Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto

Historical Details

• Diocese of Bari
  • Latin Name: Barensis
  • Erected: 4th Century
  • Country: Italy

• Archdiocese of Bari (-Canosa)
  • Latin Name: Barensis (-Canusina)
  • Elevated: 6th Century
  • Metropolitan See
  • Country: Italy

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Bisanzio † (14 Jul 1025 Appointed - 6 Jan 1035 Died)
• Nicola Effrem † (9 Aug 1035 Appointed - 27 Apr 1062 Died)
• Andrea † ( 1062 Appointed - 1078 Died)
• Ursone † (Jun 1078 Appointed - 14 Feb 1089 Died)
• Elia , O.S.B. † (Feb 1089 Appointed - 23 May 1105 Died)
• Riso (Risone) † (2 Apr 1112 Appointed - 1118 Died)
• Gualtiero † ( 1118 Appointed - 1126 Died)
• Matthieu , O.S.B. † (20 Dec 1126 Appointed - 1129 Died)
• Ange † ( 1131 Appointed - )
• Jean † ( 1151 Appointed - 31 Aug 1169 Died)
• Rainaldo , O.S.B. † (Mar 1171 Appointed - 4 Feb 1188 Died)
• Doferio (Dauferius) † (13 Dec 1188 Appointed - 27 Feb 1207 Died)
• Berardo Costa † ( 1207 Appointed - 11 Sep 1213 Appointed, Archbishop of Palermo)
• Andrea de Celano † ( 1214 Appointed - 27 Sep 1225 Died)
• Mariano Filangeri † (21 Dec 1226 Appointed - 6 Jul 1251 Died)
• Enrico Filangeri, O.P. † (27 Apr 1252 Appointed - 11 Oct 1258 Died)
• Giovanni Saraceno, O.F.M. Obs. † ( 1259 Appointed - 19 Aug 1280 Died)
• Romoaldo Grisone † (20 Jun 1282 Confirmed - 3 Feb 1309 Died)
• Landolfo † (24 Nov 1310 Appointed - 4 Oct 1336 Died)
• Ruggero de Sanseverino † (24 Mar 1337 Appointed - 23 May 1347 Appointed, Archbishop of Salerno)
• Bartolomeo Carafa † (23 May 1347 Appointed - 16 Mar 1367 Died)
• Niccolò Brancaccio † (12 Apr 1367 Appointed - 13 Jan 1377 Appointed, Archbishop of Cosenza)
• Bartolomeo Prignano † (13 Jan 1377 Appointed - 8 Apr 1378 Elected, Pope (Roma {Rome}))
• Landolfo Maramaldo † ( 1378 Appointed - 1384 Resigned)
• Niccolò Acconciamuro † (5 Nov 1378 Appointed - 1387 Died)
• Giacomo Carafa † ( 1384 Appointed - )
• Guglielmo † (29 Jul 1387 Appointed - 1390 Resigned)
• Roberto Sanseverino † (2 Jul 1390 Appointed - )
• Giacomo Carafa † ( 1392 Appointed - 1 May 1400 Died)
• Nicolò Pagano † (11 Aug 1400 Appointed - 1 Dec 1424 Appointed, Archbishop of Otranto)
• Francesco de Aiello † (11 Dec 1424 Appointed - 1453 Died)
• Guido Guidano, O.F.M. † (13 Jul 1453 Appointed - 1454 Died)
• Latino Orsini † (4 Dec 1454 Appointed - 6 Nov 1472 Resigned)
• Antonio de Agello † (6 Nov 1472 Appointed - 22 Jan 1493 Died)
• Giovanni Giacomo Castiglione † (13 Mar 1493 Appointed - 1513 Died)
• Esteban Gabriel Merino † (9 May 1513 Appointed - 2 Sep 1530 Appointed, Patriarch of West Indies)
• Girolamo Grimaldi † (2 Sep 1530 Appointed - 20 Aug 1540 Resigned)
• Girolamo Sauli † (20 Aug 1540 Appointed - 18 Apr 1550 Appointed, Archbishop of Genova)
• Giacomo Puteo (del Pozzo) † (18 Apr 1550 Appointed - 16 Dec 1562 Resigned)
• Antonio Puteo (del Pozzo) † (16 Dec 1562 Appointed - 14 Jul 1592 Died)
• Giulio Cesare Riccardi † (30 Oct 1592 Appointed - 13 Feb 1602 Died)
• Bonviso Bonvisi † (18 Mar 1602 Appointed - 1 Sep 1603 Died)
• Galeazzo Sanvitale † (15 Mar 1604 Appointed - 1606 Resigned)
• Decio Caracciolo Rosso † (3 Jul 1606 Appointed - 27 May 1613 Died)
