Roman Catholic Diocese of Vulturara e Montecorvino explained

The Diocese of Vulturara e Montecorvino (Latin: Dioecesis Vulturariensis et Montis Corbini) was a Roman Catholic diocese located in the city of Volturara Appula in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy.^{[1] [2] [3]} The bishopric, which already existed in the 10th century, was united with that of Diocese of Montecorvino in 1433.^[4] Giuseppe Cappelletti gives detailed information about most of its bishops.^[4] In 1818, as part of a reorganization of the dioceses within the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies,^[5] the diocese ceased to exist as a residential see and its territory became part of the diocese of Lucera.^[4] It is now included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees.^[6]

History

• 1059: Established as Diocese of Vulturara
• 1433: Renamed as Diocese of Vulturara e Montecorvino (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Montecorvino)
• 1818 June 27: Suppressed to the Diocese of Lucera
• 1968: Restored as Titular Episcopal See of Vulturara
• 1968: Restored as Titular Episcopal See of Montecorvino

Ordinaries

Diocese of Vulturara e Montecorvino

1433: Formed from the union of the Diocese of Montecorvino and the Diocese of Vulturara
Latin name: Vulturariensis et Montis Corbini
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Benevento

• Alejandro Geraldini (1496–1516 Appointed, Bishop of Santo Domingo)^{[7] [8]}
• Vincenzo Sabbatini (1519–1526 Died)^[9]
• Innocenzo Cibo (Cybo) (1526–1526 Resigned)
• Giulio Mastrogiudice (1526–1537 Died)^[10]
• Giovanni Salviati (1530–1532 Resigned)
• Giovanni Battista del Giudice (1537–1542 Died)^[11]
• Gerolamo Vecciani (1542–1550 Resigned)^[12]
• Federico Cesi (1550–1551 Resigned)
• Leonardo Benzoni (1551–1552 Died)^[13]
• Giulio Gentile (1552–1572 Died)^[14]
• Simone Majolo (1572–1597 Resigned)^[15]
• Leonardus Roselli (1597–1606 Resigned)^{[16] [17]}
• Fabritius Cocci (1606–1606 Died)^[18]
• Julius Lana (1606–1609 Died)^[19]
• Petrus Federici (1609–1613 Died)^[20]
• Paolo Pico, O.P. (1613–1614 Died)^[21]
• Bernardino Buratti (1615–1623 Appointed, Archbishop of Manfredonia)
• Franciscus Buratti, O.P. (1623)^[22]
• Tommaso Carafa (1623–1637 Resigned)^[23]
• Maximilianus Raguzzi (1637–1639 Died)^[24]
• Bartolomeo Gessi (1639–1642 Died)
• Bonaventura D'Avalos, O.S.A. (1643–1654 Appointed, Bishop of Nocera de' Pagani)
• Marco Antonio Pisanelli (1654–1675 Appointed, Bishop of Sora)^[25]
• Domenico Sorrentino (bishop) (1676–1708 Died)
• Imperialis Pedicini (1718–1724 Died)
• Domenico Rossi (1724–1734 Died)
• Dominico Laymo (1734–1760 Died)^[26]
• Giovanni Coccoli (1760–1795 Died)
• Nicola Martini (1798–1808 Died)

1818 Suppressed to the Diocese of Lucera

Notes and References

1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dv518.html "Diocese of Vulturara e Montecorvino"
2. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1984.htm "Titular Episcopal See of Vulturara"
3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1185.htm "Titular Episcopal See of Montecorvino"
4. Giuseppe Cappelletti, Le Chiese d'Italia dalla loro origine sino ai nostri giorni, Venezia 1864, vol. XIX, pp. 293-303
5. https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_as_XHufGgeYC/page/n63 Bull De utiliori
6. Ánnuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013,), p. 1010
7. Book: Eubel, Konrad. HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III. 187. 1923. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)
8. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgeral.html "Bishop Alejandro Geraldini (Gerardini, Gueraldini)"
9. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsabbav.html "Bishop Vincenzo Sabbatini"
10. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmastrog.html "Bishop Giulio Mastrogiudice"
11. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdgiudg.html "Bishop Giovanni Battista del Giudice"
12. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bvecciani.html "Bishop Gerolamo Vecciani"
13. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbenzle.html "Bishop Leonardo Benzoni"
14. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgentlg.html "Bishop Giulio Gentile"
15. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmajolo.html "Bishop Simone Majolo"
16. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 374. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
17. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/brosellil.html "Bishop Leonardus Roselli"
18. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcoccif.html "Bishop Fabritius Cocci"
19. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/blana.html "Bishop Julius Lana"
20. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfedericp.html "Bishop Petrus Federici"
21. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bpicop.html "Bishop Paolo Pico, O.P."
22. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bburatti.html "Bishop Franciscus Buratti, O.P."
23. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcarafat.html "Bishop Tommaso Carafa"
24. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/braguz.html "Bishop Maximilianus Raguzzi"
25. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Ritzler. Remigius. Sefrin. Pirminus. 419. 1952. Messagero di S. Antonio. Patavii. (in Latin)
26. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol VI. Ritzler. Remigius. Sefrin. Pirminus. 446. 1958. Messagero di S. Antonio. Patavii. (in Latin)