Roman Catholic Diocese of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano

Diocese of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano Dioecesis Ceriniolensis-Asculanus Apuliae
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Foggia-Bovino
Statistics
Area	1,327 km² (512 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 106,600 102,600 (96.2%)
Parishes	40
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	11th Century
Cathedral	Cattedrale di S. Pietro Apostolo (Cerignola)
Co-cathedral	Concattedrale della Natività della Beata V. Maria (Ascoli Satriano)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Felice di Molfetta
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Website
www.cerignola.chiesacattolica.it

The Italian Roman Catholic Diocese of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano (Latin: Dioecesis Ceriniolensis-Asculanus Apuliae) in Apulia, has existed under this name since 1986. It's bishop is a suffragan of the Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino. Historically the Diocese of Ascoli Satriano was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Benevento, and changed its name to Diocese of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola in 1819.^[1]

History

In 969, Ausculum Appulum (now Ascoli Satriano) appears as an episcopal city amongst the suffragan sees of Beneventum, but the first bishop of whom we have any knowledge is Maurus, present at the consecration of the Church of St. Angelo at Volturno (1059). Cerignola on account of its relative importance, may have been formerly a diocese, but history is silent in the matter; Carinola is a titular see,^[2] but Carinola is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region of Campania. When Pope Pius VII reorganized the ecclesiastical provinces of the Kingdom of Naples, on the occasion of the Concordat (16 February 1818) with Ferdinand I, King of the two Sicilies, he gave Cerignola its episcopal dignity and united it aeque principaliter to the Diocese of Ascoli Satriano.^[3]

Ordinaries

Diocese of Ascoli Satriano

Erected: 11th century

Giosuè de Gaeta (1 Dec 1480 - 1509 Resigned)
Agapito de Gaeta (23 May 1509 - 1512 Died)
Giosuè de Gaeta (18 May 1513 - 1517 Resigned)
Giovanni Francisco de Gaeta (1 Apr 1517 - 10 Nov 1566 Died)
Marco Landi (22 Aug 1567 - 1593 Died)
Francesco Bonfiglio, O.F.M. Conv. (31 May 1593 - 1603 Died)
Ferdinando D’Avila, O.F.M. (9 Mar 1594 - 1620 Died)
Francesco Maria della Marra (29 Apr 1620 - 1625 Died)
Francesco Andrea Gelsomini, O.E.S.A. (9 Jun 1625 - 8 Dec 1629 Died)
Giorgio Bolognetti (23 Sep 1630 - 28 Feb 1639 Appointed, Bishop of Rieti)
Michael Rezzi (Resti) (8 Aug 1639 - Mar 1648 Died)
Pirro Luigi Castellomata (23 Nov 1648 - Oct 1656 Died)
Giacomo Filippo Bescapè (28 May 1657 - 13 Aug 1672 Died)
Felice Via Cosentino (14 Nov 1672 - Dec 1679 Died)
Filippo Lenti (29 Apr 1680 - Sep 1684 Died)
Francesco Antonio Punzi (14 May 1685 - Mar 1728 Died)
Francesco Antonio de Martini (10 May 1728 - Nov 1737 Died)
Giuseppe Campanile (20 Dec 1737 - Nov 1771 Died)
Emanuele di Tommaso (16 Dec 1771 - 1807 Died)

Diocese of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola

Name Changed: 14 June 1819

Antonio Maria Nappi (25 May 1818 Confirmed - 2 May 1830 Died)
Francesco Iavarone (2 Jul 1832 Confirmed - 20 Apr 1849 Confirmed, Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti)
Leonardo Todisco Grande (20 Apr 1849 Confirmed - 13 May 1872 Died)
Antonio Sena (23 Dec 1872 - 20 Mar 1887 Died)
Domenico Cocchia, O.F.M. Cap. (23 May 1887 - 18 Nov 1900 Died)
Angelo Struffolini, D.C. (15 Apr 1901 - 1 Jul 1914 Resigned)
Giovanni Sodo (2 Jun 1915 - 24 Jul 1930 Died)
Vittorio Consigliere, O.F.M. Cap. (1 Sep 1931 - 15 Mar 1946 Died)
Donato Pafundi (22 Jun 1946 - 18 Jul 1957 Died)
Mario Di Lieto (21 Nov 1957 - 16 Apr 1987 Retired)

Diocese of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano

Name Changed: 30 September 1986

Vincenzo D’Addario (16 Apr 1987 Succeeded - 2 Jun 1990 Appointed, Archbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste)
Giovanni Battista Pichierri (21 Dec 1990 - 13 Nov 1999 Appointed, Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie)
Felice di Molfetta (29 Apr 2000 - 1 Oct 2015 Retired)
Luigi Renna (1 Oct 2015 - )