Former Diocese of

Atri

Italy Italy

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Atri / Atrien(sis) (Latin) / Hatrien(sis) (Latin)

Suppressed

Notes: United รฆque principaliter with Penne 1252.03.15โ€“1949.07.01, with Teramo 1949.07.01โ€“1986.09.30

History

Past Ordinaries

Bishops of Atri (Roman Rite)

Bishop Abele Conigli
(1967.02.16 โ€“ 1986.09.30)

Born:1913.01.19 (San Vito di Spilamberto, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1935.08.24
Consecrated Bishop:1963.06.09
Died:2005.03.14 (Scapriano, Italy โ€  92)

Bishop of Sansepolcro (Italy) (1963.05.02 โ€“ 1967.02.16)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1967.02.16 โ€“ 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Teramo (Italy) (1967.02.16 โ€“ 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Teramoโ€“Atri (Italy) (1986.09.30 โ€“ 1988.12.31)

Bishop Stanislao Amilcare Battistelli, C.P.
(1952.02.14 โ€“ 1967.02.16)

Born:1885.09.28 (Fano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1908.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:1932.08.21
Died:1981.02.20 (Isola del Gran Sasso, Italy โ€  95)

Bishop of Sovanaโ€“Pitigliano (Italy) (1932.06.24 โ€“ 1952.02.14)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1952.02.14 โ€“ 1967.02.16)

Bishop of Teramo (Italy) (1952.02.14 โ€“ 1967.02.16)

Titular Bishop of Amiterno (1967.02.22 โ€“ 1976.01.06)

Bishop Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C. (later Archbishop)
(1949.07.01 โ€“ 1951.06.29)

In lumine stellรฆ

Born:1891.01.22 (Castagneto Carducci, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1915.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:1945.02.11
Died:1963.01.07 (โ€  71)

General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action (1944 โ€“ 1946)

Bishop of Teramo (Italy) (1945.01.18 โ€“ 1951.06.29)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1949.07.01 โ€“ 1951.06.29)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1951.06.29 โ€“ 1958.04.17)

Archbishop-Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1958.04.17 โ€“ 1963.01.07)

Bishop Carlo Pensa
(1912.08.27 โ€“ 1948.12.16)

Born:1869.12.01 (Esino Inferiore, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1894.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:1912.09.08
Died:1948.12.16 (โ€  79)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1912.08.27 โ€“ 1948.12.16)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1912.08.27 โ€“ 1948.12.16)

Bishop Raffaele Piras
(1906.12.09 โ€“ 1911.08.23)

Born:1865.10.24 (Quartuccio, Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:1907.01.20
Died:1911.08.23 (โ€  45)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1906.12.09 โ€“ 1911.08.23)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1906.12.09 โ€“ 1911.08.23)

Bishop Giuseppe Morticelli
(1890.06.23 โ€“ 1905.02)

Born:1834.01.02 (Sulmona, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1858.03.20
Consecrated Bishop:1890.06.29
Died:1910.10.11 (โ€  76)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1890.06.23 โ€“ 1905.02)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1890.06.23 โ€“ 1905.02)

Titular Bishop of Cรฆsarea Paneas (1905.12.11 โ€“ 1910.10.11)

Bishop Luigi Martucci
(1880.12.23 โ€“ 1889.12.16)

Born:1825.02.08 (Monte Marano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1845.03.08
Consecrated Bishop:1874.12.27
Died:1889.12.16 (โ€  64)

Titular Bishop of Sion (1874.12.21 โ€“ 1880.12.23)

Coadjutor Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1874.12.21 โ€“ 1880.12.23)

Coadjutor Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1874.12.21 โ€“ 1880.12.23)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1880.12.23 โ€“ 1889.12.16)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1880.12.23 โ€“ 1889.12.16)

Bishop Vincenzo dโ€™Alfonso
(1847.04.12 โ€“ 1880.12.23)

Born:1800.10.13 (Scapoli, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1823.04.27
Consecrated Bishop:1847.04.18
Died:1880.12.23 (โ€  80)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1847.04.12 โ€“ 1880.12.23)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1847.04.12 โ€“ 1880.12.23)

