Squillace (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Historical Details

Diocese of Squillace
- Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
- Erected: 4th Century
- Immediately Subject to the Holy See
- Rite: Latin (or Roman)
- Country: Italy

Past Ordinaries

Tommaso , O. Cist. † (6 Oct 1254 Appointed - 1263 Died)
Nicola de Teramo † (12 Dec 1345 Appointed - 4 Sep 1349 Appointed, Bishop of Melfi)
Giovanni de Rocca † (4 Sep 1349 Appointed - 1369 Died)
Matteo Scaleato, O. Carm. † (17 Dec 1369 Appointed - )
Filippo Crispo, O.E.S.A. † ( 1378 Appointed - 9 Mar 1392 Appointed, Archbishop of Messina)
Andrea Sinrao (Sinravo, Serao) † (26 Sep 1392 Appointed - 1402 Appointed, Bishop of Isernia)
Roberto de Basilio † (18 Aug 1402 Appointed - 13 Feb 1413 Appointed, Bishop of Belcastro)
Leone Calojero † (13 Feb 1413 Appointed - 1417 Died)
Francesco de Arceriis † (26 Jan 1418 Appointed - 1476 Died)
Francesco Caetani † (13 Mar 1477 Appointed - 1480 Died)
Vincenzo Galeotti (Galeota) † (30 Jan 1482 Appointed - 1 Dec 1520 Resigned)
Simone de Galeotti † (1 Dec 1520 Appointed - 1539 Died)
Enrique de Borja y Aragón † (17 Dec 1539 Appointed - 16 Sep 1540 Died)
Enrique de Villalobos Xeres † (5 Nov 1540 Appointed - 1554 Died)
Alfonso de Villalobos Xeres † ( 1554 Succeeded - 1568 Resigned)
Guglielmo Sirleto † (27 Feb 1568 Appointed - 29 May 1573 Resigned)
Marcello Sirleto † (29 May 1573 Appointed - 1594 Died)
Tommaso Sirleto † (5 Sep 1594 Appointed - 1601 Died)
Paolo Isaresi della Mirandola, O.P. † (13 Aug 1601 Appointed - 1602 Died)
Fabrizio Sirleto † (7 Apr 1603 Appointed - 1 Apr 1635 Died)
Lodovico Saffiro † (17 Sep 1635 Appointed - Nov 1635 Died)
Giuseppe della Corgna (Cornea), O.P. † (22 Sep 1636 Appointed - 20 Mar 1656 Appointed, Bishop of Orvieto)
Rodolfo Dulcino † (12 Mar 1657 Appointed - 10 Oct 1664 Died)
Francesco Tirotta † (13 Apr 1665 Appointed - 17 Jan 1676 Died)
Paolo Filocamo † (27 Apr 1676 Appointed - 14 Sep 1687 Died)
Alfonso de Aloysio † (31 May 1688 Appointed - May 1694 Died)
Gennaro Crespino † (19 Jul 1694 Appointed - Sep 1697 Died)
Fortunato Durante † (20 Nov 1697 Appointed - 23 Nov 1714 Died)
Marco Antonio Attaffi † (11 Feb 1718 Appointed - 17 Aug 1733 Died)
Nicola Michele Abati (Abbate) † (28 Sep 1733 Appointed - 6 May 1748 Died)
Francesco Saverio Maria Queralt y Aragona † (6 May 1748 Appointed - 11 Nov 1762 Died)
Diego Genovesi † (21 Mar 1763 Appointed - 26 May 1778 Died)
Nicolas Notariis † (20 Jul 1778 Appointed - 8 Jul 1802 Died)
Nicola Antonio Montiglia † (25 May 1818 Confirmed - 27 Sep 1824 Confirmed, Bishop of Nicotera e Tropea)
Andrea Maria Rispoli, C.SS.R. † (13 Mar 1826 Confirmed - 18 Sep 1839 Died)
Concezio (Giuseppe Francesco Paolo) Pasquini, O.F.M. Obs. † (22 Jul 1842 Confirmed - 21 Dec 1857 Confirmed, Bishop of Ariano)
Raffaele Antonio Morisciano † (27 Sep 1858 Appointed - 1 Sep 1909 Died)
Eugenio Tosi, O.Ss.C.A. † (5 Apr 1911 Appointed - 22 Mar 1917 Appointed, Bishop of Andria)
Giorgio Giovanni Elli † (23 Feb 1918 Appointed - 10 Feb 1920 Died)
Antonio Melomo † (17 Mar 1922 Appointed - 7 Feb 1927 Appointed, Bishop of Monopoli)
Giovanni Fiorentini † (23 Dec 1927 Appointed - 16 Jun 1950 Resigned)
Armando Fares † (16 Jun 1950 Appointed - 31 Jul 1980 Retired)
Antonio Cantisani † (31 Jul 1980 Appointed - 30 Sep 1986 Appointed, Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace)

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
4th Century	Erected		Diocese of Squillace (erected)
1121	Territory Lost	Diocese of Squillace	Diocese of Catanzaro (erected)
30 September 1986	United	Archdiocese of Catanzaro Diocese of Squillace	Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace

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

1886 92,444 .0% 320 0 58 OTC

1950 124,330 124,452 99.9% 122 24 146 851 32 64 61 ap1951

1969 133,804 134,031 99.8% 93 49 142 942 59 156 65 ap1971

1980 118,500 122,500 96.7% 83 45 128 925 55 150 69 ap1981

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1886		92,444	.0%			320	0			58	OTC
1950	124,330	124,452	99.9%	122	24	146	851	32	64	61	ap1951
1969	133,804	134,031	99.8%	93	49	142	942	59	156	65	ap1971
1980	118,500	122,500	96.7%	83	45	128	925	55	150	69	ap1981