The Diocese of Bovino (Latin: Bivinensis, or Bovinensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the civil province of Apulia, southern Italy. It is 23 mi (37 km) southwest of Foggia.[1][2] It was established in the tenth century, and was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Benevento.[3] In 1986 it was merged into the Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino. In 1980, the diocese claimed 23,500 adherents, served by 26 priests.[4]

The cathedral of S. Maria Assunta e S. Marco, Bovino

History

It used to be claimed that the diocese of Bovino was founded by the end of the fifth century.[5] The bishop Johannes who was present at the Roman synod of 499 was claimed as the proof of the existence of the diocese, but that Bishop Johannes has been shown to be bishop of Vibona in the Abruzzi. There is therefore no evidence for the diocese of Bovino before the 10th century.[6]

In 944, Pope Marinus II (942–946) confirmed the privileges and possessions of the archdiocese of Benevento, which included Bovino.[7]

The diocese was greatly affected by the 1629–1631 Italian plague. Bishop Giovanni Antonio Galderisi (1616–1658) blessed a statue of S. Dominic in the cathedral on 16 January 1631, in the hope of arresting the pestilence. The mayor and city council named him their protector, and provided an annual sum for a votive light in front of his statue.[8]

Chapter and cathedral

The cathedral of Bovino is dedicated to the Assumption of the Body of the Virgin Mary into Heaven, and to S. Marco, once bishop of Lucera.[9]

The cathedral was administered by a corporative body called the Chapter, which was composed of three dignities (the Archdeacon, the Dean, and the Cantor) and six canons. Since the cathedral was also a parish church, there were also a body of nine "capitolari", who saw to the daily needs of the cathedral and its parishioners. There was also another parish church, and together with the cathedral some 2,000 parishioners were served.[10] In 1685, there were four dignities and six canons.[11] In his first ad limina report, in 1660, Bishop Vincenzo Raviglioni informed the papacy that he had found the cathedral in a dilapidated state.[12]

The diocese also had six archpriests, each stationed in a town or village ("loca").

Napoleonic disruptions

From 1809 to 1815, Pope Pius VII was prisoner of Napoleon in France, and was unable and unwilling to cooperate with Napoleon's brother-in-law, Joachim Murat who had been named King of Naples (1808–1815). In 1815 the Congress of Vienna restored King Ferdinand I of Naples and Sicily (Kingdom of the Two Sicilies), and Pius VII ceded him the papal rights to Benevento (which included Bovino). A concordat (treaty) was signed on 16 February 1818,[13] and in a separate document, dated 7 March 1818, Pius VII granted Ferdinand the right to nominate all bishops in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.[14]

On 27 June 1818, Pius VII issued the bull De Ulteriore, in which he reestablished the metropolitan archbishopric of Benevento. Bovino was a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Benevento.[15]

Diocesan reorganization

On 14 December 1974, Pope Paul VI appointed Giuseppe Lenotti, the Bishop of Foggia (1962–1979), to be at the same time Bishop of Bovino. On the same day, he was then also named Bishop of Troia.[16] On 4 April 1981, Pope John Paul II appointed as successor to Bishop Lenotti, Bishop Salvatore De Giorgi, with the title of metropolitan archbishop of Foggia, Bovino, and Troia.[17]

With special faculties granted by Pope Paul VI, the Sacred Congregation for Bishops issued the decree Quo Aptius on 15 November 1977, by which an exchange of territories between the dioceses of Bovino and Ariano Irpino was authorized, Boviano to surrender the town of Montaguto to Ariano, and Ariano to surrender the town of Monteleone to Bovino.[18]

The Second Vatican Council (1962–1965), in order to ensure that all Catholics received proper spiritual attention, decreed the reorganization of the diocesan structure of Italy and the consolidation of small and struggling dioceses.[19]

On 18 February 1984, the Vatican and the Italian State signed a new and revised concordat. Based on the revisions, a set of Normae was issued on 15 November 1984, which was accompanied in the next year, on 3 June 1985, by enabling legislation. According to the agreement, the practice of having one bishop govern two separate dioceses at the same time, aeque personaliter, was abolished. Instead, the Vatican continued consultations which had begun under Pope John XXIII for the merging of small dioceses, especially those with personnel and financial problems, into one combined diocese.