Bishop Domenico Ricciardone
(1818.05.25 โ€“ 1845.07.24)

Born:1758.12.19 (Chieti, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1781.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:1818.05.31
Died:1845.07.24 (โ€  86)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1818.05.25 โ€“ 1845.07.24)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1818.05.25 โ€“ 1845.07.24)

Bishop Niccolรฒ Francesco Franchi
(1805.06.26 โ€“ 1815.11)

Born:1737.01.26 (Chieti, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1763.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:1795.11.15
Died:1815.11 (Penne, Italy โ€  78)

Titular Bishop of Tremithus (1795.06.01 โ€“ 1805.06.26)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1805.06.26 โ€“ 1815.11)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1805.06.26 โ€“ 1815.11)

Bishop Bonaventura Calcagnini
(1779.07.12 โ€“ 1797?)

Born:1717.05.02
Ordained Priest:1742.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:1779.07.18
Died:1797? (โ€  80)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1779.07.12 โ€“ 1797?)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1779.07.12 โ€“ 1797?)

Bishop Giuseppe Maria de Leone
(1762.01.25 โ€“ 1779.04.07)

Born:1712.10.17
Ordained Priest:1735.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:1762.01.31
Died:1779.04.07 (โ€  66)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1762.01.25 โ€“ 1779.04.07)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1762.01.25 โ€“ 1779.04.07)

Bishop Gennaro Perrelli
(1755 โ€“ 1761.05.27)

Born:1705.12.16
Ordained Priest:1728.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:1755.07.25
Died:1761.05.27 (โ€  55)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1755 โ€“ 1761.05.27)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1755 โ€“ 1761.05.27)

Bishop Innocenzo Gorgoni, O.S.B. Cel. (later Archbishop)
(1746.05.02 โ€“ 1755.02.17)

Born:1708.04.20 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1731.03.24
Consecrated Bishop:1746.05.08
Died:1774.09.01 (โ€  66)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1746.05.02 โ€“ 1755.02.17)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1746.05.02 โ€“ 1755.02.17)

Titular Archbishop of Hemesa (1755.02.17 โ€“ 1774.09.01)

President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy (1763 โ€“ 1764)

Fr. Paolo Antonio Pesenti
(1727.03.17 โ€“ 1728.08.01 not possessed)

Died:1728.08.01

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1727.03.17 โ€“ 1728.08.01 not possessed)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1727.03.17 โ€“ 1728.08.01 not possessed)

Bishop Francesco Antonio Bussolini, O.S.B. Cel.
(1723.08.30 โ€“ 1746.03.20)

Born:1674.06.22
Ordained Priest:1698.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:1723.10.10
Died:1746.03.20 (โ€  71)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1723.08.30 โ€“ 1746.03.20)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1723.08.30 โ€“ 1746.03.20)

Bishop Fabrizio Maffei
(1698.12.03 โ€“ 1723)

Born:1637.12.12
Consecrated Bishop:1698.12.28
Died:1723.06 (โ€  85)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1698.12.03 โ€“ 1723)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1698.12.03 โ€“ 1723)

Bishop Vincenzo Maria de Rossi
(1696 โ€“ 1698.06.10)

Born:1641.09.02
Consecrated Bishop:1696.07.25
Died:1698.06.10 (โ€  56)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1696 โ€“ 1698.06.10)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1696 โ€“ 1698.06.10)

Bishop Giuseppe Spinucci
(1668 โ€“ 1695.12.07)

Born:1617?
Ordained Priest:1661.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:1668.05.21
Died:1695.12.07 (โ€  77)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1668 โ€“ 1695.12.07)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1668 โ€“ 1695.12.07)

Bishop Esuperanzio Raffaelli
(1661 โ€“ 1668.03.24)

Consecrated Bishop:1661.11.30
Died:1668.03.24

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1661 โ€“ 1668.03.24)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1661 โ€“ 1668.03.24)

