Teramo-Atri (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Past and Present Ordinaries

Denis de Teramo † ( 1170 Appointed - 22 Oct 1174 Appointed, Archbishop of Amalfi)
Matteo de Balato † (31 Dec 1252 Appointed - 1267 Died)
Gentile da Sulmona † (23 Jul 1267 Appointed - )
Rainaldo de Barili † (18 Jul 1272 Appointed - 1278 Died)
Ruggero † (16 Nov 1282 Appointed - 1291 Died)
Francesco † (12 Dec 1295 Appointed - 1301 Died)
Rainaldo di Acquaviva † (6 Nov 1301 Appointed - 1314 Died)
Niccolò degli Arcioni † (27 Jun 1317 Appointed - 1355 Died)
Stefano di Teramo † (31 Jul 1355 Appointed - 1363 Died)
Pietro de Valle † (20 Dec 1363 Appointed - 22 Feb 1396 Died)
Corrado de&rsquo Melatino † (27 Mar 1396 Appointed - 1405 Died)
Marino de Tocco † (14 Feb 1407 Appointed - 1412 Removed)
Stefano Carrara † (3 Oct 1412 Appointed - 29 Oct 1427 Appointed, Bishop of Tricarico)
Benedetto Guidalotti † (29 Oct 1427 Appointed - 7 Jan 1429 Appointed, Bishop of Recanati)
Giacomo Cerretani † (7 Jan 1429 Appointed - )
Francesco Monaldeschi † (6 Sep 1443 Appointed - 25 Sep 1450 Appointed, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno)
Bl. Antonio Fatati † (6 Nov 1450 Appointed - 3 Nov 1463 Appointed, Bishop of Ancona e Numana)
Giovanni Antonio Campani † (23 May 1463 Appointed - 7 Jul 1477 Died)
Francesco Pietro Luca di Gerona, O.P. † (27 Nov 1477 Appointed - 1478 Died)
Pietro Minutolo † (3 Jun 1478 Appointed - 1479 Died)
Francesco de Paretz † (9 Oct 1479 Appointed - 26 Jan 1489 Appointed, Archbishop of Taranto)
Giovanni Battista Petrucci (Petruzzi) † (26 Jan 1489 Appointed - 18 Oct 1493 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Caserta)
Filippo Porcelli † (18 Oct 1493 Appointed - 1517 Died)
Camillo Porzj (Porcaro) † (4 May 1517 Appointed - 1522 Died)
Francesco Cherigato † (7 Sep 1522 Appointed - Nov 1539 Died)
Bartolomeo Guidiccioni † (12 Dec 1539 Appointed - 22 Mar 1542 Resigned)
Bernardino Silverii-Piccolomini † (19 Apr 1542 Appointed - 13 Apr 1545 Appointed, Archbishop of Sorrento)
Giacomo Savelli † (13 Apr 1545 Appointed - 26 May 1546 Resigned)
Giovanni Giacomo (Jean Jacques) Barba, O.S.A. † (26 May 1546 Appointed - 3 Jul 1553 Appointed, Bishop of Terni)
Giacomo Silverii-Piccolomini † (30 Aug 1553 Appointed - 26 Sep 1581 Died)
Giulio Ricci † (13 Nov 1581 Appointed - 3 Jul 1592 Died)
Vincenzo Bugiatti da Montesanto, O.P. † (23 Oct 1592 Appointed - 6 Jan 1609 Died)
Giambattista Visconti, O.S.A. † (16 Mar 1609 Appointed - 11 May 1638 Died)
Girolamo Figini-Oddi † (9 Feb 1639 Appointed - 1659 Died)
Angelo Mausoni † (10 Nov 1659 Appointed - 4 Sep 1665 Died)
Filippo de Monti † (11 Jan 1666 Appointed - 2 Jun 1670 Appointed, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno)
Giuseppe Armenj (Armenio) † (28 Jul 1670 Appointed - 25 May 1693 Died)