On 30 September 1986, Pope John Paul II ordered that the dioceses of Foggio e Bovino be merged into one diocese with one bishop, with the Latin title Archidioecesis Fodiana-Bovinensis. The seat of the diocese was to be in Foggia, and the cathedral of Foggia was to serve as the cathedral of the merged dioceses. The cathedral in Bovino was to become a co-cathedral, and the cathedral Chapter was to be a Capitulum Concathedralis. There was to be only one diocesan Tribunal, in Foggia, and likewise one seminary, one College of Consultors, and one Priests' Council. The territory of the new diocese was to include the territory of the former diocese of Bovino.[20]

The diocese of Troia was also suppressed, united with the diocese of Lucera as the Diocese of Lucera-Troia.

Bishops of Bovino

to 1500

...
  • Johannes (attested 971)[21]
...
  • [Anonymous] (attested 1059 – 1061)[22]
...
  • Hugo (attested 1092 – 1099)[23]
...
  • Giso (attested 1122)[24]
...
  • Alexander (attested 1131 – 1137)[25]
...
  • Pandulfus (attested 1175)[26]
...
  • Robertus (1190 – 1215)[27]
  • Guilelmus (1215 – 1220)[28]
  • Petrus (1220 – 1238)
  • Matthaeus (1238 – 1240)
  • Manerius (1240 – 1244)
  • Johannes Baptista (attested 1244)
...
  • Henricus (1269 – 1285?)[29]
  • Maynerius (attested 1289)[30]
  • Richardus (1290 – 1300)
  • Petrus
  • Alexander (1304 – 1309)[31]
  • Jacobus (1309 – 1324)[32]
  • Rostagnus (1329)[33]
  • Rogerius, O.F.M. (1 May 1329 - 1340)[34]
  • Matthaeus (1340 - )[35]
  • Guilelmus de Cabilone, O.P. (8 Mar 1346 - 1349)[36]
  • Nicolaus, O.S.B. (19 Jun 1349 - 1353)[37]
  • Petrus de Argentino, O.E.S.A. (12 Feb 1354 - 1370)[38]
  • Domenico de Sassinoro (31 Jan 1371 - Mar 1371)[39]
  • Bartolomeo de Sperella, O.F.M. (3 Sep 1371 - 1381)[40]
  • Pietro, O.E.S.A.(1381 - )[41]
  • Bernardo Ferrari (2 Sep 1386 - )
  • Antonio, O.F.M. (1397 - 1403) Roman Obedience[42]
  • Bartolomeo Vanni, O.E.S.A. (24 Aug 1403 - 1407 Resigned)
  • Pietro da Auletta, O.P. (15 Apr 1407 - 1425)[43]
  • Bartolomeo de Sperella, O.F.M. (1425 - 1427)[44]
  • Pietro degli Scaleri (1427 - 1463)[45]
  • Natale de Lombardi (1463 - 1477)[46]
  • Giovanni Candida (2 Mar 1477 - 1499)[47]
  • Giovanni Battista Gagliardi (1499 - 1510)[48]

1500 to 1800

  • Giovanni Battista Gagliardi (1499 – 1510)[49]
  • Joannes de Capellaniis (1510 – 1529)[50]
Benedetto de Accolti (1530 – 1535 Resigned) Administrator[51]
Esteban Gabriel Merino (1535), Administrator[52]

