Diocese of Troia

Historical Details

• Diocese of Troia
  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 1019
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Foggia
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy

• Diocese of Eca
  • Latin Name: Aecanensis
  • Erected: 4th Century
  • Country: Italy

Past Ordinaries

• Filippo † ( 1214 Appointed - )
• Ugo de Curtis, O.P. † ( 1278 Appointed - 3 Oct 1279 Appointed, Bishop of Bethleem)
• Rainerio , O.F.M. † (11 May 1280 Appointed - )
• Rogerio , O.F.M. † (20 Dec 1284 Appointed - )
• Pietro , O.F.M. † ( 1302 Appointed - )
• Guillaume Blanco † (12 Apr 1309 Appointed - 1311 Died)
• Beraldo † (12 Jun 1311 Appointed - )
• Arnaldo † (20 Oct 1322 Appointed - )
• Bisanzio † (27 Jun 1332 Appointed - )
• Enrico Trezza † (24 Apr 1341 Confirmed - )
• Nicola de Cesis † (17 Nov 1361 Appointed - )
• Riccardo † (27 Jan 1391 Appointed - 29 Mar 1393 Appointed, Archbishop of Otranto)
• Nicolas de Johannaccio † ( 1393 Appointed - 9 Aug 1409 Appointed, Bishop of Cavaillon)
• Angelo di Manfredonia † (30 Apr 1410 Appointed - )
• Giacomo Lombardo † (4 Jul 1438 Appointed - )
• Giovanni Paolo Vassalli † (17 Apr 1468 Appointed - 10 Mar 1474 Appointed, Bishop of Aversa)
• Stefano Grube † (10 Mar 1474 Appointed - 22 Mar 1480 Appointed, Archbishop of Riga)
• Scipione Piscicelli † (22 Mar 1480 Appointed - 1484 Died)
• Giannozzo Pandolfini † (10 Mar 1484 Appointed - 13 Dec 1525 Died)
• Ferdinando Pandolfini † (13 Dec 1525 Succeeded - 1560 Died)
• Scipione Rebiba † (19 Jun 1560 Appointed - 4 Sep 1560 Resigned)
• Prospero Rebiba † (4 Sep 1560 Appointed - 1593 Died)
• Jacopo Aldobrandini † (15 Nov 1593 Appointed - 10 Mar 1606 Died)
• Pietro Antonio Da Ponte, C.R. † (14 May 1607 Appointed - 8 Sep 1622 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Roviglioni † (9 Jan 1623 Appointed - Nov 1623 Died)
• Felice Siliceo † (18 Dec 1623 Appointed - 1626 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Astalli † (19 Jan 1626 Appointed - 17 Aug 1644 Died)
• Giovanni Tommaso Venetiani † (30 Jan 1645 Appointed - 1647 Died)
• Francesco Antonio Sacchetti † (13 Jan 1648 Appointed - Jun 1662 Died)
• Sebastiano Sorrentino † (12 Feb 1663 Appointed - 17 Jun 1675 Died)
• Antonio de Sangro, C.R. † (16 Dec 1675 Appointed - 24 Jan 1694 Died)
• Emilio Giacomo Cavaliere, C.P.O. † (19 Apr 1694 Appointed - 11 Aug 1726 Died)
• Giovanni Pietro Faccolli † (11 Sep 1726 Appointed - 2 Jan 1752 Died)
• Marco de Simone † (17 Jul 1752 Appointed - 24 Feb 1777 Died)
• Giovanni Giacomo Onorati † (12 May 1777 Appointed - 6 Mar 1793 Died)
• Gennaro Clemente Francone † (18 Dec 1797 Confirmed - 7 May 1799 Died)
• Michele Palmieri † (29 Oct 1804 Appointed - 3 May 1824 Confirmed, Bishop of Monopoli)
• Antonio Monforte † (3 May 1824 Confirmed - 13 Feb 1854 Died)
• Tommaso Passero, O.P. † (16 Jun 1856 Confirmed - 8 Sep 1890 Died)
• Daniele Tempesta, O.F.M. Ref. † (4 Jun 1891 Appointed - 23 Apr 1899 Died)
• Paolo Emilio Bergamaschi † (19 Jun 1899 Appointed - 1909 Resigned)
• Domenico Lancellotti † (21 Apr 1911 Appointed - 14 Mar 1918 Appointed, Bishop of Conversano)
• Fortunato Maria Farina † (21 Jun 1919 Appointed - 8 Nov 1931 Ceased, Apostolic Administrator of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola)
• Giuseppe Amici † (15 May 1951 Appointed - 1 Feb 1955 Appointed, Bishop of Cesena)
• Antonio Mistrorigo † (9 Mar 1955 Appointed - 25 Jun 1958 Appointed, Bishop of Treviso)
• Antonio Pirotto † (24 Aug 1958 Appointed - 14 Dec 1974 Retired)
• Giuseppe Lenotti † (14 Dec 1974 Appointed - 28 Jan 1981 Died)
• Salvatore De Giorgi (4 Apr 1981 Appointed - 30 Sep 1986 Resigned)

