Diocese of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi)

Historical Details

• Diocese of Gerace
  • Latin Name: Hieracensis
  • Erected: 5th Century
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria
  • Country: Italy

• Diocese of Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi)
  • Latin Name: Hieracensis (-Sanctae Mariae de Pulsi)
  • Name Changed: 8 April 1920
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria
  • Country: Italy

• Diocese of Gerace-Locri (-Santa Maria di Polsi)
  • Latin Name: Hieracensis-Locrensis (-Sanctae Mariae de Pulsi)
  • Name Changed: 22 February 1954
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 2,500 (965 Square Miles)

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Giacomo , O.S.B.I. † ( 1279 Appointed - 1303 Died)
• Barlaam † ( 1303 Appointed - 1309 Died)
• Giovanni Tirseo † ( 1312 Appointed - 1334 Died)
• Nicolas , O.S.B. † (10 Jul 1342 Appointed - Sep 1342 Died)
• Barlaha (Barlaam) de Seminaria † (2 Oct 1342 Appointed - 1347 Died)
• Simon Atumano, O.S.Bas. † (Jun 1348 Appointed - 17 Apr 1366 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Thebae)
• Nicolas Mele † (3 Aug 1366 Appointed - 1380 Removed)
• Giacomo † ( 1382 Appointed - 2 Jun 1400 Died)
• Angelo de Tufo † (5 Jul 1400 Appointed - 7 May 1419 Died)
• Paolo di Segni † (12 Jun 1419 Appointed - 4 Feb 1429 Appointed, Archbishop of Reggio Calabria)
• Aimerico † (18 Mar 1429 Appointed - 7 May 1444 Died)
• Gregorio Diositani † (10 Jul 1444 Appointed - 3 Aug 1461 Died)
• Athanase Chalkeopoulos (Calceofilo), O. Cist. † (21 Oct 1461 Appointed - 4 Nov 1497 Died)
• Troilo Carafa † (4 Sep 1497 Appointed - 1505 Died)
• Jaime de Conchillos, O. de M. † (23 Feb 1505 Appointed - 25 Feb 1509 Appointed, Bishop of Catania)
• Bandinello Sauli † ( 1509 Appointed - 19 Nov 1517 Resigned)
• Francesco Armellini Pantalassi de’ Medici † (19 Nov 1517 Appointed - 6 Jun 1519 Resigned)
• Alessandro Cesarini (Sr.) † (6 Jun 1519 Appointed - 15 Jun 1519 Resigned)
• Girolamo Planca † (15 Jun 1519 Appointed - 21 Aug 1534 Died)
• Alessandro Cesarini (Sr.) † (21 Aug 1534 Appointed - 20 Feb 1538 Resigned)
• Tiberio Muti † (20 Feb 1538 Appointed - 9 Mar 1552 Appointed, Bishop of Assisi)
• Giovanni Andrea Candido, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (19 Mar 1552 Appointed - 6 Sep 1574 Died)
• Ottaviano Pasqua † (17 Sep 1574 Appointed - 8 Jan 1591 Died)
• Vincenzo Bonardo, O.P. † (20 Mar 1591 Appointed - 11 Mar 1601 Died)
• Orazio Mattei † (19 Nov 1601 Appointed - 13 Jun 1622 Died)
• Alessandro Bosco † (8 Aug 1622 Appointed - 29 Jan 1624 Resigned)
• Stefano de Rosis † (29 Jan 1624 Appointed - 15 Aug 1624 Died)
• Giovanni Maria Belletti † (27 Jan 1625 Appointed - 25 Feb 1626 Died)
• Lorenzo Tramalli † (16 Sep 1626 Appointed - 8 Oct 1649 Died)