• Ascanio Gesualdo † (1 Jul 1613 Appointed - 27 Jan 1638 Died)
• Diego Sersale † (20 Dec 1638 Appointed - 14 Jul 1665 Died)
• Giovanni Granafei † (11 Oct 1666 Appointed - 18 Mar 1683 Died)
• Tommaso Marie Ruffo, O.P. † (10 Apr 1684 Appointed - 30 Apr 1691 Died)
• Carlo Loffredo, C.R. † (26 Nov 1691 Appointed - 10 Mar 1698 Appointed, Archbishop of Capua)
• Muzio Gaeta (Sr.) † (7 Apr 1698 Appointed - 7 Mar 1728 Died)
• Mihály Karl (Michele Carlo) von Althan † (20 Sep 1728 Appointed - 2 Dec 1735 Confirmed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Vác)
• Muzio Gaeta (Jr.) † (19 Dec 1735 Appointed - 16 Sep 1754 Appointed, Archbishop of Capua)
• Luigi d’Alessandro † (16 Sep 1754 Appointed - 28 Jan 1770 Died)
• Adelmo Gennaro Pignatelli di Belmonte, O.S.B. † (28 May 1770 Appointed - 15 Dec 1777 Appointed, Archbishop of Capua)
• Giambattista Ettore Caracciolo, C.R. † (1 Jun 1778 Appointed - 22 May 1780 Died)
• Gennaro Maria Guevara Suardo, O.S.B. † (27 Feb 1792 Confirmed - 29 Oct 1804 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Aversa)
• Baldassare Mormile, C.R. † (26 Jun 1805 Confirmed - 6 Apr 1818 Confirmed, Archbishop of Capua)
• Nicola Coppola, C.O. † (25 May 1818 Confirmed - 17 Nov 1823 Confirmed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Nola)
• Michele Basilio Clari (Clary), O.S.B.I. † (17 Nov 1823 Confirmed - 15 Feb 1858 Died)
• Francesco Pedicini † (27 Sep 1858 Appointed - 6 Jun 1886 Died)
• Enrico (Ernesto) Mazzella † (14 Mar 1887 Appointed - 14 Oct 1897 Died)
• Giulio Vaccaro † (24 Mar 1898 Appointed - 10 Mar 1924 Died)
• Pietro Pomares y Morant † (16 Oct 1924 Appointed - 14 Dec 1924 Died)
• Augusto Curi † (5 May 1925 Appointed - 28 Mar 1933 Died)
• Marcello Mimmi † (31 Jul 1933 Appointed - 30 Aug 1952 Appointed, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples})
• Enrico Nicodemo † (11 Nov 1952 Appointed - 27 Aug 1973 Died)
• Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D. † (21 Dec 1973 Appointed - 1 Aug 1977 Appointed, Archbishop of Torino {Turin})
• Andrea Mariano Magrassi, O.S.B. † (24 Nov 1977 Appointed - 3 Jul 1999 Resigned)
• Francesco Cacucci (3 Jul 1999 Appointed - 29 Oct 2020 Retired)
• Giuseppe Satriano (29 Oct 2020 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Bari (-Canosa)
1886		211,601	.0%			711	0				33	OTC
1950	486,600	487,500	99.8%	234	124	358	1,359		208	837	56	ap1951
1959	532,000	535,000	99.4%	220	180	400	1,330		250	1,300	70	ap1960
1969	625,000	628,746	99.4%	199	235	434	1,440		332	1,604	82	ap1971
1980	630,000	640,655	98.3%	194	181	375	1,680	2	268	1,128	94	ap1981
Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto
1990	650,000	680,000	95.6%	231	180	411	1,581	21	283	1,202	120	ap1991
1999	600,000	710,000	84.5%	251	175	426	1,408	40	255	893	123	ap2000
2000	600,000	710,000	84.5%	251	175	426	1,408	46	257	1,010	124	ap2001
2001	690,000	710,000	97.2%	228	166	394	1,751	48	239	909	124	ap2002
2002	690,000	710,000	97.2%	211	158	369	1,869	58	226	790	124	ap2003
2003	699,700	720,000	97.2%	210	180	390	1,794	59	289	718	126	ap2004
2004	712,000	720,000	98.9%	207	165	372	1,913	62	259	711	125	ap2005
2006	732,277	740,900	98.8%	207	155	362	2,022	66	246	791	125	ap2007
