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Archdiocese of Taranto

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The Archdiocese of Taranto (Latin: Archidioecesis Tarentina) is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in southern Italy, on a bay in the Gulf of Taranto.[1][2]

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Its suffragan sees are the dioceses of Castellaneta and Oria.

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In a local Tarantine legend, according to a document of the 11th or 12th century,[3] the Gospel was preached in Taranto by St. Peter the Apostle. He had arrived in the city in AD 45, along with Saint Mark, on their way to Rome. Amasianus was a gardener or greengrocer, whom Peter converted to Christianity.[4] It is only much later that the Tarentines claim that Amasianus was consecrated a bishop. It is also stated that St. Cataldus was consecrated by St. Peter the Apostle.[5] The real Cataldus was an Irish bishop from Rachau (or Rachan) of the 6th century, who happened to die in Taranto during his pilgrimage to the Holy Land.[6]

The city also honors the martyr St. Orontius. Orontius, the son of an imperial treasurer, had been converted to Christianity by Justus, a disciple of St. Paul, who had landed at the port of Saint Cataldus and preached to the population in the locality of Lecce in the time of Nero, despite harassment by imperial officials. They returned to Corinth, where St. Paul consecrated Orontius the first bishop of Lecce, and the party returned to Lecce to continue their evangelization.[7]

The first bishop whose date is known is Petrus (not Innocentius) (496).[3] In the pontificate of St. Gregory the Great (590–604), the names of three bishops who filled the episcopal chair are known: Andreas (590), Joannes (601), and Honorius (603). Archbishop Joannes (978) is the first who had the title of archbishop.

Even under the Byzantines, Taranto never adopted the Greek Rite. Stephanus perished in the battle of Nelfi (1041) fought by the Greeks and the Normans. Draco (1071) erected the cathedral. Filippo (1138) was deposed for supporting the antipope Anacletus II and died in the monastery of Chiaravalle. Archbishop Angelo was employed in several embassies by Innocent III. Jacopo da Atri was slain in 1370. Marino del Giudice (1371) was one of the cardinals condemned by pope Urban VI in 1385.

Cardinal Ludovico Bonito (1406) was one of the few who remained faithful to Gregory XII. Cardinal Giovanni d'Aragona (1478) was the son of King Ferdinand I of Naples. Giovanni Battista Petrucci suffered for the complicity of his father in the conspiracy of the barons. Cardinal Battista Orsini died in 1503 in the Castle of Sant' Angelo.

Cardinal Marcantonio Colonna (1560) introduced the Tridentine reforms and established the seminary. Girolamo Gambara (1569) was a distinguished nuncio. Lelio Brancaccio (1574) suffered considerable persecution on account of his efforts at reformation. Tommaso Caracciolo (1630), a Theatine, was reported to have died in the odour of sanctity.

Early 20th century

The city of Taranto forms a single parish divided into four pittagerii, each of which contains a sub-pittagerio. It includes the Basilian Abbey of S. Maria di Talfano, where there are still some Albanians following the Greek Rite.

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Bishops

Diocese of Taranto

Erected: 5th century
Latin Name: Tarentinus

  • Petrus (attested 494)[8]
  • Andreas (attested 593)[9]
  • Joannes[10]
  • Honorius (attested 603)[11]
  • Joannes (attested 649)[12]
  • Gervasius
  • Germanus (attested 680)[13]
  • Caesarius (attested 743)[14]
...
Archdiocese of Taranto