• Michele Angelo Vincentini † (2 May 1650 Appointed - 20 Dec 1670 Resigned)
• Stefano Sculco † (22 Dec 1670 Appointed - 20 Apr 1686 Resigned)
• Tommaso Caracciolo, O.S.B. † (28 Apr 1687 Appointed - 31 Mar 1689 Died)
• Domenico Diez de Aux † (7 Nov 1689 Appointed - 5 Nov 1729 Died)
• Ildefonso del Tufo, O.S.B. † (8 Feb 1730 Appointed - 7 May 1748 Resigned)
• Domenico Bozzoni † (3 Mar 1749 Appointed - 21 Dec 1749 Died)
• Cesare Rossi † (23 Feb 1750 Appointed - 14 Nov 1755 Died)
• Pietro Domenico Scoppa † (5 Apr 1756 Appointed - 14 Nov 1793 Died)
• Vincenzo Barisani, O.E.S.A. † (18 Dec 1797 Confirmed - 4 Feb 1806 Died)
• Giuseppe Maria Pellicano † (21 Dec 1818 Confirmed - 19 Jun 1833 Died)
• Luigi Maria Perrone, C.O. † (19 Dec 1834 Confirmed - 14 Mar 1852 Died)
• Pasquale de Lucia † (27 Sep 1852 Confirmed - 11 Jun 1860 Died)
• Francesco Saverio Mangeruva † (6 May 1872 Appointed - 11 May 1905 Died)
• Giorgio Francesco Delrio † (6 Dec 1906 Appointed - 16 Dec 1920 Appointed, Archbishop of Oristano)
• Giovanni Battista Chiappe † (4 Oct 1922 Appointed - 26 Aug 1951 Died)
• Pacifico Maria Luigi Perantoni, O.F.M. † (31 Jan 1952 Appointed - 21 Aug 1962 Appointed, Archbishop of Lanciano e Ortona)
• Michele Alberto Arduino, S.D.B. † (21 Oct 1962 Appointed - 18 Jun 1972 Died)
• Francesco Tortora, O.M. † (21 Oct 1972 Appointed - 22 Sep 1988 Resigned)
• Antonio Ciliberti † (7 Dec 1988 Appointed - 6 May 1993 Appointed, Archbishop of Matera-Irsina)
• Giancarlo Maria Bregantini, C.S.S. (12 Feb 1994 Appointed - 8 Nov 2007 Appointed, Archbishop of Campobasso-Boiano)
• Giuseppe Fiorini Morosini, O.M. (20 Mar 2008 Appointed - 13 Jul 2013 Appointed, Archbishop of Reggio Calabria-Bova)
• Francesco Oliva (5 May 2014 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
Diocese of Gerace
1886		106,335	.0%			393	0				71	OTC
Diocese of Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi)
1948	148,700	149,000	99.8%	107	2	109	1,364		2	63	73	ap1951
Diocese of Gerace-Locri (-Santa Maria di Polsi)
1970		260,000	.0%	95	5	100	0		5	112	75	ap1971
1980	121,900	128,300	95.0%	62	14	76	1,603		15	141	77	ap1981
Diocese of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi)
1990	127,100	128,150	99.2%	54	16	70	1,815		17	114	60	ap1991
1999	131,190	131,665	99.6%	53	20	73	1,797	2	23	137	73	ap2000
2000	130,048	131,150	99.2%	54	19	73	1,781	2	22	140	73	ap2001
2001	129,874	131,021	99.1%	55	19	74	1,755	2	22	143	73	ap2002
2002	132,107	133,307	99.1%	56	25	81	1,630	2	28	145	73	ap2003
2003	132,105	133,281	99.1%	56	23	79	1,672	1	23	147	73	ap2004
2004	132,511	134,043	98.9%	52	25	77	1,720	1	25	147	73	ap2005
2013	122,000	133,000	91.7%	63	29	92	1,326	7	31	113	74	ap2014
2016	113,545	123,975	91.6%	60	18	78	1,455	8	21	91	74	ap2017
2019	113,000	123,400	91.6%	61	23	84	1,345	9	28	89	74	ap2020
2021	105,642	119,560	88.4%	48	18	66	1,600	9	21	65	73	ap2022