Leonardo Cassiani † (24 Aug 1693 Appointed - 5 Nov 1715 Died)
Giuseppe Riganti † (29 Mar 1719 Appointed - 3 Nov 1720 Died)
Francesco Maria Tansj (Tansi) † (16 Jul 1721 Appointed - 18 Jul 1723 Died)
Pietro Agostino Scorza (Scortia) † (12 Jun 1724 Appointed - 9 Apr 1731 Appointed, Archbishop of Amalfi)
Tommaso Alessio de’ Rossi † (9 Apr 1731 Appointed - 6 Jan 1749 Died)
Panfilo Antonio Mazzara † (21 Apr 1749 Appointed - 30 Aug 1766 Died)
Ignazio Andrea Sambiase, C.R. † (16 Feb 1767 Appointed - 16 Dec 1776 Appointed, Archbishop of Conza)
Luigi Maria Pirelli, C.R. † (17 Feb 1777 Appointed - 29 Oct 1804 Appointed, Archbishop of Trani)
Francesco Antonio Nanni, C.M. † (26 Jun 1805 Confirmed - 8 Mar 1822 Resigned)
Giuseppe Maria Pezzella, O.E.S.A. † (24 Nov 1823 Confirmed - 18 Jun 1828 Resigned)
Alessandro Berrettini † (5 Jul 1830 Confirmed - 29 Oct 1849 Died)
Pasquale Taccone † (30 Sep 1850 Confirmed - 20 Oct 1856 Died)
Michele Milella, O.P. † (20 Jun 1859 Confirmed - 2 Apr 1888 Died)
Francesco Trotta † (1 Jun 1888 Appointed - Jan 1902 Retired)
Alessandro Beniamino Zanecchia-Ginnetti, O.C.D. † (13 Jul 1902 Appointed - 21 Feb 1920 Died)
Settimio Quadraroli † (26 Aug 1921 Appointed - 4 Aug 1927 Died)
Antonio Micozzi † (23 Dec 1927 Appointed - 4 Sep 1944 Died)
Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C. † (18 Jan 1945 Appointed - 29 Jun 1951 Appointed, Bishop of Novara)
Stanislao Amilcare Battistelli, C.P. † (14 Feb 1952 Appointed - 16 Feb 1967 Retired)
Abele Conigli † (16 Feb 1967 Appointed - 31 Dec 1988 Retired)
Antonio Nuzzi † (31 Dec 1988 Appointed - 24 Aug 2002 Retired)
Vincenzo D’Addario † (24 Aug 2002 Appointed - 1 Dec 2005 Died)
Michele Seccia (24 Jun 2006 Appointed - 29 Sep 2017 Appointed, Archbishop of Lecce)
Lorenzo Leuzzi (23 Nov 2017 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Teramo
5th Century	Erected		Diocese of Teramo (erected)
1818	Territory Added		Diocese of Teramo
Diocese of Teramo e Atri
1 July 1949	United	Diocese of Penne e Atri Diocese of Teramo	Diocese of Teramo e Atri
24 January 1950	Territory Added	Diocese of Penne e Pescara (27 parishes bounded by Fano Adriano, Pietracamela, Tossiccia, Colledara, Isola del Gran Sasso, and Castelli)	Diocese of Teramo e Atri
17 November 1965	Territory Lost	Diocese of Teramo e Atri (Blessed Virgin Mary Assumption into Heaven and St. Paul the Apostle (both in Monsampolo del Tronto))	Diocese of Ascoli Piceno
17 November 1965	Territory Added	Diocese of Ascoli Piceno (Blessed Virgin Mary Assumption into Heaven and of Saint John the Baptist (both in Leofara) and Macchia da Sole in Vallecastellana)	Diocese of Teramo e Atri
2 March 1982	Metropolitan Changed		Diocese of Teramo e Atri (from Immediately Subject)
Diocese of Teramo-Atri
30 September 1986	Name Changed	Diocese of Teramo e Atri	Diocese of Teramo-Atri

