Monopoli (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Past Ordinaries

Giulio † ( 1256 Appointed - 1271 Died)
Pasquale † ( 1282 Appointed - 1286 Died)
Pietro Saraceni, O.P. † (25 Feb 1286 Appointed - 14 Feb 1287 Appointed, Bishop of Vicenza)
Roberto † (4 Jun 1288 Appointed - 1309 Died)
Nicolò Buccasingus † (12 Sep 1309 Appointed - 25 Aug 1311 Died)
Francesco † (28 Jun 1312 Appointed - 1316 Died)
Pasquale Brigantino † (21 Mar 1317 Appointed - )
Dionigi De’ Roberti, O.E.S.A. † (17 Mar 1340 Appointed - 1342 Died)
Marco di Leone de Arcade, O.F.M. † (31 May 1342 Appointed - )
Pietro de Oriello † (4 May 1362 Appointed - )
Giovanni da Gallinaro, O.F.M. † (16 May 1373 Appointed - 2 Jul 1382 Appointed, Bishop of Tricarico)
Francesco Carbone, O. Cist. † (Dec 1382 Appointed - 17 Dec 1384 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna)
Pietro Caffarino † ( 1385 Appointed - 1391 Died)
Jacopo Palladini † (11 Oct 1391 Appointed - 24 Mar 1400 Appointed, Archbishop of Taranto)
Marco de Teramo † (24 Mar 1400 Appointed - 15 Dec 1404 Appointed, Bishop of Bertinoro)
Urso Afflitti † (14 Dec 1404 Appointed - 12 Aug 1405 Died)
Oddo Mormile † (9 Sep 1405 Appointed - 1413 Resigned)
Giosuè Mormile † (9 Mar 1413 Appointed - 18 Dec 1430 Appointed, Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti)
Pietro Orso, O.P. † (18 Dec 1430 Appointed - 15 Apr 1437 Appointed, Archbishop of Brindisi)
Antonio del Piede † (15 Apr 1437 Appointed - )
Alessandro Manfredi † (14 May 1456 Appointed - 1484 Died)
Urbano de Caragnano † (5 Nov 1484 Appointed - 1508 Died)
Michele Claudio † (7 Feb 1508 Appointed - 1513 Died)
Teodoro de Piis, O.F.M. † (9 Apr 1513 Appointed - 1546 Died)
Ottaviano Praeconio, O.F.M. Conv. † (16 Apr 1546 Appointed - 13 Jun 1561 Appointed, Bishop of Ariano)
Fabrizio Pignatelli † (10 Oct 1561 Appointed - 15 Aug 1568 Died)
Alfonso Alvarez Guerrero † (2 Jul 1572 Appointed - 1577 Died)
Alfonso Porzio † (19 Jul 1577 Appointed - 1598 Died)
Juan López, O.P. † (15 Nov 1598 Appointed - 1608 Resigned)
Giovanni Giacomo Macedonio † (17 Mar 1608 Appointed - 27 Sep 1627 Died)
Giulio Masi † (18 Jul 1627 Appointed - 1636 Died)
Francesco Surgenti (Sorgente), C.R. † (9 Jan 1640 Appointed - 13 Oct 1651 Died)
Benedicto Sánchez de Herrera † (12 Jan 1654 Confirmed - 24 Mar 1664 Confirmed, Bishop of Pozzuoli)
Giuseppe (José) Cavalieri (Caballero) † (9 Jun 1664 Appointed - 14 Aug 1696 Died)
Carolus de Tilly † (3 Jun 1697 Appointed - 1698 Died)
Gaetano De Andrea, C.R. † (15 Sep 1698 Appointed - Jan 1702 Died)
Alfonso Francesco Dominquez, O.E.S.A. † (7 Apr 1704 Appointed - Feb 1706 Died)
Nicola Centomani † (11 Apr 1707 Appointed - Jan 1722 Died)
Giulio Antonio Sacchi † (14 Feb 1724 Appointed - Jul 1738 Died)
Francesco Iorio (Jorio) † (24 Nov 1738 Appointed - 15 Aug 1754 Died)
Ciro de Alteriis † (16 Dec 1754 Confirmed - 6 Apr 1761 Confirmed, Bishop of Acerra)
Giuseppe Cacace † (25 May 1761 Appointed - 1778 Died)
Domenico Russo † (20 Mar 1780 Confirmed - 1783 Died)
Raimondo Fusco, O.F.M. Conv. † (14 Feb 1785 Confirmed - 1802 Died)
Lorenzo Villani † (26 Jun 1805 Confirmed - 10 Mar 1823 Died)
Michele Palmieri † (3 May 1824 Confirmed - 24 Nov 1842 Died)
Luigi Giamporcaro † (17 Jun 1844 Confirmed - 2 Jan 1854 Died)
Francesco Pedicini † (23 Mar 1855 Confirmed - 27 Sep 1858 Appointed, Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa))
Luigi Riccio † (20 Jun 1859 Confirmed - 23 Mar 1860 Confirmed, Bishop of Caiazzo)
Federico Tolimieri † (23 Mar 1860 Confirmed - 2 Jun 1869 Died)
Antonio Dalena † (22 Dec 1871 Appointed - 18 Jan 1883 Died)
Carlo Caputo † (15 Mar 1883 Appointed - 7 Jun 1886 Appointed, Bishop of Aversa)
Francesco d’Albore † (7 Jun 1886 Appointed - 4 Sep 1901 Resigned)
Francesco di Costanzo † (4 Mar 1902 Appointed - 19 Dec 1912 Resigned)
Nicola Monterisi † (22 Aug 1913 Appointed - 15 Dec 1919 Appointed, Archbishop of Chieti)
Agostino Migliore † (14 Feb 1920 Appointed - 2 Dec 1925 Died)
Antonio Melomo † (7 Feb 1927 Appointed - 28 Aug 1940 Appointed, Archbishop of Conza-Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia)
Gustavo Bianchi † (28 Mar 1941 Appointed - 12 Aug 1951 Died)
Carlo Ferrari † (17 Apr 1952 Appointed - 19 Oct 1967 Appointed, Bishop of Mantova)
Antonio D’Erchia † (29 Jun 1969 Appointed - 30 Sep 1986 Appointed, Bishop of Conversano-Monopoli)

Date	Event	From	To
11th Century	Erected		Diocese of Monopoli (erected)
27 June 1818	Territory Added	Diocese of Polignano (Polinianum) (suppressed)	Diocese of Monopoli
18 January 1947	Territory Lost	Diocese of Monopoli (Garullo, Cavallerizza, and Zingarello)	Diocese of Conversano
30 September 1986	United	Diocese of Conversano Diocese of Monopoli	Diocese of Conversano-Monopoli

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1886		52,758	.0%			246	0			8	OTC
1950	84,000	84,000	100.0%	84	29	113	743	35	117	17	ap1951
1969	95,000	97,655	97.3%	57	18	75	1,266	22	101	21	ap1971
1980	104,000	105,516	98.6%	50	18	68	1,529	20	81	27	ap1981