Roman Catholic Diocese of Tricarico

The Italian Catholic Diocese of Tricarico (Latin: Dioecesis Tricaricensis) is in Basilicata. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo.[1][2]

Diocese of Tricarico Dioecesis Tricaricensis
Tricarico Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo
Statistics
Area	1,237 km^2 (478 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2010) 36,700 35,000 (95.4%)
Parishes	32
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	11th century
Cathedral	Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Vincenzo Carmine Orofino
Website
www.webdiocesi.chiesacattolica.it

History

Tricarico Cathedral was erected in 968 by Polyeuctos, Patriarch of Constantinople. The names of the bishops of Tricarico, then of the Greek Rite, are not known.

Of the Latin bishops after the Norman conquest the first was Arnoldo (1068); others were:

• the theologians Palmerio di Gallusio (1253) and Fra Nicolo;
• Onofrio de Santa Croce, ill-fated legate of Paul II to Liège in 1467–68;
• Cardinal Pier Luigi Caraffa (1624), who restored the cathedral and founded the seminary.

From 1805 to 1819 the see remained vacant. The diocese was in the past a suffragan of the archdiocese of Acerenza and Matera.[3]

Ordinaries

Diocese of Tricarico

Erected: 11th Century
Latin Name: Dioecesis Tricaricensis

to 1500

• Tommaso Brancaccio (cardinal) (1405–1417 Resigned)
• Angelo (1418–1419 Appointed, Bishop of Potenza)
• Tommaso Brancaccio (cardinal) (1419–1427 Died)
• Angelo (1433–1438 Died)
• Onofrio de Santa Croce (1448–1471 Died)
• Scipione Cicinelli (1474–1494 Died)

1500 to 1700

• Oliviero Carafa (1510–1511 Died)
• Ludovico Canossa, O. Cist. (1511–1529 Resigned)
• Alessandro Spagnuolo (1529–1535 Died)
• Gerolamo Falinghieri (1535–1539 Died)
• Francesco Orsini (1539–1554 Resigned)
• Nunzio Antonio de Capriolis (1554–1585 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Santorio (1586–1592 Died)[4]
• Ottavio Mirto Frangipani (1592–1605 Appointed, Archbishop of Taranto)[5][6][2]
• Diomede Carafa (bishop) (1605–1609 Died)[5][7][2]
• Sebastiano Roberti (Settimio Vittori) (1609–1611 Resigned)[5][2]
• Roberto Roberti (bishop) (Roberto Vittori), O.P. (1611–1624 Died)[5][2]
• Pier Luigi Carafa (seniore) (1624–1646 Resigned)[5][2]
• Pier Luigi Carafa (bishop), C.R. (1646–1672 Died)[5][2]
• Andrea Francolisio (d'Aquino) (1673–1676 Resigned)
• Gaspare Toralto (1676–1681 Died)
• Gaspare Mezzomonaco, O.S.B. (1682–1683 Died)
• Fulvio Crivelli (Cribelli) (1684–1685 Died)
• Francesco Antonio Leopardi (1685–1717 Died)[8]

1700 to 1900

• Luca Trapani (1718–1719 Died)
• Simeone Veglini (1720–1720 Died)
• Nicolò Antonio Carafa, O.S.B. (1720–1741 Resigned)
• Antonio Zavarroni (1741–1759 Died)
• Antonio Francesco de Plato (1760–1783 Died)
• Fortunado Pinto (1792–1805 Confirmed, Archbishop of Salerno)
• Pietro-Paolo Presicce, O.E.S.A. (1819–1838 Died)
• Camillo Letizia, C.M. (1838 –1859 Died)
• Simone Spilotros, O. Carm. (1859–1877 Died)
• Camillo Siciliano di Rende (1877–12 May 1879 Appointed, Archbishop of Benevento)
• Angelo Michele Onorati (1879–12 Feb 1903 Died)

since 1900

• Anselmo Filippo Pecci, O.S.B. (1903–18 Sep 1907 Appointed, Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera)
• Giovanni Fiorentini (1909–1919 Appointed, Bishop of Catanzaro)
• Achille Grimaldi (1921–1921 Resigned)
• Raffaele delle Nocche (1922–1960 Died)
• Bruno M. Pelaia (1961–1974 Died)
• Giuseppe Vairo (1976–1977 Appointed, Archbishop of Acerenza)
• Carmelo Cassati, M.S.C. (1979–1985 Appointed, Bishop of San Severo)
• Francesco Zerrillo (1985–1997 Appointed, Bishop of Lucera-Troia)
• Salvatore Ligorio (1997–2004 Appointed, Archbishop of Matera-Irsina)
• Vincenzo Carmine Orofino (2004–2016 Appointed, Bishop of Tursi-Lagonegro)
• Giovanni Intini (2016–)

References

1. "Diocese of Tricarico" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 9, 2016
2. "Diocese of Tricarico GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved March 29, 2016
3. Benigni, Umberto. "Diocese of Tricarico." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. Retrieved: 2016-10-15.
4. "Bishop Giovanni Battista Santorio" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 29, 2016
5. Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. p. 343.
6. "Archbishop Ottavio Mirto Frangipani" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
7. "Bishop Diomede Carafa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved December 7, 2016
8. "Bishop Francesco Antonio Leopardi" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 27, 2016

Acknowledgment

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Tricarico". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.