Venosa (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Past Ordinaries

Pietro † (12 Jul 1331 Appointed - 4 Jul 1334 Appointed, Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera)
Raimondo Agonti de Clareto, O. Carm. † (17 Aug 1334 Appointed - )
Tommaso † (14 Jun 1363 Appointed - )
Francesco Veneraneri † (1 Dec 1386 Appointed - )
Giovanni † (21 Jul 1395 Appointed - 1400 Appointed, Bishop of Grosseto)
Andreas Fusco † (12 May 1400 Appointed - 1419 Died)
Domenico da Monteleone, O.P. † (13 Nov 1419 Appointed - 1431 Died)
Roberto Procopii † (23 May 1431 Appointed - 1457 Died)
Nicolas Solimele † (17 Oct 1459 Appointed - 1492 Died)
Martino † (20 Oct 1469 Appointed - Did Not Take Effect)
Sigismondo Pappacoda † (3 Dec 1492 Appointed - 10 May 1499 Appointed, Bishop of Tropea)
Antonio Fabregas † (10 May 1499 Appointed - 1501 Died)
Bernardino Bongiovanni † (14 Jun 1501 Appointed - 1509 Died)
Lamberto Arbaud † (16 Nov 1510 Appointed - )
Tommaso da San Cipriano, O.P. † ( 1519 Appointed - )
Guido de’ Medici † (12 Jun 1527 Appointed - 3 Jan 1528 Appointed, Archbishop of Chieti)
Fernando de Gerona, O.S.A. † (23 Mar 1528 Appointed - 1542 Resigned)
Alvaro della Quadra † (12 May 1542 Appointed - 1551 Resigned)
Simone Gattola † (13 Mar 1552 Appointed - Apr 1566 Died)
Francesco Rusticucci † (21 Aug 1566 Appointed - 31 Jan 1567 Appointed, Bishop of Fano)
Paolo Oberti, O.P. † (17 Feb 1567 Appointed - 13 Sep 1567 Died)
Giovanni Antonio Locatelli † (12 Dec 1567 Appointed - 7 Sep 1571 Died)
Baldassarre Giustiniani † (6 Feb 1572 Appointed - 13 Mar 1584 Died)
Giovanni Tommaso Sanfelice † (4 May 1584 Appointed - 6 Mar 1585 Died)
Giovanni Gerolamo Manerio † (20 May 1585 Appointed - 28 Jan 1587 Died)
Pietro Ridolfi, O.F.M. Conv. † (18 Feb 1587 Appointed - 18 Feb 1591 Appointed, Bishop of Senigallia)
Vincenzo Calcio Soncinas, O.P. † (18 Feb 1591 Appointed - 3 May 1598 Died)
Sigismondo Donati † (17 Aug 1598 Appointed - 7 Jan 1605 Appointed, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno)
Mario Moro † (3 Aug 1605 Appointed - 1610 Died)
Andrea Pierbenedetti † (14 Mar 1611 Appointed - 1634 Died)
Bartolomeo Frigerio † (17 Sep 1635 Appointed - 13 Nov 1636 Died)
Gaspare Conturla † (15 Jan 1638 Appointed - Apr 1640 Died)
Sallustio Pecólo (Pecoli) † (3 Dec 1640 Appointed - 13 Mar 1648 Resigned)
Antonio Pavonelli, O.F.M. Conv. † (18 May 1648 Appointed - 23 Sep 1653 Died)
Giacinto Tarugi (Torisi), O.P. † (5 Oct 1654 Appointed - 25 Mar 1674 Died)
Giovanni Battista Desio † (7 May 1674 Appointed - Aug 1677 Died)
Francesco Maria Neri † (10 Jan 1678 Appointed - Dec 1684 Died)
Giovanni Francesco de Lorenzi † (14 May 1685 Appointed - Oct 1698 Died)
Placido Scoppa (Stoppa), C.R. † (11 Apr 1699 Appointed - Dec 1710 Died)
