22 Mar 1476 Appointed - 1485 Died)
Nicola Tomacelli † (1 Sep 1485 Appointed - 1490 Died)
Martino Antonio Tomacelli † (31 Jan 1491 Appointed - 1519 Died)
Domenico Giacobazzi † (2 Dec 1519 Appointed - 23 Mar 1523 Resigned)
Cristoforo Giacobazzi † (23 Mar 1523 Appointed - 7 Oct 1540 Died)
Durante Duranti † (18 Feb 1541 Appointed - 18 Feb 1551 Appointed, Bishop of Brescia)
Bernardo Antonio de’ Medici † (23 Oct 1551 Appointed - 1552 Died)
Giovanni Angelo de’ Medici † (1 Mar 1553 Appointed - 25 Jun 1556 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Foligno)
Mark Sittich von Hohenems (Altemps) † (29 May 1560 Appointed - 11 May 1561 Resigned)
Giovanni Battista Serbelloni † (17 Dec 1561 Appointed - 1579 Resigned)
Tiberio Carafa † (6 Feb 1579 Appointed - 1588 Died)
Owen (Audoenus) Lewis (Ludovisi) † (3 Feb 1588 Appointed - 14 Oct 1595 Died)
Giulio Caracciolo † (8 Jan 1597 Appointed - 1599 Died)
Bonifazio Caetani † (8 Nov 1599 Appointed - 22 Apr 1613 Appointed, Archbishop of Taranto)
Diego de Arce, O.F.M. Obs. † (17 Feb 1614 Appointed - 1617 Died)
Paolo Palombo, C.R. † (17 Apr 1617 Appointed - 5 May 1648 Died)
Gregorio Carafa, C.R. † (24 Aug 1648 Appointed - 23 Jun 1664 Confirmed, Archbishop of Salerno)
Alfonso de Balmaseda, O.S.A. † (16 Jun 1670 Appointed - 25 Sep 1673 Appointed, Bishop of Gerona)
Giovanni Battista del Tinto, O. Carm. † (19 Oct 1676 Appointed - 19 May 1685 Died)
Francesco de Sequeiros y Sotomayor, O.S.A. † (1 Apr 1686 Appointed - 1 May 1691 Died)
Vincenzo de Magistris (del Mastro), O.P. † (24 Mar 1692 Appointed - Jun 1705 Died)
Nicolò Rocco † (21 Feb 1707 Appointed - Nov 1726 Died)
Gennaro Fortunato † (6 Jul 1729 Confirmed - 17 Aug 1751 Died)
Giovanni Battista Miceli † (24 Jan 1752 Confirmed - 15 Jun 1763 Died)
Giovanni Battista Coppola † (19 Dec 1763 Confirmed - 28 Aug 1797 Died)
Francesco Antonio Grillo, O.F.M. Conv. † (29 Oct 1804 Appointed - 2 Nov 1804 Died)
Adeodato Gomez Cardosa † (26 Jun 1818 Confirmed - 19 Dec 1825 Confirmed, Bishop of Isernia)
Michele Bombini † (21 May 1829 Confirmed - 18 Jan 1871 Died)
Alessandro Maria Basile, C.SS.R. † (22 Dec 1871 Appointed - 24 Jun 1883 Died)
Raffaele Danise, M.I. † (9 Aug 1883 Appointed - 24 Mar 1884 Appointed, Bishop of Caiazzo)
Antonio Pistocchi † (24 Mar 1884 Appointed - 29 Aug 1888 Died)
Evangelista (Michele Antonio) di Milia, O.F.M. Cap. † (11 Feb 1889 Appointed - 10 Nov 1898 Appointed, Bishop of Lecce)
Antonio Maria Bonito † (15 Jun 1899 Appointed - 11 Dec 1905 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Amalfi)
Pietro La Fontaine † (6 Dec 1906 Appointed - 1 Apr 1910 Appointed, Secretary of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites)
Giuseppe Bartolomeo Rovetta † (29 Mar 1911 Appointed - 16 Dec 1920 Resigned)
Bruno Occhiuto † (11 Nov 1921 Appointed - 28 Jun 1937 Died)
Raffaele Barbieri † (30 Aug 1937 Appointed - 31 Jan 1968 Died)
Domenico Vacchiano † (17 Jan 1970 Appointed - 30 Mar 1978 Appointed, Prelate of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario)
Girolamo Grillo † (7 Apr 1979 Appointed - 20 Dec 1983 Appointed, Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia)
Giovanni Francesco Pala † (22 Feb 1984 Appointed - 21 May 1987 Died)
Andrea Mugione † (17 Mar 1988 Appointed - 21 Nov 1998 Appointed, Archbishop of Crotone-Santa Severina)
Domenico Graziani (21 Aug 1999 Appointed - 21 Nov 2006 Appointed, Archbishop of Crotone-Santa Severina)
Vincenzo Bertolone, S.d.P. (10 Mar 2007 Appointed - 25 Mar 2011 Appointed, Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace)
Nunzio Galantino (9 Dec 2011 Appointed - 28 Feb 2015 Resigned)
Francesco Savino (28 Feb 2015 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
5th Century	Erected		Diocese of Cassano all’Jonio (erected)
13 February 1919	Territory Lost	Diocese of Anglona-Tursi (Castroregio, Farneta, San Costantino Albanese, and San Paolo Albanese) Diocese of Cassano all’Jonio (Acqua Formosa, Civita, Firmo, Frascineto, Lungro, Plataci, Porcile, and San Basile) Archdiocese of Rossano (San Demetrio Corone, San Giorgio Albanese, Vaccarizzo, and Macchia) Diocese of San Marco e Bisignano (San Benedetto Ullano and Santa Sofia d’Epiro)	Eparchy of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese) (erected)
8 September 1976	Territory Added	Diocese of Anglona-Tursi (Alessandria del Garretto, Amendolara, Canna, Montegiordano, Nocara, Oriolo, Rocca Imperiale, and Rosito Capo Spulico)	Diocese of Cassano all’Jonio
4 April 1979	Territory Lost	Diocese of Cassano all’Jonio (Scalea, Aieta, Orsomarso, Papasidero, Praia a Mare, San Nicola Arcella, Santa Domenica Taleo, Santa Maria del Cedro, Tortora, and Verbicaro)	Diocese of San Marco Argentano-Scalea
30 January 2001	Metropolitan Changed		Diocese of Cassano all’Jonio (from Reggio Calabria-Bova)

