Roman Catholic Diocese of Vulturara e Montecorvino

The Diocese of Vulturara e Montecorvino (Latin: Dioecesis Vulturariensis et Montis Corbini) was a Roman Catholic diocese located in the city of Volturara Appula in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy.[1][2][3] The bishopric, which already existed in the 10th century, was united with that of Diocese of Montecorvino in 1433.[4] Giuseppe Cappelletti gives detailed information about most of its bishops.[4] In 1818, as part of a reorganization of the dioceses within the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies,[5] the diocese ceased to exist as a residential see and its territory became part of the diocese of Lucera.[4] It is now included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees.[6]

History

• 1059: Established as Diocese of Vulturara[2]
• 1433: Renamed as Diocese of Vulturara e Montecorvino (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Montecorvino)[2]
• 1818 June 27: Suppressed to the Diocese of Lucera[2]
• 1968: Restored as Titular Episcopal See of Vulturara[2]
• 1968: Restored as Titular Episcopal See of Montecorvino[3]

Ordinaries

Diocese of Vulturara e Montecorvino

1433: Formed from the union of the Diocese of Montecorvino and the Diocese of Vulturara
Latin name: Vulturariensis et Montis Corbini
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Benevento

• Alejandro Geraldini (1496–1516 Appointed, Bishop of Santo Domingo)[7][8]
• Vincenzo Sabbatini (1519–1526 Died)[7][9]
• Innocenzo Cibo (Cybo) (1526–1526 Resigned)[7]
• Giulio Mastrogiudice (1526–1537 Died)[7][10]
• Giovanni Salviati (1530–1532 Resigned)[7]
• Giovanni Battista del Giudice (1537–1542 Died)[7][11]
• Gerolamo Vecciani (1542–1550 Resigned)[7][12]
• Federico Cesi (1550–1551 Resigned)
• Leonardo Benzoni (1551–1552 Died)[7][13]
• Giulio Gentile (1552–1572 Died)[7][14]
• Simone Majolo (1572–1597 Resigned)[7][15]
• Leonardus Roselli (1597–1606 Resigned)[7][16][17]
• Fabritius Cocci (1606–1606 Died)[16][18]
• Julius Lana (1606–1609 Died)[16][19]
• Petrus Federici (1609–1613 Died)[16][20]
• Paolo Pico, O.P. (1613–1614 Died)[16][21]
• Bernardino Buratti (1615–1623 Appointed, Archbishop of Manfredonia)[16]
• Franciscus Buratti, O.P. (1623)[16][22]
• Tommaso Carafa (1623–1637 Resigned)[16][23]
• Maximilianus Raguzzi (1637–1639 Died)[16][24]
• Bartolomeo Gessi (1639–1642 Died)[16]
• Bonaventura D'Avalos, O.S.A. (1643–1654 Appointed, Bishop of Nocera de' Pagani)[16]
• Marco Antonio Pisanelli (1654–1675 Appointed, Bishop of Sora)[25]
• Domenico Sorrentino (bishop) (1676–1708 Died)[25]
• Imperialis Pedicini (1718–1724 Died)[25]
• Domenico Rossi (1724–1734 Died)[25]
• Dominico Laymo (1734–1760 Died)[26]
• Giovanni Coccoli (1760–1795 Died)[26]
• Nicola Martini (1798–1808 Died)[26]

1818 Suppressed to the Diocese of Lucera

References

1. "Diocese of Vulturara e Montecorvino" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 23, 2016
2. "Titular Episcopal See of Vulturara" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 14, 2016
3. "Titular Episcopal See of Montecorvino" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 14, 2016
4. Giuseppe Cappelletti, Le Chiese d'Italia dalla loro origine sino ai nostri giorni, Venezia 1864, vol. XIX, pp. 293-303
5. Bull De utiliori, in Bullarii romani continuatio, Tomus XV, Romae 1853, pp. 56-61
6. Ánnuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 1010
7. Eubel, Konrad (1923). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 187. (in Latin)
8. "Bishop Alejandro Geraldini (Gerardini, Gueraldini)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved December 4, 2015
9. "Bishop Vincenzo Sabbatini" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
10. "Bishop Giulio Mastrogiudice" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
11. "Bishop Giovanni Battista del Giudice" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
12. "Bishop Gerolamo Vecciani" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
13. "Bishop Leonardo Benzoni" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
14. "Bishop Giulio Gentile" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
15. "Bishop Simone Majolo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
16. Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 374. (in Latin)
17. "Bishop Leonardus Roselli" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
18. "Bishop Fabritius Cocci" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
19. "Bishop Julius Lana" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
20. "Bishop Petrus Federici" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
21. "Bishop Paolo Pico, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 27, 2016
22. "Bishop Franciscus Buratti, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 27, 2016
23. "Bishop Tommaso Carafa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 10, 2016
24. "Bishop Maximilianus Raguzzi" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 27, 2016
25. Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 419. (in Latin)
26. Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1958). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol VI. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 446. (in Latin)