Diocese of Montepeloso

Historical Details

• Diocese of Montepeloso
  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Split: 1479
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Trani
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy

Past Ordinaries

• Antonio Maffei † (25 Jun 1479 Appointed - 1482 Died)
• Julius Caesar Cantelmi † (20 Mar 1482 Appointed - 1490 Resigned)
• Leonardo Carmini † (10 Jan 1491 Appointed - 21 Nov 1498 Appointed, Bishop of Trivento)
• Marco Copula, O.S.B. † (26 Nov 1498 Appointed - 1527 Died)
• Agostino Landolfo, O.S.A. † (23 Mar 1528 Appointed - 1532 Resigned)
• Giovanni Domenico de Cupis † (13 Nov 1532 Appointed - 11 Apr 1537 Resigned)
• Bernardo Tempestini † (11 Apr 1537 Appointed - )
• Martino de Cruce † (15 Nov 1540 Appointed - Mar 1551 Died)
• Paolo de Cupis † (27 Jan 1546 Appointed - 25 Feb 1548 Appointed, Bishop of Recanati)
• Ascanio Ferreri † (24 Feb 1548 Appointed - 1550 Resigned)
• Vincenzo Ferreri † (5 Nov 1550 Appointed - 1561 Resigned)
• Giovanni Ludovico da Campania † (5 Dec 1561 Appointed - 5 Jul 1566 Appointed, Bishop of Mottola (Motula))
• Vincenzo Ferreri † (16 Oct 1564 Appointed - 2 Jun 1578 Appointed, Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum))
• Lucio Maranta † (2 Jun 1578 Appointed - 1592 Died)
• Gioia Dragomani † (27 Nov 1592 Appointed - 1596 Resigned)
• Camillo de Scribani † (20 Oct 1596 Appointed - 1600 Died)
• Hippolytus Manari, O.S.M. † (20 Mar 1600 Appointed - 17 Dec 1604 Died)
• Francesco Persico † (3 Aug 1605 Appointed - 1615 Died)
• Tommaso Sanfelice, C.R. † (2 Dec 1615 Appointed - 12 Dec 1620 Died)
• Honorius Griffagni, O.S.B. † (17 Mar 1621 Appointed - 1623 Died)
• Diego Merino, O. Carm. † (20 Nov 1623 Appointed - 24 Aug 1626 Appointed, Bishop of Isernia)
• Theodorus Pelleoni, O.F.M. Conv. † (1 Mar 1627 Appointed - 1636 Died)
• Gaudius Castelli † (12 Jan 1637 Appointed - 1638 Died)
• Attilio Orsini † (1 Mar 1638 Appointed - 1655 Died)
• Filippo Cesarini † (5 Jul 1655 Appointed - 12 Mar 1674 Appointed, Bishop of Nola)
• Raffaele Riario Di Saono, O.S.B. † (7 May 1674 Appointed - Sep 1683 Died)
• Raffaele Parrillo † ( 1683 Appointed - )
• Fabrizio Susanna † (24 Apr 1684 Appointed - Nov 1705 Died)
• Antonio Aiello † (22 Feb 1706 Appointed - Jan 1714 Died)
• Domenico Potenza † (10 Jan 1718 Appointed - 4 May 1739 Died)
• Cesare Rossi † (15 Jul 1739 Appointed - 23 Feb 1750 Appointed, Bishop of Gerace)
• Bartolomeo Coccoli † (27 Apr 1750 Appointed - Feb 1761 Died)
• Francesco Paolo Carelli † (6 Apr 1761 Appointed - 14 Apr 1763 Died)
• Tommaso Agostino de Simone † (18 Jul 1763 Appointed - 1781 Died)
• Francesco Saverio Saggese † (27 Feb 1792 Confirmed - 6 Dec 1794 Died)
• Michelangelo Lupoli † (18 Dec 1797 Confirmed - 25 May 1818 Confirmed, Archbishop of Conza e Campagna)

Historical Summary

Affiliated People, Living

• None

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Affiliated People, Deceased

• Antonio Aiello † (Bishop: 22 Feb 1706 to Jan 1714)
• Giovanni Ludovico da Campania † (Bishop: 5 Dec 1561 to 5 Jul 1566)
• Julius Caesar Cantelmi † (Bishop: 20 Mar 1482 to 1490)
• Francesco Paolo Carelli † (Bishop: 6 Apr 1761 to 14 Apr 1763)
• Leonardo Carmini † (Bishop: 10 Jan 1491 to 21 Nov 1498)
• Gaudius Castelli † (Bishop: 12 Jan 1637 to 1638)
• Filippo Cesarini † (Bishop: 5 Jul 1655 to 12 Mar 1674)
• Bartolomeo Coccoli † (Bishop: 27 Apr 1750 to Feb 1761)
• Marco Copula, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 26 Nov 1498 to 1527)
• Martino de Cruce † (Bishop: 15 Nov 1540 to Mar 1551)
• Giovanni Domenico de Cupis † (Administrator: 13 Nov 1532 to 11 Apr 1537)
• Paolo de Cupis † (Bishop: 27 Jan 1546 to 25 Feb 1548)
• Gioia Dragomani † (Bishop: 27 Nov 1592 to 1596)
• Ascanio Ferreri † (Bishop: 24 Feb 1548 to 1550)
• Vincenzo Ferreri † (Bishop: 5 Nov 1550 to 1561)
• Honorius Griffagni, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 17 Mar 1621 to 1623)
• Agostino Landolfo, O.S.A. † (Bishop: 23 Mar 1528 to 1532)
• Michelangelo Lupoli † (Bishop: 18 Dec 1797 to 25 May 1818)
• Antonio Maffei † (Bishop: 25 Jun 1479 to 1482)
• Hippolytus Manari, O.S.M. † (Bishop: 20 Mar 1600 to 17 Dec 1604)
• Lucio Maranta † (Bishop: 2 Jun 1578 to 1592)
• Diego Merino, O. Carm. † (Bishop: 20 Nov 1623 to 24 Aug 1626)
• Attilio Orsini † (Bishop: 1 Mar 1638 to 1655)
• Raffaele Parrillo † (Bishop: 1683)
• Theodorus Pelleoni, O.F.M. Conv. † (Bishop: 1 Mar 1627 to 1636)
• Francesco Persico † (Bishop: 3 Aug 1605 to 1615)
• Domenico Potenza † (Bishop: 10 Jan 1718 to 4 May 1739)
• Raffaele Riario Di Saono, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 7 May 1674 to Sep 1683)
• Cesare Rossi † (Bishop: 15 Jul 1739 to 23 Feb 1750)
• Francesco Saverio Saggese † (Bishop: 27 Feb 1792 to 6 Dec 1794)
• Tommaso Sanfelice, C.R. † (Bishop: 2 Dec 1615 to 12 Dec 1620)
• Camillo de Scribani † (Bishop: 20 Oct 1596 to 1600)
• Tommaso Agostino de Simone † (Bishop: 18 Jul 1763 to 1781)
• Fabrizio Susanna † (Bishop: 24 Apr 1684 to Nov 1705)
• Bernardo Tempestini † (Bishop: 11 Apr 1537)

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