1800 to 1986

Sede vacante (1798–1818)
  • Paolo Garzilli (1818 – 1832)[65]
  • Francesco Iovinelli, C.M. (29 Jul 1833 – 8 Nov 1836)[66]
  • Francesco Saverio Farace (2 Oct 1837 – 10 May 1851)[67]
  • Filippo Gallo, C.M. (18 Mar 1852 – 9 Mar 1858 Resigned)
  • Giovanni Montuoro (20 Jun 1859 – 24 Mar 1862)[68]
  • Alessandro Cantoli, O.F.M. (22 Dec 1871 – 16 Oct 1884)
  • Salvatore Maria Bressi, O.F.M. Cap. (10 Nov 1884 – 1887)[69]
  • Michele de Jorio (25 Nov 1887 – 1898}[70]
  • Giuseppe Padula (24 Mar 1898 – 1908)[71]
  • Uberto Maria Fiodo (9 Dec 1910 – 1922)[72]
  • Cornelio Sebastiano Cuccarollo, O.F.M. Cap. (27 Mar 1923 – 1930)[73]
  • Innocenzo Alfredo Russo, O.F.M. (13 Mar 1937 – 9 Dec 1959 Retired)
  • Renato Luisi (17 Dec 1959 – 1963)[74]
  • Giuseppe Lenotti (14 Dec 1974 – 28 Jan 1981)
  • Salvatore De Giorgi (4 Apr 1981 – 1986)[75]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Diocese of Bovino" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Diocese of Bovino" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  3. ↑ Kehr IX, p. 141: "Episcopatus paulo post promotionem Beneventani episcopi ad dignitatem metropolitanam erectus esse videtur, nam lohannes primus quem novimus episcopus a. 971 in quadam charta Landulfi archiep. occurrit (ed. Borgia Mem. Benevento II 270; facs. Arch, paleogr. Ital. XIII tab. 1. 2)."
  4. ↑ Annuario pontificio (Rome: Vatican 1981).
  5. ↑ Ughelli VII, p. 860. "Bovino". Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2007-02-18.
  6. ↑ Francesco Lanzoni (1927), Le diocesi d'Italia dalle origini al principio del secolo VII (an. 604), (in Italian) (Faenza 1927), p.  304: "Presso il Gams (p. 860) appare tra le diocesi pugliesi nel 499 quella di Bovino con un Ioannes ; ma il presule di questo nome, uno dei sottoscrittori del sinodo romano di quell'anno, non fu di Bovino, bensì di Vibona nei Bruzzii: « episcopus ecclesiae Vibonensis» o «Vibinensis», non «Bivinensis». La diocesi di Bovino dev'essere sorta più tardi."
  7. ↑ Ughelli VIII, p. 50: "...concedentes tibi, tuaeque sanctae Beneventanae Ecclesiae, quaecunque legaliter, et rationabiliter antiquae jurae tempore praedecessorum tuorum visa est possidere, id est Bivinum, Asculum, Larinum, Sipontum et Ecclesiam sancti Michaelis Archangeli in Monte-Gargano cum omnibus earum pertinentiis, et omnia praedicta cum ecclesiis, familiis utriusque sexus, et massis, totaque infra tuam parochiam loca...."
  8. ↑ D'Avino. p. 89, col. 2.
  9. ↑ Cappelletti XIX, p. 203.
  10. ↑ Cappelletti XIX, p. 203.
  11. ↑ Ritzler & Sefrin V, p. 125; VI, p. 129, note 1.
  12. ↑ Gérard Labrot, Sisyphes chrétiens: la longue patience des évêques bâtisseurs du Royaume de Naples, 1590-1760 (Ceyzérieu: Editions Champ Vallon, 1999), pp. 184-185 with note 1: "Duobus ab hinc annis quibus praesum eidem ecclesiae illam reperii ita eversam atque destitutam ut minus formam ecclesiae retineat eiusque parietes usque adeo minantur evidentem iacturam."
  13. ↑ Bullarii Romani continuatio, Summorum Pontificum Benedicti XIV, Clementis XIII, Clementis XIV, Pii VI, Pii VII, Leonis XII, Pii VIII constitutiones... (in Latin). Vol. Tomus septimus, pars ii. Prato: Aldine. 1852. pp. 1713–1726.
  14. ↑ Bullarii romani continuatio VII. 2, pp. 1726-1727.
  15. ↑ Bulliarii Romani Continuatio Tomus 25 (Rome 1853), p. 57, § 11: "Ecclesia archiepiscopalis Beneventana dominio Sedis apostolicae etiam in temporalibus subjecta suffraganeas habere perget episcopales in regia ditione citra Pharum existentes ecclesias Avellinam, Arianensem, Bovinensem, Lucerinam, sancti Severi, Cerretanam et Thelesinam unitas, Bojanensem, Thermularum, Larinensem, et sanctae Agathae Gothorum....."
  16. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis 67 (Città del Vaticano 1975), p. 343: "die 14 Decembris 1974- — Cathedrali Ecclesiae Bovinensi Exc. P. D. Iosephum Lenotti, Episcopum Fodianum." "Cathedrali Ecclesiae Troianae Exc. P. D. Iosephum Lenotti, Episcopum Fodianum et Bovinensem."