2012	745,898	753,987	98.9%	195	143	338	2,206	73	209	552	126	ap2013
2015	736,801	749,141	98.4%	196	155	351	2,099	76	210	493	126	ap2016
2018	739,533	752,923	98.2%	196	155	351	2,106	73	418	406	126	ap2019
2020	748,503	757,103	98.9%	187	167	354	2,114	71	353	415	126	ap2021
2022	757,506	757,830	100.0%	174	167	341	2,221	71	342	415	127	ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Vito Angiuli (Priest: 23 Apr 1977 to 2 Oct 2010)
• Francesco Cacucci (Priest: 29 Jun 1966; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Apr 1987 to 8 Apr 1993; Archbishop: 3 Jul 1999 to 29 Oct 2020)
• Giovanni Intini
• Luigi Michele de Palma
• Andrea Palmieri (Priest: 6 Jan 1995)
• Vito Piccinonna (Deacon: 14 Sep 2001; Priest: 3 Sep 2002 to 18 Nov 2022)
• Giuseppe Pinto
• Pio Vito Pinto
• Luigi Renna
• Filippo Santoro (Priest: 20 May 1972 to 10 Apr 1996)
• Giuseppe Satriano (Archbishop: 29 Oct 2020 - )
• Francesco Savino (Priest: 30 Sep 1986 to 28 Feb 2015)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Niccolò Acconciamuro † (Archbishop: 5 Nov 1378 to 1387)
• Antonio de Agello † (Archbishop: 6 Nov 1472 to 22 Jan 1493)
• Francesco de Aiello † (Archbishop: 11 Dec 1424 to 1453)
• Mihály Karl (Michele Carlo) von Althan † (Archbishop: 20 Sep 1728 to 2 Dec 1735)
• Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D. † (Archbishop: 21 Dec 1973 to 1 Aug 1977)
• Giacomo Boncore †
• Bonviso Bonvisi † (Archbishop: 18 Mar 1602 to 1 Sep 1603)
• Francesco Maria Brancaccio †
• Niccolò Brancaccio † (Archbishop: 12 Apr 1367 to 13 Jan 1377)
• Nicolò Buonconsiglio †
• Luciano Bux † (Priest: 2 Jul 1961; Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Jan 1995 to 5 Feb 2000)
• Giambattista Ettore Caracciolo, C.R. † (Archbishop: 1 Jun 1778 to 22 May 1780)
• Decio Caracciolo Rosso † (Archbishop: 3 Jul 1606 to 27 May 1613)
• Bartolomeo Carafa † (Archbishop: 23 May 1347 to 16 Mar 1367)
• Giacomo Carafa † (Archbishop: 1384)
• Giuseppe Casamassima † (Priest: 22 Sep 1787; Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Feb 1831 to 1847)
• Giovanni Giacomo Castiglione † (Archbishop: 13 Mar 1493 to 1513)
• Andrea de Celano † (Archbishop: 1214 to 27 Sep 1225)
• Michele Basilio Clari (Clary), O.S.B.I. † (Archbishop: 17 Nov 1823 to 15 Feb 1858)
• Francesco Colasuonno † (Priest: 28 Sep 1947 to 6 Dec 1974)
• Nicola Coppola, C.O. † (Archbishop: 25 May 1818 to 17 Nov 1823)
• Berardo Costa † (Archbishop: 1207 to 11 Sep 1213)
• Augusto Curi † (Archbishop: 5 May 1925 to 28 Mar 1933)
• Luigi d’Alessandro † (Archbishop: 16 Sep 1754 to 28 Jan 1770)
• Domenico del Buono † (Priest: 1905; Auxiliary Bishop: 29 May 1920 to 24 Jul 1925)
• Stanislao Maria de Luca †
• Nicola Effrem † (Archbishop: 9 Aug 1035 to 27 Apr 1062)
• Enrico Filangeri, O.P. † (Archbishop: 27 Apr 1252 to 11 Oct 1258)
• Mariano Filangeri † (Archbishop: 21 Dec 1226 to 6 Jul 1251)
• Vito Antonio Fioni †
• Muzio Gaeta (Jr.) † (Archbishop: 19 Dec 1735 to 16 Sep 1754)
• Muzio Gaeta (Sr.) † (Archbishop: 7 Apr 1698 to 7 Mar 1728)
• Ascanio Gesualdo † (Archbishop: 1 Jul 1613 to 27 Jan 1638)
• Giovanni Granafei † (Archbishop: 11 Oct 1666 to 18 Mar 1683)
• Girolamo Grimaldi † (Administrator: 2 Sep 1530 to 20 Aug 1540)
