Diocese of Oria

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The Italian Catholic diocese of Oria is in Apulia. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Taranto.^[1]

[edit] History

It would appear that Oria, in early times, had bishops of its own, because there is a record on a slab in the cathedral, dating from the eighth or ninth century, in which there is mention of a Bishop Theodosius, not one of the bishops of Brindisi. When Brindisi was destroyed by the Saracens in the ninth century, its bishops established their see at Oria and called themselves Bishops of Brindisi and Oria, even after their return to their former capital.

In 979 Bishop Andrew was slain by Porphyrius.

The town was erected into an episcopal see in 1591; its first bishop was Vincent Tufo.^[2]

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Catholic Hierarchy page
2. ^ Catholic Encyclopedia article

This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.