Mazara del Vallo (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Past and Present Ordinaries

Tristano (Justino) † ( 1157 Appointed - )
Pellegrino de Pactis, O.P. † ( 1317 Appointed - 1326 Died)
Ferrier de Abella, O.P. † (28 Sep 1330 Appointed - 30 Aug 1334 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Barcelona)
Hugo de Pistorio, O.P. † (14 Jun 1335 Appointed - 1342 Died)
Bernardo † (20 Nov 1342 Appointed - )
Raimondo de Montechateno † (22 Jun 1347 Appointed - 1349 Died)
Guglielmo Monstrio † (15 Jun 1349 Appointed - 23 Dec 1355 Appointed, Archbishop of Messina)
Gregorio , O.S.B. † (24 Apr 1357 Appointed - 1361 Died)
Ruggero de Piazza, O.F.M. † (19 Apr 1363 Appointed - 20 Dec 1383 Died)
Francesco de Regno, O.P. † (12 May 1386 Appointed - )
Francesco , O.P. † (18 Mar 1388 Appointed - 1391 Died)
Francesco de Vitalis † (14 Sep 1391 Appointed - 1414 Died)
Giovanni Rosa, O.F.M. † ( 1415 Appointed - 1448 Died)
Bessarion Basilios , O.S.B.M. † (28 Mar 1449 Appointed - 25 Oct 1458 Resigned)
Giovanni Burgio † (25 Oct 1458 Appointed - 16 Nov 1467 Appointed, Archbishop of Palermo)
Paolo Visconti, O. Carm. † (16 Nov 1467 Appointed - 6 Sep 1469 Appointed, Archbishop of Palermo)
Giovanni de Monteaperto † (6 Sep 1469 Appointed - 1486 Died)
Giovanni Castrinot † (15 Mar 1486 Appointed - 1503 Resigned)
Giovanni Villamarino † ( 1503 Appointed - 1525 Died)
Agostino de Francisco † (21 Jul 1525 Appointed - )
Girolamo de Francisco † (12 Dec 1526 Appointed - 1530 Died)
Giovanni Omodei † (14 Dec 1530 Appointed - 1 Feb 1542 Died)
Girolamo de Termini † (6 Aug 1543 Appointed - 27 Oct 1561 Died)
Giacomo Lomellino del Canto † (17 Apr 1562 Appointed - 10 Jan 1571 Appointed, Archbishop of Palermo)
Juan Beltrán de Guevara † (24 Sep 1571 Appointed - 16 Jan 1573 Resigned)
Antonio Lombardo † (16 Jan 1573 Appointed - 30 Mar 1579 Appointed, Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti))
Bernardo Gascó † (30 Mar 1579 Appointed - 14 Aug 1586 Died)
Luciano Rosso (de Rubeis) † (23 Jan 1589 Appointed - 28 Oct 1602 Died)
Giovanni de Gantes † (28 Apr 1604 Appointed - 24 Sep 1605 Died)
Marco La Cava † (5 Dec 1605 Appointed - 5 Aug 1626 Died)
Francisco Sánchez Villanueva y Vega † (23 Sep 1630 Appointed - 9 Jul 1635 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands})
Giovanni Domenico Spinola † (1 Dec 1636 Appointed - 11 Aug 1646 Died)
Diego Requeséns † (7 Oct 1647 Appointed - Mar 1650 Died)
Carlo Impellizzeri † (19 Dec 1650 Appointed - 1656 Died)
Juan Lozano, O.S.A. † (29 May 1656 Confirmed - 4 Feb 1669 Appointed, Archbishop of Palermo)
Giuseppe Cigala (Cicala), C.R. † (30 Jun 1670 Appointed - 9 May 1678 Appointed, Archbishop of Messina)
Carlo Riggio † (28 Apr 1681 Appointed - 14 Nov 1683 Died)
Franciscus Maria Graffeo, O.F.M. Conv. † (30 Apr 1685 Appointed - 16 Jan 1695 Died)
Bartolomeo Castelli, C.R. † (28 Nov 1695 Appointed - 5 Apr 1730 Died)
Alessandro Caputo, O. Carm. † (21 May 1731 Appointed - 24 Feb 1741 Died)
Giuseppe Stella † (9 Jul 1742 Confirmed - 7 Sep 1758 Died)
Girolamo Palermo, C.R. † (4 Apr 1759 Appointed - 25 Jun 1765 Resigned)
Michele Scavo † (6 Aug 1766 Confirmed - Nov 1771 Died)
Ugone Papé di Valdina † (14 Dec 1772 Confirmed - 13 Jan 1791 Died)
Orazio della Torre † (3 Dec 1792 Confirmed - 21 Dec 1811 Died)
Emmanuele Custo † (23 Sep 1816 Confirmed - 8 Jul 1829 Died)
Luigi Scalabrini, O. Carm. † (17 Dec 1832 Confirmed - 4 Jul 1842 Died)
Antonio Salomone † (20 Jan 1845 Confirmed - 21 Dec 1857 Confirmed, Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno))
Carmelo Valenti, C.Ss.R. † (27 Sep 1858 Appointed - 22 Sep 1882 Died)
Antonio Maria Saeli, C.Ss.R. † (22 Sep 1882 Succeeded - 5 Mar 1900 Died)
Gaetano Quattrocchi † (15 Jun 1900 Appointed - 1 Apr 1903 Resigned)
Nicola Maria Audino † (22 Jun 1903 Appointed - 21 Jun 1933 Died)
Salvatore Ballo Guercio † (18 Sep 1933 Appointed - 8 Aug 1949 Resigned)
Gioacchino Di Leo † (5 Jul 1950 Appointed - 8 Oct 1963 Died)
Giuseppe Mancuso † (26 Nov 1963 Appointed - 21 Mar 1977 Retired)
Costantino Trapani, O.F.M. † (21 Mar 1977 Succeeded - 7 Dec 1987 Retired)
Emanuele Catarinicchia † (7 Dec 1987 Appointed - 15 Nov 2002 Retired)
Calogero La Piana, S.D.B. (15 Nov 2002 Appointed - 18 Nov 2006 Appointed, Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela)
Domenico Mogavero (22 Feb 2007 Appointed - 29 Jul 2022 Retired)
Angelo Giurdanella (29 Jul 2022 Appointed - )