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 Teramo

1886 99,817 .0% 325 0 124 OTC

Diocese of Teramo e Atri

1950 202,002 202,230 99.9% 179 38 217 930 61 231 165 ap1951

1969 211,036 213,741 98.7% 161 75 236 894 135 294 121 ap1971

1980 223,000 225,000 99.1% 145 84 229 973 1 94 288 175 ap1981

Diocese of Teramo-Atri

1990 237,000 239,000 99.2% 120 57 177 1,338 9 62 168 187 ap1991

1999 240,000 248,000 96.8% 123 70 193 1,243 5 74 168 207 ap2000

2000 240,000 248,000 96.8% 120 70 190 1,263 12 74 168 187 ap2001

2001 240,000 248,000 96.8% 120 70 190 1,263 12 74 168 187 ap2002

2002 240,000 248,000 96.8% 116 70 186 1,290 12 74 168 187 ap2003

2003 240,000 248,000 96.8% 116 70 186 1,290 11 74 168 187 ap2004

2004 240,000 248,000 96.8% 116 70 186 1,290 11 73 168 187 ap2005

2010 240,000 248,000 96.8% 121 78 199 1,206 11 84 177 187 ap2011

2012 250,500 262,800 95.3% 112 32 144 1,739 11 35 127 187 ap2015

2017 223,481 223,950 99.8% 106 62 168 1,330 12 64 116 187 ap2018

2020 222,000 223,000 99.6% 108 1 109 2,036 12 3 116 187 ap2021

2022 218,300 220,200 99.1% 108 44 152 1,436 12 46 116 187 ap2023

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 Teramo
1886		99,817	.0%			325	0				124	OTC
Diocese of Teramo e Atri
1950	202,002	202,230	99.9%	179	38	217	930		61	231	165	ap1951
1969	211,036	213,741	98.7%	161	75	236	894		135	294	121	ap1971
1980	223,000	225,000	99.1%	145	84	229	973	1	94	288	175	ap1981
Diocese of Teramo-Atri
1990	237,000	239,000	99.2%	120	57	177	1,338	9	62	168	187	ap1991
1999	240,000	248,000	96.8%	123	70	193	1,243	5	74	168	207	ap2000
2000	240,000	248,000	96.8%	120	70	190	1,263	12	74	168	187	ap2001
2001	240,000	248,000	96.8%	120	70	190	1,263	12	74	168	187	ap2002
2002	240,000	248,000	96.8%	116	70	186	1,290	12	74	168	187	ap2003
2003	240,000	248,000	96.8%	116	70	186	1,290	11	74	168	187	ap2004
2004	240,000	248,000	96.8%	116	70	186	1,290	11	73	168	187	ap2005
2010	240,000	248,000	96.8%	121	78	199	1,206	11	84	177	187	ap2011
2012	250,500	262,800	95.3%	112	32	144	1,739	11	35	127	187	ap2015
2017	223,481	223,950	99.8%	106	62	168	1,330	12	64	116	187	ap2018
2020	222,000	223,000	99.6%	108	1	109	2,036	12	3	116	187	ap2021
2022	218,300	220,200	99.1%	108	44	152	1,436	12	46	116	187	ap2023

