Tricarico (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Past and Present Ordinaries

Palmerio de Gallusio † (13 Apr 1253 Appointed - )
Leonardo de Aragall, O.F.M. † (5 Jun 1284 Appointed - 28 Feb 1301 Appointed, Archbishop of Oristano)
Riccardo † (28 Feb 1301 Appointed - )
Francesco Bonaccursio † (4 May 1324 Appointed - 1325 Died)
Goffredo del Tufo † (21 Feb 1326 Appointed - )
Ruggero † (12 Jan 1349 Appointed - 1350 Died)
Angelo da Reggio † (19 Nov 1350 Appointed - 12 Sep 1365 Appointed, Archbishop of Patrae Veteres (Patras))
Pietro Serlupis † (12 Sep 1365 Appointed - 1373 Died)
Andrea Codoni (di San Girolamo) † (19 Dec 1373 Appointed - 11 Jan 1378 Appointed, Bishop of Ceneda)
Martino † (29 Jan 1378 Appointed - 20 Nov 1381 Appointed, Archbishop of Taranto)
Giovanni da Gallinaro, O.F.M. † (2 Jul 1382 Appointed - )
Vito † (28 Apr 1385 Appointed - )
Nicola Dattilo † ( 1394 Appointed - 11 Oct 1399 Appointed, Bishop of Rossano)
Tommaso Brancaccio † (30 Jul 1405 Appointed - 1417 Resigned)
Lorenzo de Napoli, O.E.S.A. † ( 1417 Appointed - )
Angelo † ( 1418 Appointed - 11 Sep 1419 Appointed, Bishop of Potenza)
Tommaso Brancaccio † (11 Sep 1419 Appointed - 8 Sep 1427 Died)
Stefano Carrara † (29 Oct 1427 Appointed - 1432 Resigned)
Angelo † (9 Feb 1433 Appointed - 1438 Died)
Nicolò , O.P. † (20 Oct 1438 Appointed - 1446 Died)
Sabbas Carboni † (22 Aug 1446 Appointed - 1447 Died)
Lorenzo de Napoli, O.F.M. † (29 Mar 1447 Appointed - 1448 Died)
Onofrio de Santa Croce † (10 Apr 1448 Appointed - Oct 1471 Died)
Ursus de Ursini † (18 Oct 1471 Appointed - 22 Mar 1474 Appointed, Bishop of Teano)
Scipione Cicinelli † (22 Mar 1474 Appointed - 1494 Died)
Agostino de Guarino † (9 Jan 1497 Appointed - 1510 Died)
Oliviero Carafa † (24 Apr 1510 Appointed - 20 Jan 1511 Died)
Louis Canossa, O. Cist. † (10 Feb 1511 Appointed - 24 Nov 1516 Appointed, Bishop of Bayeux)
Alessandro Spagnuolo † (15 Feb 1529 Appointed - 1536 Died)
Girolamo Filangheri † ( 1536 Succeeded - 1539 Died)
Francesco Orsini † (19 Mar 1539 Appointed - 1554 Resigned)
Nunzio Antonio de Capriolis † (8 Oct 1554 Appointed - 1585 Died)
Giovanni Battista Santorio † (8 Jan 1586 Appointed - 29 Feb 1592 Died)
Ottavio Mirto Frangipani † (9 Mar 1592 Appointed - 20 Jun 1605 Appointed, Archbishop of Taranto)
Diomede Carafa † (17 Aug 1605 Appointed - 12 Jan 1609 Died)
Sebastiano o Settimio Roberti (-Vittori) † (11 Mar 1609 Appointed - 1611 Resigned)
Roberto Roberti (-Vittori), O.P. † (5 Dec 1611 Appointed - Jan 1624 Died)
Pier Luigi Carafa (Sr.) † (29 Mar 1624 Appointed - 8 Jan 1646 Resigned)
Pier Luigi Carafa, C.R. † (8 Jan 1646 Appointed - 7 Aug 1672 Died)
Andrea Francolisio (d’Aquino) † (27 Feb 1673 Appointed - 18 Jun 1676 Resigned)
Gaspare Toralto † (16 Nov 1676 Appointed - Dec 1681 Died)
Gaspare Mezzomonaco, O.S.B. † (8 Jun 1682 Appointed - Aug 1683 Died)
Fulvio Crivelli (Cribelli) † (24 Apr 1684 Appointed - 1685 Died)
Francesco Antonio Leopardi † (1 Oct 1685 Appointed - 5 Feb 1717 Died)
Luca Trapani † (24 Jan 1718 Appointed - Sep 1719 Died)
Simeone Veglini † (4 Mar 1720 Appointed - 23 Jul 1720 Died)
Nicolò Antonio Carafa, O.S.B. † (16 Dec 1720 Appointed - 16 Sep 1741 Resigned)
Antonio Zavarroni † (18 Sep 1741 Appointed - Jul 1759 Died)
Antonio Francesco de Plato † (3 Mar 1760 Appointed - Aug 1783 Died)
Fortunado Pinto † (27 Feb 1792 Confirmed - 26 Jun 1805 Confirmed, Archbishop of Salerno)
Pietro-Paolo Presicce, O.E.S.A. † (29 Mar 1819 Confirmed - 12 Jan 1838 Died)
Camillo Letizia, C.M. † (13 Sep 1838 Confirmed - 5 Aug 1859 Died)
Simone Spilotros, O. Carm. † (26 Sep 1859 Confirmed - 31 Oct 1877 Died)
Camillo Siciliano di Rende † (28 Dec 1877 Appointed - 12 May 1879 Appointed, Archbishop of Benevento)
Angelo Michele Onorati † (19 Sep 1879 Appointed - 12 Feb 1903 Died)
Anselmo Filippo Pecci, O.S.B. † (22 Jun 1903 Appointed - 18 Sep 1907 Appointed, Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera)
Giovanni Fiorentini † (27 Jun 1909 Appointed - 25 Sep 1919 Appointed, Bishop of Catanzaro)
Achille Grimaldi † (22 Nov 1920 Appointed - 19 Mar 1921 Resigned)
Raffaele delle Nocche † (28 Jun 1922 Appointed - 25 Nov 1960 Died)
Bruno M. Pelaia † (10 Feb 1961 Succeeded - 18 Jul 1974 Died)
Giuseppe Vairo † (25 Oct 1976 Appointed - 3 Dec 1977 Appointed, Archbishop of Acerenza)
Carmelo Cassati, M.S.C. † (12 Feb 1979 Appointed - 7 Sep 1985 Appointed, Bishop of San Severo)
Francesco Zerrillo † (7 Dec 1985 Appointed - 15 Feb 1997 Appointed, Bishop of Lucera-Troia)
Salvatore Ligorio (19 Dec 1997 Appointed - 20 Mar 2004 Appointed, Archbishop of Matera-Irsina)
Vincenzo Carmine Orofino (20 Mar 2004 Appointed - 28 Apr 2016 Appointed, Bishop of Tursi-Lagonegro)
Giovanni Intini (7 Dec 2016 Appointed - 9 Dec 2022 Appointed, Archbishop of Brindisi-Ostuni)
Antonio Giuseppe Caiazzo (4 Mar 2023 Appointed - 7 Jan 2025 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena-Sarsina)
Benoni Ambăruş (18 Jun 2025 Appointed - )