  17. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis 73 (Città del Vaticano 1981), p. 429: "die 4 Aprilis. — Metropolitanae Ecclesiae Fodianae atque Cathedralibus Ecclesiis Bovinensi et Troianae Exc.mum P. D. Salvatorem De Giorgi, hactenus Episcopum Uritanum.".
  18. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis 70 (Città del Vaticano 1978), pp. 132-133.
  19. ↑ In its decree Christus Dominus, section 22, it stated: "Concerning diocesan boundaries, therefore, this sacred synod decrees that, to the extent required by the good of souls, a fitting revision of diocesan boundaries be undertaken prudently and as soon as possible. This can be done by dividing dismembering or uniting them, or by changing their boundaries, or by determining a better place for the episcopal see or, finally, especially in the case of dioceses having larger cities, by providing them with a new internal organization.... At the same time the natural population units of people, together with the civil jurisdictions and social institutions that compose their organic structure, should be preserved as far as possible as units. For this reason, obviously, the territory of each diocese should be continuous."
  20. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis 79 (Città del Vaticano 1987), pp. 710-712.
  21. ↑ Kehr IX, p. 141.
  22. ↑ A bishop of Bovino (Bivinensis), whose name is not preserved, was present at synods of Pope Nicholas II at Benevento in 1059 and 1061. Ughelli VIII, p. 80. Cappelletti XIX, p. 204. J.D. Mansi (ed.) Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus 19 (Venice: A. Zatta 1774), p. 935.
  23. ↑ Hugo (Ugo): Kehr IX, p. 141: "...Ugonem ex chartis a. 1092. 1093 (Gallo Cod. dipl. norm, di Aversa I lOsq. n. 6. 8) et a. 1099 (Ughelli Xb, 549) notum."
  24. ↑ Giso: Francesco Carabellese (1905), L'Apulia ed il suo comune nell'alto medio evo (Bari: V. Vecchi 1905) pp. 543, 545.
  25. ↑ Bishop Alexander is mentioned in a document from Cava of November 1131. Mattei-Cerasoli (1918), p. 371. Kehr IX, p. 141.
  26. ↑ Bishop Pandulfus is mentioned in a document from Cava of November 1131. Mattei-Cerasoli (1918), p. 372.
  27. ↑ On 18 May 1197, Bishop Robert and several episcopal colleagues consecrated the church of S. Marco in Bovino. Marco Vattasso (1900), Le due bibbie di Bovino ora codici Vaticani latini 10510—10511 e le loro note storiche, in: Studi e testi II (Roma 1900) pp. 19-20.
  28. ↑ Gams, p. 861, column 2.
  29. ↑ Gams, p. 861, column 2. Eubel I, p. 139.
  30. ↑ In March 1289, Bishop Maynerius supervised the installation of a new church bell. D'Avino, p. 86, col. 1. Vattasso (1900), p. 32.
  31. ↑ Alexander: Gams, p. 861, column 2.
  32. ↑ Jacobus: : Gams, p. 861, column 2.
  33. ↑ Cappelletti XIX, p. 214: "eletto e morto nel medesimo anno 1329." Eubel I, p. 139.
  34. ↑ Rogerius: Cappelletti XIX, pp. 214-215. Eubel I, p. 139.
  35. ↑ Matthaeus: Eubel I, p. 139.
  36. ↑ Guglielmo: Eubel I, p. 139.
  37. ↑ Nicola: Eubel I, p. 139.
  38. ↑ Pietro: Eubel I, p. 139.
  39. ↑ Domenico: Eubel I, p. 139.
  40. ↑ An exchange of property between Bishop de Sperella and the cathedral Chapter took place on 30 July 1381: Pasquale Cordasco, "Annotazioni in margine alle pergamene dell'Archivio Capitolare di Bovino," (in Italian), in: Giovanni Anzivino; Lucia Marta Russo (edd.), Atti e documenti dell'Archivio Capitolare e dell'Archivio Diocesano di Bovino (Foggia: Centrografico Francescano 2000), pp. 56-58.
  41. ↑ Pietro Argentino: D'Avino, p. 87 col. 1.
  42. ↑ Fra Antonio was named bishop of Bovino on 8 March 1397, by Pope Boniface IX. In 1403 Bishop Antonio was appointed Bishop of Tortiboli (on 11 March 1383, according to Eubel). Eubel I, pp. 139, 505.