Date	Event	From	To
1093	Erected		Diocese of Mazara del Vallo (erected)
31 May 1844	Territory Lost	Diocese of Mazara del Vallo	Diocese of Trapani (erected)
15 September 1950	Territory Lost	Diocese of Mazara del Vallo (Aloamo, Galatafimi, Castellammare del Golfo, and Borgo Fazio Communis Drepanensis)	Diocese of Trapani
15 September 1950	Territory Added	Diocese of Trapani (Cossura island (Pantelleria))	Diocese of Mazara del Vallo

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

1886 200,482 .0% 634 0 22 OTC

1950 275,800 275,800 100.0% 189 34 223 1,236 42 314 58 ap1951

1970 226,183 227,183 99.6% 120 20 140 1,615 29 226 56 ap1971

1980 229,700 236,900 97.0% 80 34 114 2,014 42 230 61 ap1981

1990 222,723 231,562 96.2% 68 35 103 2,162 41 216 78 ap1991

1999 223,358 234,693 95.2% 70 30 100 2,233 36 241 77 ap2000

2000 223,124 233,951 95.4% 71 30 101 2,209 36 241 77 ap2001

2001 223,250 234,592 95.2% 72 28 100 2,232 34 241 77 ap2002

2002 223,025 234,295 95.2% 71 24 95 2,347 30 241 77 ap2003

2003 222,965 233,592 95.5% 73 23 96 2,322 29 241 77 ap2004

2004 220,659 233,706 94.4% 70 25 95 2,322 31 241 77 ap2005

2005 221,096 235,409 93.9% 68 26 94 2,352 33 163 77 ap2006

2006 220,906 235,600 93.8% 66 28 94 2,350 35 163 77 ap2007

2013 210,652 231,450 91.0% 70 30 100 2,106 1 38 131 63 ap2014

2016 223,900 241,200 92.8% 67 31 98 2,284 1 39 143 67 ap2017

2019 218,178 228,603 95.4% 64 22 86 2,536 3 26 110 67 ap2020

2021 215,820 227,740 94.8% 64 18 82 2,631 4 22 87 67 ap2022

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1886		200,482	.0%			634	0				22	OTC
1950	275,800	275,800	100.0%	189	34	223	1,236		42	314	58	ap1951
1970	226,183	227,183	99.6%	120	20	140	1,615		29	226	56	ap1971
1980	229,700	236,900	97.0%	80	34	114	2,014		42	230	61	ap1981
1990	222,723	231,562	96.2%	68	35	103	2,162		41	216	78	ap1991
1999	223,358	234,693	95.2%	70	30	100	2,233		36	241	77	ap2000
2000	223,124	233,951	95.4%	71	30	101	2,209		36	241	77	ap2001
2001	223,250	234,592	95.2%	72	28	100	2,232		34	241	77	ap2002
2002	223,025	234,295	95.2%	71	24	95	2,347		30	241	77	ap2003
2003	222,965	233,592	95.5%	73	23	96	2,322		29	241	77	ap2004
2004	220,659	233,706	94.4%	70	25	95	2,322		31	241	77	ap2005
2005	221,096	235,409	93.9%	68	26	94	2,352		33	163	77	ap2006
2006	220,906	235,600	93.8%	66	28	94	2,350		35	163	77	ap2007
2013	210,652	231,450	91.0%	70	30	100	2,106	1	38	131	63	ap2014
2016	223,900	241,200	92.8%	67	31	98	2,284	1	39	143	67	ap2017
2019	218,178	228,603	95.4%	64	22	86	2,536	3	26	110	67	ap2020
2021	215,820	227,740	94.8%	64	18	82	2,631	4	22	87	67	ap2022