Date	Event	From	To
11th Century	Erected		Diocese of Tricarico (erected)
14 May 1949	Territory Lost	Diocese of Tricarico (Montalbano Jónico and Craco)	Diocese of Anglona-Tursi
2 July 1954	Metropolitan Changed		Diocese of Tricarico (from Acerenza e Matera)
21 August 1976	Metropolitan Changed		Diocese of Tricarico (from Matera)
8 September 1976	Territory Lost	Diocese of Tricarico (Salandra)	Diocese of Matera

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

1886 64,349 .0% 247 0 24 OTC

1949 64,730 64,730 100.0% 57 57 1,135 70 23 ap1951

1970 66,506 66,506 100.0% 37 6 43 1,546 7 100 31 ap1971

1980 51,085 51,300 99.6% 31 8 39 1,309 9 80 30 ap1981

1990 50,000 51,085 97.9% 31 5 36 1,388 6 80 32 ap1991

1999 51,600 52,400 98.5% 34 2 36 1,433 2 57 32 ap2000

2000 51,800 52,600 98.5% 34 34 1,523 55 32 ap2001

2001 49,000 50,000 98.0% 34 34 1,441 53 32 ap2002

2002 44,000 45,000 97.8% 32 32 1,375 51 32 ap2003

2003 44,000 45,000 97.8% 32 32 1,375 49 32 ap2004

2004 44,000 45,000 97.8% 31 31 1,419 47 32 ap2005

2010 35,000 36,700 95.4% 33 8 41 853 8 48 32 ap2011

2014 35,300 36,900 95.7% 36 6 42 840 6 55 32 ap2015

2017 33,280 34,670 96.0% 33 4 37 899 4 52 32 ap2018

2020 32,800 34,000 96.5% 32 1 33 993 1 44 32 ap2021

2022 31,600 32,000 98.8% 33 33 957 77 32 ap2023

2023 27,200 28,056 96.9% 36 36 755 78 32 ap2024

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1886		64,349	.0%			247	0			24	OTC
1949	64,730	64,730	100.0%	57		57	1,135		70	23	ap1951
1970	66,506	66,506	100.0%	37	6	43	1,546	7	100	31	ap1971
1980	51,085	51,300	99.6%	31	8	39	1,309	9	80	30	ap1981
1990	50,000	51,085	97.9%	31	5	36	1,388	6	80	32	ap1991
1999	51,600	52,400	98.5%	34	2	36	1,433	2	57	32	ap2000
2000	51,800	52,600	98.5%	34		34	1,523		55	32	ap2001
2001	49,000	50,000	98.0%	34		34	1,441		53	32	ap2002
2002	44,000	45,000	97.8%	32		32	1,375		51	32	ap2003
2003	44,000	45,000	97.8%	32		32	1,375		49	32	ap2004
2004	44,000	45,000	97.8%	31		31	1,419		47	32	ap2005
2010	35,000	36,700	95.4%	33	8	41	853	8	48	32	ap2011
2014	35,300	36,900	95.7%	36	6	42	840	6	55	32	ap2015
2017	33,280	34,670	96.0%	33	4	37	899	4	52	32	ap2018
2020	32,800	34,000	96.5%	32	1	33	993	1	44	32	ap2021
2022	31,600	32,000	98.8%	33		33	957		77	32	ap2023
2023	27,200	28,056	96.9%	36		36	755		78	32	ap2024