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

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Rainaldo di Acquaviva † (Bishop: 6 Nov 1301 to 1314)
Niccolò degli Arcioni † (Bishop: 27 Jun 1317 to 1355)
Giuseppe Armenj (Armenio) † (Bishop: 28 Jul 1670 to 25 May 1693)
Matteo de Balato † (Bishop: 31 Dec 1252 to 1267)
Giovanni Giacomo (Jean Jacques) Barba, O.S.A. † (Bishop: 26 May 1546 to 3 Jul 1553)
Rainaldo de Barili † (Bishop: 18 Jul 1272 to 1278)
Stanislao Amilcare Battistelli, C.P. † (Bishop: 14 Feb 1952 to 16 Feb 1967)
Alessandro Berrettini † (Bishop: 5 Jul 1830 to 29 Oct 1849)
Adolfo Binni †
Vincenzo Bugiatti da Montesanto, O.P. † (Bishop: 23 Oct 1592 to 6 Jan 1609)
Giovanni Antonio Campani † (Bishop: 23 May 1463 to 7 Jul 1477)
Stefano Carrara † (Bishop: 3 Oct 1412 to 29 Oct 1427)
Leonardo Cassiani † (Bishop: 24 Aug 1693 to 5 Nov 1715)
Giacomo Cerretani † (Bishop: 7 Jan 1429)
Francesco Cherigato † (Bishop: 7 Sep 1522 to Nov 1539)
Abele Conigli † (Bishop: 16 Feb 1967 to 31 Dec 1988)
Vincenzo D’Addario † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 24 Aug 2002 to 1 Dec 2005)
Tommaso Alessio de’ Rossi † (Bishop: 9 Apr 1731 to 6 Jan 1749)
Ettore Di Filippo † (Priest: 15 Jul 1945 to 7 Apr 1983)
Bl. Antonio Fatati † (Bishop: 6 Nov 1450 to 3 Nov 1463)
Girolamo Figini-Oddi † (Bishop: 9 Feb 1639 to 1659)
Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C. † (Bishop: 18 Jan 1945 to 29 Jun 1951)
Benedetto Guidalotti † (Bishop: 29 Oct 1427 to 7 Jan 1429)
Bartolomeo Guidiccioni † (Bishop: 12 Dec 1539 to 22 Mar 1542)
Francesco Pietro Luca di Gerona, O.P. † (Bishop: 27 Nov 1477 to 1478)
Angelo Mausoni † (Bishop: 10 Nov 1659 to 4 Sep 1665)
Panfilo Antonio Mazzara † (Bishop: 21 Apr 1749 to 30 Aug 1766)
Corrado de&rsquo Melatino † (Bishop: 27 Mar 1396 to 1405)
Antonio Micozzi † (Bishop: 23 Dec 1927 to 4 Sep 1944)
Michele Milella, O.P. † (Bishop: 20 Jun 1859 to 2 Apr 1888)
Pietro Minutolo † (Bishop: 3 Jun 1478 to 1479)
Francesco Monaldeschi † (Bishop: 6 Sep 1443 to 25 Sep 1450)
Filippo de Monti † (Bishop: 11 Jan 1666 to 2 Jun 1670)
Francesco Antonio Nanni, C.M. † (Bishop: 26 Jun 1805 to 8 Mar 1822)
Antonio Nuzzi † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 31 Dec 1988; Bishop: 4 Mar 1989 to 24 Aug 2002)
Francesco de Paretz † (Bishop: 9 Oct 1479 to 26 Jan 1489)
Giovanni Battista Petrucci (Petruzzi) † (Administrator: 26 Jan 1489 to 18 Oct 1493)
Giuseppe Maria Pezzella, O.E.S.A. † (Bishop: 24 Nov 1823 to 18 Jun 1828)
Luigi Maria Pirelli, C.R. † (Bishop: 17 Feb 1777 to 29 Oct 1804)
Filippo Porcelli † (Bishop: 18 Oct 1493 to 1517)
Camillo Porzj (Porcaro) † (Bishop: 4 May 1517 to 1522)
Settimio Quadraroli † (Bishop: 26 Aug 1921 to 4 Aug 1927)
Giulio Ricci † (Bishop: 13 Nov 1581 to 3 Jul 1592)
Giuseppe Riganti † (Bishop: 29 Mar 1719 to 3 Nov 1720)
Ignazio Andrea Sambiase, C.R. † (Bishop: 16 Feb 1767 to 16 Dec 1776)
Giacomo Savelli † (Administrator: 13 Apr 1545 to 26 May 1546)
Pietro Agostino Scorza (Scortia) † (Bishop: 12 Jun 1724 to 9 Apr 1731)
Bernardino Silverii-Piccolomini † (Bishop: 19 Apr 1542 to 13 Apr 1545)
Giacomo Silverii-Piccolomini † (Bishop: 30 Aug 1553 to 26 Sep 1581)
Gentile da Sulmona † (Bishop: 23 Jul 1267)
Pasquale Taccone † (Bishop: 30 Sep 1850 to 20 Oct 1856)
Francesco Maria Tansj (Tansi) † (Bishop: 16 Jul 1721 to 18 Jul 1723)
Denis de Teramo † (Bishop: 1170 to 22 Oct 1174)
Stefano di Teramo † (Bishop: 31 Jul 1355 to 1363)
Marino de Tocco † (Bishop: 14 Feb 1407 to 1412)
Francesco Trotta † (Bishop: 1 Jun 1888 to Jan 1902)
Pietro de Valle † (Bishop: 20 Dec 1363 to 22 Feb 1396)
Giambattista Visconti, O.S.A. † (Bishop: 16 Mar 1609 to 11 May 1638)
Alessandro Beniamino Zanecchia-Ginnetti, O.C.D. † (Bishop: 13 Jul 1902 to 21 Feb 1920)
Francesco † (Bishop: 12 Dec 1295 to 1301)
Ruggero † (Bishop: 16 Nov 1282 to 1291)

Source(s)

Diocese of Teramo
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 95
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 90
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 112
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 88
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 91
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 91
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 82
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 931, to Page 932
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 58, Page 101, and Page 102
Diocese of Teramo e Atri
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 42, Page 135, to Page 137
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 42, Page 554, and Page 555
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 74, Page 533, and Page 534
Diocese of Teramo-Atri
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 79, Page 645, to Page 647

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Diocese of Teramo-Atri

Dioecesis Aprutina seu Teramensis-Hatriensis seu Atriensis

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