Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucera–Troia


The Diocese of Lucera-Troia is a Roman Catholic bishopric in Apulia, in southern Italy, with its episcopal seat at Lucera Cathedral. The present diocese was formed in 1986 by combining the older diocese of Lucera with the diocese of Troia, the seat of which was Troia Cathedral, now a co-cathedral of the united diocese.

Ecclesiastical history

Local tradition traces the origin of the bishopric of Lucera to the third century and Saint Bassus. The first historically certain bishop is Marcus.
In 1391, the diocese of Lucera was increased by the addition of the bishopric of Castel Fiorentino, a city founded in 1015 by the Byzantine catapan Basil Mesardonites, and the place of Emperor Frederick II's death.
After 1409, the diocese of Tortiboli - created before 1236 - was united to Lucera, although under its Latin name Tortibulum it remains a titular diocese.
In 1818, the united dioceses of Montecorvino and Vulturaria were added to Lucera. Motta Montecorvino had gained a bishopric in the tenth century, counting among its bishops Saint Albert of Montecorvino. It was joined to that of Vulturaria in 1433, although it too continues to give its name to a titular diocese.
On September 30, 1986, the diocese of Troia was united with Lucera to form the diocese of Lucera–Troia as a suffragan of the also renamed Metropolitan Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino. Both its cathedral in Lucera and its co-cathedral in Troia have the rank of minor basilica.

Bishops

Diocese of Lucera

Erected: 4th Century
Latin Name: Lucerina
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Foggia
Territory Added: 1391 from the suppressed Diocese of Fiorentino
  • Nicolas Antonio, O.P.
Territory Added: 1409 from the suppressed Diocese of Tortiboli
  • Ladislao Dentice
  • Pietro Ranzano, O.P.
  • Giambattista Contestabili
  • Antonio Torres, O.S.H.
  • Raffaele Rocca
  • Giovanni Di Luigi, O. Carm.
  • Alfonso Carafa
  • Andrea Matteo Palmieri
  • Michele Visconti
  • Enrique de Villalobos Xeres
  • Fabio Mignanelli
  • Pietro de Petris
  • Giulio Monaco
  • Scipione Bozzuti
  • Marco Magnacervo, C.R.
  • Fabio Aresti
  • Lodovico Magio
  • Fabrizio Suardi
  • Bruno Sciamanna
  • Tommaso D'Avalos, O.P.
  • Silvestro D'Afflitto, C.R.
  • Giambattista Eustachio
  • Domenico Morelli
  • Domenico Maria de Liguori, C.R.
  • Vincenzo Ferrero, O.P.
  • Michael Marculli
  • Giuseppe Maria Foschi
  • Giovanni Arcamone, C.R.
  • Alfonso Maria Freda
Territory Added: 1409 from the suppressed Diocese of Vulturara e Montecorvino''
United: 30 September 1986 with the Diocese of Troia
Latin Name: Lucerina-Troiana