• Romoaldo Grisone † (Archbishop: 20 Jun 1282 to 3 Feb 1309)
• Gennaro Maria Guevara Suardo, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 27 Feb 1792 to 29 Oct 1804)
• Guido Guidano, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 13 Jul 1453 to 1454)
• Antonio Lamberti †
• Giuseppe Lanave †
• Carlo Loffredo, C.R. † (Archbishop: 26 Nov 1691 to 10 Mar 1698)
• Nicola Lorusso †
• Andrea Mariano Magrassi, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 24 Nov 1977 to 3 Jul 1999)
• Landolfo Maramaldo † (Archbishop: 1378 to 1384)
• Enrico (Ernesto) Mazzella † (Archbishop: 14 Mar 1887 to 14 Oct 1897)
• Orazio Mazzella † (Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Feb 1896 to 24 Mar 1898)
• Esteban Gabriel Merino † (Archbishop: 9 May 1513 to 2 Sep 1530)
• Michele Milella, O.P. †
• Marcello Mimmi † (Archbishop: 31 Jul 1933 to 30 Aug 1952)
• Michele Mincuzzi † (Priest: 25 Jul 1936; Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Jul 1966 to 12 Oct 1974)
• Baldassare Mormile, C.R. † (Archbishop: 26 Jun 1805 to 6 Apr 1818)
• Enrico Nicodemo † (Archbishop: 11 Nov 1952 to 27 Aug 1973)
• Jolando Nuzzi †
• Latino Orsini † (Administrator: 4 Dec 1454 to 6 Nov 1472)
• Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †
• Domenico Padovano † (Priest: 29 Jun 1965; Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Sep 1982 to 1984)
• Nicolò Pagano † (Archbishop: 11 Aug 1400 to 1 Dec 1424)
• Francesco Pedicini † (Archbishop: 27 Sep 1858 to 6 Jun 1886)
• Adelmo Gennaro Pignatelli di Belmonte, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 28 May 1770 to 15 Dec 1777)
• Pietro Pomares y Morant † (Archbishop: 16 Oct 1924 to 14 Dec 1924)
• Bartolomeo Prignano † (Archbishop: 13 Jan 1377 to 8 Apr 1378)
• Antonio Puteo (del Pozzo) † (Archbishop: 16 Dec 1562 to 14 Jul 1592)
• Giacomo Puteo (del Pozzo) † (Archbishop: 18 Apr 1550 to 16 Dec 1562)
• Giulio Cesare Riccardi † (Archbishop: 30 Oct 1592 to 13 Feb 1602)
• Tommaso Marie Ruffo, O.P. † (Archbishop: 10 Apr 1684 to 30 Apr 1691)
• Roberto Sanseverino † (Archbishop: 2 Jul 1390)
• Ruggero de Sanseverino † (Archbishop: 24 Mar 1337 to 23 May 1347)
• Galeazzo Sanvitale † (Archbishop: 15 Mar 1604 to 1606)
• Giovanni Saraceno, O.F.M. Obs. † (Archbishop: 1259 to 19 Aug 1280)
• Girolamo Sauli † (Archbishop: 20 Aug 1540 to 18 Apr 1550)
• Diego Sersale † (Archbishop: 20 Dec 1638 to 14 Jul 1665)
• Giulio Vaccaro † (Archbishop: 24 Mar 1898 to 10 Mar 1924)
• Andrea † (Archbishop: 1062 to 1078)
• Ange † (Archbishop: 1131 - )
• Bisanzio † (Archbishop: 14 Jul 1025 to 6 Jan 1035)
• Doferio (Dauferius) † (Archbishop: 13 Dec 1188 to 27 Feb 1207)
• Elia , O.S.B. † (Archbishop: Feb 1089 to 23 May 1105)
• Gualtiero † (Archbishop: 1118 to 1126)
• Guglielmo † (Archbishop: 29 Jul 1387 to 1390)
• Jean † (Archbishop: 1151 to 31 Aug 1169)
• Landolfo † (Archbishop: 24 Nov 1310 to 4 Oct 1336)
• Matthieu , O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 20 Dec 1126 to 1129)
• Rainaldo , O.S.B. † (Archbishop: Mar 1171 to 4 Feb 1188)
• Riso (Risone) † (Archbishop: 2 Apr 1112 to 1118)
• Ursone † (Archbishop: Jun 1078 to 14 Feb 1089)

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