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Giancarlo Maria Bregantini, C.S.S. (Bishop: 12 Feb 1994 to 8 Nov 2007)
• Giuseppe Fiorini Morosini, O.M. (Bishop: 20 Mar 2008 to 13 Jul 2013)
• Francesco Oliva (Bishop: 5 May 2014 - )

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Michele Alberto Arduino, S.D.B. † (Bishop: 21 Oct 1962 to 18 Jun 1972)
• Francesco Armellini Pantalassi de’ Medici † (Administrator: 19 Nov 1517 to 6 Jun 1519)
• Simon Atumano, O.S.Bas. † (Bishop: Jun 1348 to 17 Apr 1366)
• Vincenzo Barisani, O.E.S.A. † (Bishop: 18 Dec 1797 to 4 Feb 1806)
• Giovanni Maria Belletti † (Bishop: 27 Jan 1625 to 25 Feb 1626)
• Vincenzo Bonardo, O.P. † (Bishop: 20 Mar 1591 to 11 Mar 1601)
• Alessandro Bosco † (Bishop: 8 Aug 1622 to 29 Jan 1624)
• Domenico Bozzoni † (Bishop: 3 Mar 1749 to 21 Dec 1749)
• Giovanni Andrea Candido, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (Bishop: 19 Mar 1552 to 6 Sep 1574)
• Tommaso Caracciolo, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 28 Apr 1687 to 31 Mar 1689)
• Troilo Carafa † (Bishop: 4 Sep 1497 to 1505)
• Alessandro Cesarini (Sr.) † (Administrator: 6 Jun 1519 to 15 Jun 1519)
• Athanase Chalkeopoulos (Calceofilo), O. Cist. † (Bishop: 21 Oct 1461 to 4 Nov 1497)
• Giovanni Battista Chiappe † (Bishop: 4 Oct 1922 to 26 Aug 1951)
• Antonio Ciliberti † (Bishop: 7 Dec 1988 to 6 May 1993)
• Jaime de Conchillos, O. de M. † (Bishop: 23 Feb 1505 to 25 Feb 1509)
• Giorgio Francesco Delrio † (Bishop: 6 Dec 1906 to 16 Dec 1920)
• Ildefonso del Tufo, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 8 Feb 1730 to 7 May 1748)
• Domenico Diez de Aux † (Bishop: 7 Nov 1689 to 5 Nov 1729)
• Gregorio Diositani † (Bishop: 10 Jul 1444 to 3 Aug 1461)
• Benedetto Geraci †
• Pasquale de Lucia † (Bishop: 27 Sep 1852 to 11 Jun 1860)
• Francesco Saverio Mangeruva † (Bishop: 6 May 1872 to 11 May 1905)
• Orazio Mattei † (Bishop: 19 Nov 1601 to 13 Jun 1622)
• Nicolas Mele † (Bishop: 3 Aug 1366 to 1380)
• Raffaele Antonio Morisciano †
• Tiberio Muti † (Bishop: 20 Feb 1538 to 9 Mar 1552)
• Ottaviano Pasqua † (Bishop: 17 Sep 1574 to 8 Jan 1591)
• Giuseppe Maria Pellicano † (Priest: 24 Mar 1787; Bishop: 21 Dec 1818 to 19 Jun 1833)
• Pacifico Maria Luigi Perantoni, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 31 Jan 1952 to 21 Aug 1962)
• Luigi Maria Perrone, C.O. † (Bishop: 19 Dec 1834 to 14 Mar 1852)
• Girolamo Planca † (Bishop: 15 Jun 1519 to 21 Aug 1534)
• Stefano de Rosis † (Bishop: 29 Jan 1624 to 15 Aug 1624)
• Cesare Rossi † (Bishop: 23 Feb 1750 to 14 Nov 1755)
• Bandinello Sauli † (Bishop: 1509 to 19 Nov 1517)
• Pietro Domenico Scoppa † (Bishop: 5 Apr 1756 to 14 Nov 1793)
• Stefano Sculco † (Bishop: 22 Dec 1670 to 20 Apr 1686)
• Paolo di Segni † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 12 Jun 1419 to 4 Feb 1429)
• Barlaha (Barlaam) de Seminaria † (Bishop: 2 Oct 1342 to 1347)
• Giovanni Tirseo † (Bishop: 1312 to 1334)
• Francesco Tortora, O.M. † (Bishop: 21 Oct 1972 to 22 Sep 1988)
• Lorenzo Tramalli † (Bishop: 16 Sep 1626 to 8 Oct 1649)
• Angelo de Tufo † (Bishop: 5 Jul 1400 to 7 May 1419)
• Michele Angelo Vincentini † (Bishop: 2 May 1650 to 20 Dec 1670)
• Aimerico † (Bishop: 18 Mar 1429 to 7 May 1444)
• Barlaam † (Bishop: 1303 to 1309)
• Giacomo † (Bishop: 1382 to 2 Jun 1400)
• Giacomo , O.S.B.I. † (Bishop: 1279 to 1303)
• Nicolas , O.S.B. † (Bishop: 10 Jul 1342 to Sep 1342)

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