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

1886 116,081 .0% 370 0 49 OTC

1950 110,000 110,000 100.0% 83 6 89 1,235 6 106 45 ap1951

1958 110,000 110,000 100.0% 73 15 88 1,250 15 118 51 ap1960

1970 130,060 130,060 100.0% 68 11 79 1,646 14 138 54 ap1971

1980 98,000 102,000 96.1% 52 16 68 1,441 16 84 43 ap1981

1990 104,000 106,000 98.1% 51 14 65 1,600 14 102 46 ap1991

1999 104,200 106,400 97.9% 62 8 70 1,488 3 14 88 48 ap2000

2000 104,200 107,000 97.4% 61 7 68 1,532 3 9 70 47 ap2001

2001 104,000 106,000 98.1% 67 8 75 1,386 3 10 75 47 ap2002

2002 104,200 106,580 97.8% 61 8 69 1,510 3 10 75 47 ap2003

2003 104,000 106,200 97.9% 59 8 67 1,552 3 10 57 47 ap2004

2004 104,200 106,800 97.6% 61 8 69 1,510 3 15 74 47 ap2005

2006 105,000 106,600 98.5% 61 7 68 1,544 3 9 60 47 ap2007

2013 104,187 108,100 96.4% 65 13 78 1,335 3 15 59 49 ap2014

2016 103,761 107,881 96.2% 65 10 75 1,383 3 12 46 52 ap2017

2019 102,670 107,323 95.7% 60 10 70 1,466 7 12 40 52 ap2020

2021 102,100 107,000 95.4% 58 10 68 1,501 8 12 23 52 ap2022

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1886		116,081	.0%			370	0				49	OTC
1950	110,000	110,000	100.0%	83	6	89	1,235		6	106	45	ap1951
1958	110,000	110,000	100.0%	73	15	88	1,250		15	118	51	ap1960
1970	130,060	130,060	100.0%	68	11	79	1,646		14	138	54	ap1971
1980	98,000	102,000	96.1%	52	16	68	1,441		16	84	43	ap1981
1990	104,000	106,000	98.1%	51	14	65	1,600		14	102	46	ap1991
1999	104,200	106,400	97.9%	62	8	70	1,488	3	14	88	48	ap2000
2000	104,200	107,000	97.4%	61	7	68	1,532	3	9	70	47	ap2001
2001	104,000	106,000	98.1%	67	8	75	1,386	3	10	75	47	ap2002
2002	104,200	106,580	97.8%	61	8	69	1,510	3	10	75	47	ap2003
2003	104,000	106,200	97.9%	59	8	67	1,552	3	10	57	47	ap2004
2004	104,200	106,800	97.6%	61	8	69	1,510	3	15	74	47	ap2005
2006	105,000	106,600	98.5%	61	7	68	1,544	3	9	60	47	ap2007
2013	104,187	108,100	96.4%	65	13	78	1,335	3	15	59	49	ap2014
2016	103,761	107,881	96.2%	65	10	75	1,383	3	12	46	52	ap2017
2019	102,670	107,323	95.7%	60	10	70	1,466	7	12	40	52	ap2020
2021	102,100	107,000	95.4%	58	10	68	1,501	8	12	23	52	ap2022