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Troia
1886		24,956	.0%			63	0				10	OTC
1950	115,000	115,000	100.0%	63	46	109	1,055		80	171	18	ap1951
1969	22,909	23,322	98.2%	26	9	35	654		10	39	11	ap1971
1980	19,800	20,000	99.0%	31	7	38	521		8	25	12	ap1981

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Salvatore De Giorgi (Bishop: 4 Apr 1981 to 30 Sep 1986)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Jacopo Aldobrandini † (Bishop: 15 Nov 1593 to 10 Mar 1606)
• Giuseppe Amici † (Bishop: 15 May 1951 to 1 Feb 1955)
• Giovanni Battista Astalli † (Bishop: 19 Jan 1626 to 17 Aug 1644)
• Paolo Emilio Bergamaschi † (Bishop: 19 Jun 1899 to 1909)
• Guillaume Blanco † (Bishop: 12 Apr 1309 to 1311)
• Emilio Giacomo Cavaliere, C.P.O. † (Bishop: 19 Apr 1694 to 11 Aug 1726)
• Nicola de Cesis † (Bishop: 17 Nov 1361)
• Ugo de Curtis, O.P. † (Bishop: 1278 to 3 Oct 1279)
• Pietro Antonio Da Ponte, C.R. † (Bishop: 14 May 1607 to 8 Sep 1622)
• Mario De Santis † (Priest: 22 Mar 1931; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Apr 1967 to 17 Jan 1985)
• Giovanni Pietro Faccolli † (Bishop: 11 Sep 1726 to 2 Jan 1752)
• Fortunato Maria Farina † (Bishop: 21 Jun 1919 to 8 Nov 1931)
• Gennaro Clemente Francone † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 18 Dec 1797 to 7 May 1799)
• Stefano Grube † (Bishop: 10 Mar 1474 to 22 Mar 1480)
• Nicolas de Johannaccio † (Bishop: 1393 to 9 Aug 1409)
• Domenico Lancellotti † (Bishop: 21 Apr 1911 to 14 Mar 1918)
• Giuseppe Lenotti † (Bishop: 14 Dec 1974 to 28 Jan 1981)
• Giacomo Lombardo † (Bishop: 4 Jul 1438)
• Renato Luisi †
• Angelo di Manfredonia † (Bishop: 30 Apr 1410)
• Antonio Mistrorigo † (Bishop: 9 Mar 1955 to 25 Jun 1958)
• Antonio Monforte † (Bishop: 3 May 1824 to 13 Feb 1854)
• Giovanni Giacomo Onorati † (Bishop: 12 May 1777 to 6 Mar 1793)
• Michele Palmieri † (Bishop: 29 Oct 1804 to 3 May 1824)
• Ferdinando Pandolfini † (Coadjutor Bishop: 17 Feb 1514; Bishop: 13 Dec 1525 to 1560)
• Giannozzo Pandolfini † (Bishop: 10 Mar 1484 to 13 Dec 1525)
• Tommaso Passero, O.P. † (Bishop: 16 Jun 1856 to 8 Sep 1890)
• Antonio Pirotto † (Bishop: 24 Aug 1958 to 14 Dec 1974)
• Scipione Piscicelli † (Bishop: 22 Mar 1480 to 1484)
• Prospero Rebiba † (Bishop: 4 Sep 1560 to 1593)
• Scipione Rebiba † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 19 Jun 1560 to 4 Sep 1560)
• Giovanni Battista Roviglioni † (Bishop: 9 Jan 1623 to Nov 1623)
• Francesco Antonio Sacchetti † (Bishop: 13 Jan 1648 to Jun 1662)
• Antonio de Sangro, C.R. † (Bishop: 16 Dec 1675 to 24 Jan 1694)
• Girolamo Seripando, O.E.S.A. †
• Felice Siliceo † (Bishop: 18 Dec 1623 to 1626)
• Marco de Simone † (Bishop: 17 Jul 1752 to 24 Feb 1777)
• Giovanni Sodo † (Apostolic Administrator: 9 Dec 1918 to 10 Aug 1919)
• Sebastiano Sorrentino † (Bishop: 12 Feb 1663 to 17 Jun 1675)
• Daniele Tempesta, O.F.M. Ref. † (Bishop: 4 Jun 1891 to 23 Apr 1899)
• Enrico Trezza † (Bishop: 24 Apr 1341)
• Giovanni da Troia †
• Giovanni Paolo Vassalli † (Bishop: 17 Apr 1468 to 10 Mar 1474)
• Giovanni Tommaso Venetiani † (Bishop: 30 Jan 1645 to 1647)
• Arnaldo † (Bishop: 20 Oct 1322)
• Beraldo † (Bishop: 12 Jun 1311)
• Bisanzio † (Bishop: 27 Jun 1332)
• Filippo † (Bishop: 1214 - )
• Pietro , O.F.M. † (Bishop: 1302 - )
• Rainerio , O.F.M. † (Bishop: 11 May 1280)
• Riccardo † (Bishop: 27 Jan 1391 to 29 Mar 1393)
• Rogerio , O.F.M. † (Bishop: 20 Dec 1284)