  43. ↑ Bishop Pietro blessed the large bell of the campanile in 1410. In 1411, he wrote a book on the rights and obligations of the diocese of Bovino. He had a new Lectionary written for the cathedral, with the colophon: "Frater Petrus de Padula ordinis Minarum, lector conventus S. Francisci de Benevento scripsit hunc librum ad istantiam , et petitionem reverendi fratris Pètri de Auletta episcopi civitatis Bivini.A.D. 1414, die ultima mensis aprilis." D'Avino, p. 87, col 1.
  44. ↑ A Neapolitan, Sperella had been Bishop of Tortiboli. He was transferred to Bovino by Pope Martin V on 31 August 1425. He died in 1427 (or 1429, according to Cappelletti, quoting his tombstone). D'Avino, p. 87. Cappelletti XIX, p. 217. Eubel I, p. 139.
  45. ↑ Petrus de Scaleriis was a native of Bovino, and had been archdeacon of the cathedral. He was appointed Bishop of Bovino on 28 July 1427, by Pope Martin V. He died on 18 March 1463. Cappelletti XIX, pp. 217-218. Eubel I, p. 139.
  46. ↑ Natulus de Lombardis had been Dean of the cathedral of Troia. He was appointed bishop of Bovino on 18 April 1463, by Pope Pius II. He died in 1477. Cappelletti XIX, p. 218. Eubel II, p. 107.
  47. ↑ Candida: Eubel II, p. 107.
  48. ↑ Joannes Baptista Gaillardus was a priest of Cava. He was appointed bishop by Pope Alexander VI on 10 May 1499. He died in 1510. Eubel II, p. 107.
  49. ↑ Gagliardi was named bishop of Bovino on 10 May 1499, by Pope Alexander VI. In 1500, his ad limina report was made by procurator. Eubel II, p. 135 with note 2.
  50. ↑ Giovanni Cappellani was born at Lauro (Terra di Lavoro). He is recorded as the papal Majordomo (Magister Domus. Praefectus sacri palatii apostolici) of Pope Julius II from 1508 to 1510. Gaetano Moroni (ed.), Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica Vol. XLI (Venezia: Tip. Emiliana 1846), p. 251. He was appointed bishop by Pope Julius II, on 24 April 1510 (according to Cappelletti), and attended the Fifth Lateran Council under Pope Julius in 1512. He died in 1529. J.D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus 32 (Paris 1902), p. 730. Cappelletti XIX, p. 218. Cf. Eubel III, p. 135.
  51. ↑ Cardinal Accolti was administrator of the diocese from 24 January 1530 to 15 April 1535. At the same time he was made Administrator of the diocese of Policastro, and, in 1532, Legate of the March of Ancona. Cappelletti XIX, p. 218. Eubel III, p. 135.
  52. ↑ Cardinal Merini: Cappelletti XIX, p. 218. Eubel III, p. 135.
  53. ↑ On 13 May 1541, Oliva was appointed Archbishop of Amalfi by Pope Paul III.
  54. ↑ Giustiniani was the son of the (Venetian) governor of the island of Chios. Cappelletti XIX, p. 219. "Bishop Angelo Giustiniani" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 15, 2016
  55. ↑ Tolosa was a native of Naples. He was appointed bishop of Bovino by Pope Clement VIII on 30 April 1601, and was consecrated in Rome on 3 May, by Cardinal Alessandro de'Medici. One of his early acts was to summon a meeting of the cathedral canons to discuss the establishment of a seminary. In May 1602, he was appointed Nuncio of the pope to the Duke of Savoy, and on 15 April 1605 he sent the church of Bovino a collection of relics. On the death of Clement VIII in March 1605, he was in Rome, and secured privileges for the canons of Bovino from the new pope, Leo XI (de'Medici); he finally returned to Bovino in November 1606. In 1606, he welcomed the Jesuits to the diocese, and in 1607 the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God (Fatebenefratelli). On 16 December 1615, Tolosi was appointed Archbishop of Chieti. D'Avino. pp. 88-89. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, pp. 120, 332 with note 6.
