Roman Catholic Diocese of Tursi-Lagonegro

The Diocese of Tursi-Lagonegro (Latin: Dioecesis Tursiensis-Lacunerulonensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Basilicata, southern Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo.[1][2]

Diocese of Tursi-Lagonegro Dioecesis Tursiensis-Lacunerulonensis
Tursi Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo
Metropolitan	Salvatore Ligorio
Statistics
Area	2,509 km^2 (969 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2010) 125,942 124,942 (99.2%)
Parishes	81
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	11th century
Cathedral	Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta
Co-cathedral	Concattedrale S. Nicola di Bari
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	vacant
Website
www.diocesitursi.it

History

Anglona was destroyed in the days of Queen Johanna of Naples; the diocese was officially changed in name from Diocese of Anglona to Diocese of Anglona-Tursi in 1545, Tursi being in the diocese. The current name dates from 1976.

Mention of the diocese of Anglona in history is very late; all knowledge of its early origin and ecclesiastical organization is lost. Only in 1077 do we find Simon, a bishop of Anglona, who was present at the ceremony of donation of some fields, made by Hugo di Chiaromonte and his wife Ginarga to the Basilian monastery of Sts. Elias and Anastasius.[3]

Ordinaries

Diocese of Anglona

Erected: 11th Century
Latin Name: Anglonensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Acerenza e Matera

• Gianvincenzo Carafa (31 Aug 1528 – 6 Sep 1536 Resigned)
• Pietro Paolo Parisio (Sep 1528 – 11 Jan 1538 Appointed, Bishop of Nusco)
• Bernardino Elvino (20 Dec 1542 – 11 Jul 1548 Died)

Diocese of Anglona-Tursi

Name Changed: 8 August 1545
Latin Name: Anglonensis-Tursiensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Matera

to 1700

• Giulio de Grandis (27 Jul 1548 – 1560 Resigned)
• Giovanni Paolo Amanio (5 Apr 1560 – 1580 Died)
• Nicolò Grana ( 1580 Succeeded – 1595 Died)
• Ascanio Giacobazio (10 Apr 1595 – 1609 Resigned)[4]
• Bernardo Giustiniano (15 Jun 1609 – 1616 Died)
• Innico Siscara (19 Dec 1616 – 1619 Died)[5]
• Alfonso Giglioli (17 Jun 1619 – 24 Mar 1630 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Deti (Deto) (9 Sep 1630 – Aug 1631 Died)
• Alessandro Deti (Deto) (26 Apr 1632 – Jan 1637 Died)[6]
• Marco Antonio Coccini (15 Jan 1638 – 19 Feb 1646 Appointed, Bishop of Imola)
• Flavio Galletti, O.S.B. (16 Jul 1646 – 26 Nov 1653 Died)
• Francesco Antonio De Luca (1 Jun 1654 – 7 Feb 1667 Resigned)
• Matteo Cosentino (3 Oct 1667 – 12 Apr 1702 Died)

1700 to 1900

• Domenico Sabbatino (20 Nov 1702 – Sep 1721 Died)
• Ettore Quarti (del Quarto) (1 Dec 1721 – 17 Nov 1734 Appointed, Bishop of Caserta)
• Guilio Capece Scondito (26 Jan 1735 – 30 Oct 1762 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Pignatelli (24 Jan 1763 – 24 Jul 1778 Resigned)
• Salvatore Vecchioni, C.O. (14 Dec 1778 – 28 Oct 1818 Died)
• Arcangelo Gabriele Cela (17 Dec 1819 Confirmed – 25 Sep 1822 Died)
• Giuseppe Saverio Poli (20 Dec 1824 Confirmed – 29 Jun 1836 Resigned)
• Antonio Cinque (19 May 1837 Confirmed – 28 Nov 1841 Died)
• Gaetano Tigani (22 Jul 1842 Confirmed – 2 Sep 1847 Died)
• Gennaro Acciardi (20 Apr 1849 – 14 Mar 1883 Died)
• Rocco Leonasi (14 Mar 1883 Succeeded – 30 Apr 1893 Died)
• Serafino Angelini (12 Jun 1893 – 30 Nov 1896 Appointed, Bishop of Avellino)
• Carmelo Pujia (9 Jan 1898 – 30 Oct 1905 Appointed, Archbishop of Santa Severina)

since 1900

• Ildefonso Vincenzo Pisani, C.R.L. (10 Feb 1908 – 3 Jan 1912 Resigned)
• Giovanni Pulvirenti (27 Nov 1911 – 19 Aug 1922 Appointed, Bishop of Cefalù)
• Ludovico Cattaneo, O.Ss.C.A. (15 Sep 1923 – 6 Jul 1928 Appointed, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno)
• Domenico Petroni (29 Jul 1930 – 1 Apr 1935 Appointed, Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla)
• Lorenzo Giacomo Inglese, O.F.M. Cap. (5 May 1935 – 12 Sep 1945 Resigned)
• Pasquale Quaremba (10 Mar 1947 – 20 Jun 1956 Appointed, Bishop of Gallipoli)
• Secundo Tagliabue (25 Jan 1957 – 22 Aug 1970 Resigned)
• Dino Tomassini (23 Aug 1970 – 12 Dec 1974 Appointed, Bishop of Assisi)
• Vincenzo Franco (12 Dec 1974 – 27 Jan 1981 Appointed, Archbishop of Otranto)

Diocese of Tursi-Lagonegro

Name Changed: 8 September 1976
Latin Name: Tursiensis-Lacunerulonensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo

• Gerardo Pierro (26 Jun 1981 – 28 Feb 1987 Appointed, Bishop of Avellino)
• Rocco Talucci (25 Jan 1988 – 5 Feb 2000 Appointed, Archbishop of Brindisi-Ostuni)
• Francescantonio Nolè, O.F.M. Conv. (4 Nov 2000 – 15 May 2015 Appointed, Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano)

References

1. "Diocese of Tursi-Lagonegro" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
2. "Diocese of Tursi-Lagonegro" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
3. Ernesto Buonaiuti. "Anglona-Tursi." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. Retrieved: 2016-10-15.
4. "Bishop Ascanio Giacobazio (Giacovazzi)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
5. "Bishop Innico Siscara" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 24, 2016
6. "Bishop Alessandro Deti (Deto)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 11, 2016

Acknowledgment

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