Bova (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Past Ordinaries

Nicolas , O.S.B. † (6 May 1341 Appointed - 10 Jul 1342 Appointed, Bishop of Gerace)
Andrea † (10 Jul 1342 Appointed - 1346 Died)
Nicodemo , O.S.B. † (24 Jul 1346 Appointed - )
Basilio † (1 Apr 1362 Appointed - 1364 Died)
Erasmo , O.S.B. † (17 Apr 1364 Appointed - )
Guglielmo † (5 Dec 1375 Appointed - )
Giovanni Mela † (7 May 1384 Appointed - )
Gualtiero , O.E.S.A. † (13 Apr 1405 Appointed - 1409 Died)
Pietro Notarii Rogerii † (27 Feb 1410 Appointed - 1412 Died)
Bl. Giovanni Dominici, O.P. † (21 Apr 1412 Appointed - 10 Jun 1419 Died)
Matteo della Scaglia, O.E.S.A. † (12 Apr 1424 Appointed - )
Filippo Costulfaria † (27 Jul 1425 Appointed - 1435 Died)
Agostino Carapelle, O.E.S.A. † (14 Feb 1435 Appointed - 22 Aug 1435 Died)
Sante † (23 Sep 1435 Appointed - 22 Sep 1441 Resigned)
Jacobello de Seminaria, O.F.M. † (22 Sep 1441 Appointed - 1483 Died)
Procolo Curiale † (7 Nov 1483 Appointed - 1523 Resigned)
Donato Curiale † (13 Apr 1524 Appointed - 1549 Resigned)
Achille Brancia † (21 Aug 1549 Appointed - 13 Aug 1570 Resigned)
Giulio Stauriano, O.P. † (19 Mar 1571 Appointed - 1577 Died)
Marcello Franco † (9 Oct 1577 Appointed - 1586 Died)
Bartolomeo Corsini † (25 Feb 1587 Appointed - 1590 Died)
Giovanni Camerota † (23 Sep 1592 Appointed - 1622 Died)
Nicola Maria Madaffari † (2 May 1622 Appointed - 1627 Died)
Fabio Olivadisi † (20 Sep 1627 Appointed - 16 Jul 1646 Appointed, Bishop of Catanzaro)
Martino Megali † (10 Sep 1646 Appointed - Jul 1656 Died)
Bernardino d’Aragona † (19 Feb 1657 Appointed - 12 Jul 1669 Died)
Marco Antonio Contestabile † (9 Sep 1669 Appointed - 18 Jul 1699 Died)
Francesco Antonio Gaudiosi, O.P. † (5 Oct 1699 Appointed - Feb 1714 Died)
Paolo Stabile, O.M. † (8 Jun 1718 Appointed - 19 Nov 1729 Died)
Giuseppe Barone † (23 Dec 1729 Appointed - 5 Mar 1731 Appointed, Bishop of Marsi)
Tommaso Giosafat Melina † (9 Apr 1731 Appointed - 30 May 1735 Died)
Domenico de Marzano † (27 Jul 1735 Appointed - 24 Jun 1752 Died)
Stefano Moràbito † (27 Nov 1752 Appointed - 7 May 1764 Resigned)
Antonio Spedalieri † (20 Aug 1764 Appointed - 3 Apr 1791 Died)
Giuseppe Martini † (26 Mar 1792 Confirmed - 15 Feb 1802 Died)
Nicola-Maria Laudisio, C.SS.R. † (4 Jun 1819 Confirmed - 3 May 1824 Confirmed, Bishop of Policastro)
Giovanni Corcione † (3 May 1824 Confirmed - 18 Dec 1830 Died)
Giuseppe Maria Giove, O.F.M. Ref. † (2 Jul 1832 Confirmed - 19 Dec 1834 Confirmed, Bishop of Gallipoli)
Vincenzo Rozzolino † (24 Jul 1835 Confirmed - 28 Sep 1849 Confirmed, Bishop of Caserta)
Pasquale Taccone † (28 Sep 1849 Confirmed - 30 Sep 1850 Confirmed, Bishop of Teramo)
Raffaele Ferrigno † (17 Feb 1851 Confirmed - 16 Jun 1856 Confirmed, Archbishop of Brindisi)
Dalmazio (Pietro) d’Andrea, O.F.M. Cap. † (18 Sep 1856 Confirmed - 12 Oct 1870 Died)
Antonio Piterà † (22 Dec 1871 Appointed - 29 May 1876 Resigned)
Nicola de Simone † (20 Mar 1877 Appointed - 8 Jul 1895 Died)
Raffaele Rossi † (8 Jul 1895 Succeeded - 14 Dec 1899 Appointed, Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera)
Domenico Pugliatti † (19 Apr 1900 Appointed - 20 Nov 1914 Died)
Paolo Albera † (7 Jun 1915 Appointed - 1 Jan 1921 Resigned)
Andrea Taccone † (2 Mar 1923 Appointed - 27 Aug 1929 Appointed, Bishop of Ruvo e Bitonto)
Giuseppe Cognata, S.D.B. † (16 Mar 1933 Appointed - 5 Jan 1940 Resigned)
Enrico Montalbetti, Obs. S.C. † (12 Mar 1941 Appointed - 31 Jan 1943 Died)
Antonio Lanza † (12 May 1943 Appointed - 23 Jun 1950 Died)
Giovanni Vittorio Ferro, C.R.S. † (14 Sep 1950 Appointed - 8 Sep 1960 Resigned)
Giuseppe Lenotti † (8 Sep 1960 Appointed - 18 Apr 1962 Appointed, Bishop of Foggia)
Aurelio Sorrentino † (12 May 1962 Appointed - 30 Nov 1966 Appointed, Bishop of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo)
Giovanni Vittorio Ferro, C.R.S. † (18 Aug 1973 Appointed - 4 Jun 1977 Retired)
Aurelio Sorrentino † (4 Jun 1977 Appointed - 30 Sep 1986 Appointed, Archbishop of Reggio Calabria-Bova)

Date	Event	From	To
7th Century	Erected		Diocese of Bova (erected)
30 September 1986	United	Diocese of Bova Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria	Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1886		10,534	.0%			42	0			12	OTC
1949	26,856	26,948	99.7%	20	2	22	1,220	3	34	17	ap1951
1959	30,100	30,450	98.9%	19	6	25	1,204	8	33	18	ap1960
1970	25,100	25,174	99.7%	14	3	17	1,476	3	46	19	ap1971
1980	21,500	21,702	99.1%	8	8	16	1,343	9	27	19	ap1981