Giovanni Michele Teroni, B. † (10 Jan 1718 Appointed - Jul 1726 Died)
Felipe Itúrbide (Yturibe), O. Carm. † (31 Jul 1726 Appointed - 13 Mar 1727 Resigned)
Pietro Antonio Corsignani † (17 Mar 1727 Appointed - 22 Jul 1738 Appointed, Bishop of Valva e Sulmona)
Francesco Antonio Salomone (Salamone) † (3 Sep 1738 Appointed - 17 May 1743 Died)
Giuseppe Giusti † (20 May 1743 Appointed - 1764 Died)
Gaspare Barletta † (17 Dec 1764 Appointed - 1778 Died)
Pietro Silvio di Gennaro † (12 Jul 1779 Appointed - 1786 Died)
Salvatore Gonnelli † (18 Jun 1792 Confirmed - 23 Sep 1801 Died)
Nicola Caldora † (26 Jun 1818 Confirmed - 10 Dec 1825 Resigned)
Luigi Maria Parisio (Canisio) † (9 Apr 1827 Confirmed - 25 Jun 1827 Confirmed, Bishop of Gaeta)
Federico Guarini, O.S.B. † (23 Jun 1828 Confirmed - Sep 1837 Died)
Michele de Gattis † (2 Oct 1837 Confirmed - 23 Apr 1847 Died)
Antonio Michele Vaglio † (22 Dec 1848 Confirmed - 28 Jul 1865 Died)
Nicola de Martino † (22 Dec 1871 Appointed - 9 Jul 1878 Resigned)
Girolamo Volpe † (15 Jul 1878 Succeeded - 27 Feb 1880 Appointed, Bishop of Alife)
Francesco Maria Imparati, O.F.M. Obs. † (27 Feb 1880 Appointed - 23 Jun 1890 Appointed, Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera)
Lorenzo Antonelli † (1 Jun 1891 Appointed - 13 Jul 1905 Died)
Felice del Sordo † (12 Aug 1907 Appointed - 12 Oct 1911 Appointed, Bishop of Alife)
Giovanni Battista Niola † (Oct 1912 Appointed - Nov 1912 Resigned)
Angelo Petrelli † (20 May 1913 Appointed - 11 Sep 1923 Died)
Alberto Costa † (30 Apr 1924 Appointed - 7 Dec 1928 Appointed, Bishop of Lecce)
Luigi dell’Aversana (Orabona) † (14 Jan 1931 Appointed - 6 Nov 1934 Died)
Domenico Petroni † (1 Apr 1935 Appointed - 5 Oct 1966 Retired)
Giuseppe Vairo † (5 Mar 1973 Appointed - 25 Oct 1976 Appointed, Bishop of Tricarico)
Armando Franco † (25 Oct 1976 Appointed - 12 Sep 1981 Appointed, Bishop of Oria)
Vincenzo Cozzi † (12 Sep 1981 Appointed - 30 Sep 1986 Appointed, Bishop of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa)

Date	Event	From	To
5th Century	Erected		Diocese of Venosa (erected)
2 July 1954	Metropolitan Changed		Diocese of Venosa (from Acerenza e Matera)
21 August 1976	Metropolitan Changed		Diocese of Venosa (from Acerenza)
8 September 1976	Territory Lost	Diocese of Venosa (Spinatola)	Diocese of Gravina e Irsina (Montepeloso)
8 September 1976	Territory Added	Diocese of Andria (Montemilone)	Diocese of Venosa
30 September 1986	United	Diocese of Melfi e Rapolla Diocese of Venosa	Diocese of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1886		36,000	.0%			89	0			8	OTC
1950	50,050	50,100	99.9%	29	11	40	1,251	15	26	10	ap1951
1970	40,267	40,567	99.3%	17	12	29	1,388	12	70	13	ap1971
1980	33,350	33,619	99.2%	18	2	20	1,667	3	54	13	ap1981