  56. ↑ Galderisi was of a noble family of Monopoli, and was a canon of the cathedral of Monopoli. He was appointed bishop of Bovino on 11 January 1616, by Pope Paul V (Borghese). He died in 1658. D'Avino, p. 89. Gauchat IV, p. 120. "Bishop Giovanni Antonio Galderisi" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  57. ↑ A Neapolitan, Roviglioni was appointed bishop by Pope Innocent X on 3 June 1658. In his first ad limina report, he informed the papacy that he had found the cathedral in a dilapidated state. In 1666, he issued detailed instructions on proper clerical dress. Roviglioni died on 14 September 1669. D'Avino, pp. 89-90. Gauchat IV, p. 120 with note 4. Gérard Labrot, Sisyphes chrétiens: la longue patience des évêques bâtisseurs du Royaume de Naples, 1590-1760 (Editions Champ Vallon, 1999), pp. 184-185 with note 1. "Bishop Vincenzo Roviglioni" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  58. ↑ Born in Naples, Curzio held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure, and was a canon of the cathedral of Naples. He had been Vicar General of the diocese of Sorrento, then of Avellino. He was a Consultor of the Holy Office of the Inquisition of Naples. He was appointed bishop of Bovino on 30 June 1670, by Pope Clement X. He died in August 1672. D'Avino, p. 90. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica V, p. 125 with note 2.
  59. ↑ Di Giacomo: D'Avino, p. 90. Ritzler & Sefrin V, p. 125 with note 3. "Bishop Giuseppe di Giacomo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  60. ↑ Cerasi: Ritzler & Sefrin V, p. 125 with note 4. "Bishop Angelo Cerasi" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  61. ↑ Lucci: D'Avino, pp. 90-91. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica V, p. 125 with note 5.
  62. ↑ Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 129 with note 2.
  63. ↑ Milinari: D'Avino, p. 91. Ritzler & Sefrin VI, p. 129 with note 3.
  64. ↑ Parruca de Tries was appointed on 29 January 1798, by Pope Pius VI. He died on 8 August 1798. On 20 February 1798, Pope Pius VI had been forced to leave Rome, which had become a republic under French control; on 28 March 1799, the pope was deported to France, where he died on 29 August 1799. D'Avino, pp. 91-92. Ritzler & Sefrin VI, p. 129 with note 4.
  65. ↑ Garzilli was born at Solofra (diocese of Salerno), in 1756. He was bishop of Marsico Nuovo from 1797 to 1818. He was confirmed as bishop of Bovino by Pope Pius VII on 2 October 1818. On 2 July 1832, Bishop Garzilli was confirmed as Bishop of Sessa Aurunca by Pope Gregory XVI. D'Avino, p. 92 col. 1. Ritzler & Sefrin VI, p. 278; VII, pp. 117, 353.
  66. ↑ A native of Pomigliano di Atella (diocese of Aversa), Iovinelli had been the superior of the convent of his Order in Naples. D'Avino, p. 92.
  67. ↑ Farace: D'Avino, pp. 92-93.
  68. ↑ Montuoro was born in Naples in 1810. He was Rector of S. Maria della Candelora in Naples, and professor of canon law and theology. He was named bishop of Bovino on 20 June 1859. He was also Vicar Apostolic of the united dioceses of Terracina, Sezze and Piperno. He defended the temporal sovereignty of the pope, in a tract addressed to the clergy and faithful of Bovino. He died in exile in Rome on 24 March 1862. La sovranità temporale dei romani pontefici propugnata nella sua integrità dal suffragio dell' orbe cattolico regnante Pio IX. l'anno XIV, (in Italian), (Roma: Tip. Civiltà cattolica 1860), pp. 444-449.
  69. ↑ On 23 May 1887, Bishop Bressi was appointed Archbishop of Otranto by Pope Leo XIII.
  70. ↑ On 4 February 1898, Bishop De Jorio was appointed Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia by Pope Leo XIII.
  71. ↑ On 2 Aug 1908, Padula was appointed Bishop of Avellino by Pope Pius X.
  72. ↑ On 28 April 1922, Fiodo was appointed Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia by Pope Pius XI.
  73. ↑ On 24 October 1930, Bishop Cuccarollo was appointed Archbishop of Otranto by Pope Pius XI.
  74. ↑ On 30 June 1963, Luisi was appointed Bishop of Nicastro by Pope Paul VI.
  75. ↑ On 30 September 1986, De Giorgi was appointed Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino by Pope John Paul II.

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