Elevated: 10th century
Latin Name: Tarentinus

from 978 to 1400

  • Joannes (attested 978)[15]
  • Dionysius (983)
  • Alexander Facciapecora
  • Stephanus
  • Draso (Drago) (attested 1071)[16]
  • Ursus
  • Basilius
  • Albertus
  • Jacobus
  • Stephanus Philamarinus
  • Moraldus (Monaldus)
...
  • Gervasius (attested 1187–1193)[17]
  • Angelus (1194 – 1200)[18]
Sede Vacante (by 28 July 1200 – January 1202)[19]
  • Geraldus (attested 1202)[20]
  • Nicolaus (attested 1205)[21]
  • Berardus (attested 1205, 1210, 1211)[22]
  • Ignotus (1215)[23]
  • Gualterus (attested 1216 – March 1218)[24]
  • Nicolaus (10 May 1219 – 20 August 1247)[25]
Sede Vacante (8 August 1249 – 25 March 1252)[26]
  • Henricus de Carasolo (25 March 1252 – 22 July 1274)[27]
[Jacobus de Viterbio was not an archbishop][28]
Sede Vacante (20 October 1274 – 3 December 1275)[29]
  • Henricus de Carasolo, again (12 March 1276 – 20 April 1297)[30]
  • Gualterius (22 June 1299 – 1301)[31]
  • Gregorius, O.P. (1301 – 1334)[32]
  • Rogerius Capitignonas (26 April 1334 – 1348)[33]
  • Bertrand de Castronovo (de Chateauneuf) (1348 – 7 Jan 1349)[34]
  • Jacobus (7 January 1349 – 1378)[35]
  • Martinus (20 November 1381 – 1384)[36] (Avignon Obedience)
  • Matthaeus (28 May 1384 – after 1394)[37] (Avignon Obedience)
  • Marinus del Judice (by 4 June 1380 – c. 1382/1385)[38] (Roman Obedience)
  • Pierre Amelli, O.S.A. (c. 1386 – 12 Nov 1387)[39]
  • Petrus (12 April 1389 – 1391?)[40]
  • Elziarius (27 June 1391 – )
  • Bartolommeo d'Aprano[41] ( – 17 March 1400) (Roman Obedience)

from 1400 to 1600

from 1600 to 1800

Sede vacante (1703–1713)
  • Giovanni Battista Stella (30 Aug 1713 – Dec 1725 Died)[58]
  • Giovanni Fabrizio de Capua (22 Dec 1727 – 11 Dec 1730)[59]
  • Celestino Galiano, O.S.B. (30 Apr 1731 Confirmed – 31 Mar 1732 Resigned)[60]
  • Casimiro Rossi (19 Jan 1733 Confirmed – 5 May 1738)[61]
  • Giovanni Rossi, C.R. (21 May 1738 – 20 Feb 1750)[62]
  • Antonino Sersale (16 Nov 1750 – 11 Feb 1754)[63]
  • Isidoro Sánchez de Luna, O.S.B. (22 Apr 1754 – 28 May 1759)[64]
  • Francesco Saverio Mastrilli, C.R. (13 Jul 1759 – Oct 1777)[65]
  • Giuseppe Capecelatro (30 Mar 1778 – 28 Mar 1817 Resigned)[66]

since 1800

  • Giovanni Antonio de Fulgure, C.M. (25 May 1818 – 6 Jan 1833 Died)
  • Raffaele Blundo (6 Apr 1835 – 20 Jun 1855 Died)
  • Giuseppe Rotondo (Rotundo) (17 Dec 1855 – 20 Jan 1885 Died)
  • Pietro Alfonso Jorio (Iorio)[67] (27 Mar 1885 – 15 Nov 1908 Resigned)
  • Carlo Giuseppe Cecchini, O.P. (4 Dec 1909 – 17 Dec 1916 Died)[68]
  • Orazio Mazzella (14 Apr 1917 – 1 Nov 1934 Resigned)
  • Ferdinando Bernardi (21 Jan 1935 – 18 Nov 1961 Died)
  • Guglielmo Motolese (16 Jan 1962 – 10 Oct 1987 Retired)
  • Salvatore De Giorgi (10 Oct 1987 – 11 May 1990 Resigned)
  • Benigno Luigi Papa, O.F.M. Cap. (11 May 1990 – 21 Nov 2011 Retired)
  • Filippo Santoro[69] (21 Nov 2011 – )

Auxiliary bishop

  • Guglielmo Motolese (1952-1962), appointed Archbishop here

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

  • Angelo Raffaele Panzetta, appointed Archbishop of Crotone-Santa Severina in 2019
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