Roman Catholic Diocese of Bitetto

The Diocese of Bitetto (Latin Dioecesis Bitectensis) was a Roman Catholic diocese in Italy, located in the town of Bitetto in the province of Bari, Apulia, Italy. In 1818, it was suppressed to the Diocese of Termoli.^[1][2]

History

• 1100: Established as Diocese of Bitetto^[2]
• 1818 June 27: Suppressed to the Archdiocese of Bari^[2]
• 1968: Restored as Titular Episcopal See of Bitetto^[2]

Ordinaries

Diocese of Bitetto

Erected: 1100

• Carlo Archamono (23 Mar 1422 - 1432 Died)

...

• Leonardo del Giudice (17 Apr 1452 - 1481 Died)
• Sulpicio Acquaviva d'Aragona (26 Apr 1482 - 17 Feb 1483 Appointed, Bishop of Conversano)
• Vincenzo Pistacchio (3 Nov 1499 - 1518 Resigned)
• Andreas Mozenicus (19 Jun 1522 - )
• Giovanni Salviati (10 Jan 1532 - 5 Mar 1539 Resigned)
• Valeriano Muti (5 Jul 1599 - 15 Nov 1602 Appointed, Bishop of Città di Castello)
• Baldassarre Pusterla (7 Apr 1603 - 1605 Died)
• Livio Limatola (13 Mar 1606 - 1611 Died)
• Giulio Mattei (18 May 1611 - 1624 Died)
• Michael Masserotti (Misserotti), O.F.M. Conv. (26 Feb 1624 - 1630 Died)
• Sigismondo Taddei (8 Jan 1631 - 27 Nov 1641 Appointed, Bishop of Caiazzo)
• Marco Antonio Tomati (16 Dec 1641 - 1655 Resigned)
• Francisco Gaeta (Caieta) (30 Aug 1655 - 2 Mar 1669 Died)
• Gaspare Toralto (3 Jun 1669 - 16 Nov 1676 Appointed, Bishop of Tricarico)
• Giacomo Santoro (26 Apr 1677 - Nov 1683 Died)
• Francesco Onofrio Hodierna (24 Apr 1684 - 4 Jan 1717 Appointed, Bishop of Valva e Sulmona)
• Gioacchino Francesco Caprini (Carpi) (24 Jan 1718 - 20 Apr 1729 Died)
• Lazzaro Sangiovanni (6 Jul 1729 - 5 Oct 1736 Died)
• Francesco Franco (19 Nov 1736 - 10 May 1745 Appointed, Bishop of Nicotera)
• Angelo Maria Marculli, O.S.A. (10 May 1745 - 6 Oct 1770 Died)
• Hyacinthus Maria Barberio, O.F.M. Conv. (4 Mar 1771 - 1 Jan 1798 Died)

References

1. Catholic-hierarchy.org: "Diocese of Bitetto" retrieved February 17, 2016
2. GCatholic.org: "Titular Episcopal See of Bitetto" retrieved February 17, 2016