Bishop Francesco Massucci
(1648 โ€“ 1656.09)

Born:1610?
Consecrated Bishop:1648.06.01
Died:1656.09 (โ€  45)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1648 โ€“ 1656.09)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1648 โ€“ 1656.09)

Bishop Tommasi Balbani
(1599 โ€“ 1621)

Died:1621

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1599 โ€“ 1621)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1599 โ€“ 1621)

Archbishop Orazio Montano
(1591.03.20 โ€“ 1599.02.22)

Born:1535
Died:1603.09.11 (โ€  67)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1591.03.20 โ€“ 1598.11.25)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1591.03.20 โ€“ 1599.02.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Arles (France) (1598.11.25 โ€“ 1603.09.11)

Bishop Paolo Odescalchi
(1568 โ€“ 1572)

Died:1572

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1568 โ€“ 1572)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1568 โ€“ 1572)

Bishop Giacomo Guidi
(1561 โ€“ 1568)

Died:1568

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1561 โ€“ 1568)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1561 โ€“ 1568)

Bishop Tommaso Contuberio
(1554 โ€“ 1561)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1554 โ€“ 1561)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1554 โ€“ 1561)

Bishop Leonello Cibo
(1551.01.19 โ€“ 1554)

Died:1560

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1551.01.19 โ€“ 1554)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1551.01.19 โ€“ 1554)

Bishop Valentino Valentini Cantalicio
(1515 โ€“ 1550)

Died:1550

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1515 โ€“ 1550)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1515 โ€“ 1550)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Valentini Cantalicio
(1503 โ€“ 1514)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1503 โ€“ 1514)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1503 โ€“ 1514)

Bishop Niccolรฒ Piccolomini
(1502.01.24 โ€“ 1503)

Died:1503

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1502.01.24 โ€“ 1503)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1502.01.24 โ€“ 1503)

Bishop Felino Sandei
(1495.05.04 โ€“ 1502)

Died:1503.09.06

Coadjutor Bishop of Lucca (Italy) (? โ€“ 1499.07.19)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1495.05.04 โ€“ 1502)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1495.05.04 โ€“ 1502)

Bishop of Lucca (Italy) (1499.07.19 โ€“ 1499.11)

Bishop of Lucca (Italy) (1501.08.29 โ€“ 1503.09.06)

Bishop Matteo Giudici
(1483.12.17 โ€“ 1495)

Died:1495

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1464.10.08 โ€“ 1483.12.17)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1483.12.17 โ€“ 1495)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1483.12.17 โ€“ 1495)

Bishop Troilo Agnesi
(1482.10.30 โ€“ 1483.12.17)

Died:1502?

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1482.10.30 โ€“ 1483.12.17)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1482.10.30 โ€“ 1483.12.17)

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1483.12.17 โ€“ 1487.02.12)

Bishop of Lavello (Italy) (1487.02.12 โ€“ 1498.07.04)

Bishop of Guardialfiera (Italy) (1498.07.04 โ€“ 1502?)

Bishop Antonio Probo
(1463.03.04 โ€“ 1482)

Died:1482

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1463.03.04 โ€“ 1482)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1463.03.04 โ€“ 1482)

Bishop Amico Bonamici
(1456.08.23 โ€“ 1462)

Died:1467

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1456.08.23 โ€“ 1462)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1456.08.23 โ€“ 1462)

Bishop Giacomo Benedetti dโ€™Atri
(1454.10.21 โ€“ 1456?)

Died:1456?

Bishop of Nocera deโ€™ Pagani (Italy) (1436 โ€“ 1443.09.13)

Bishop of Orvieto (Italy) (1443.09.13 โ€“ 1454.10.21)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1454.10.21 โ€“ 1456?)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1454.10.21 โ€“ 1456?)

Bishop Giovanni Castiglioni da Palma
(1433.03.23 โ€“ 1454.10.21)

Died:1456.09.01

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1433.03.23 โ€“ 1454.10.21)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1433.03.23 โ€“ 1454.10.21)

Bishop of Orvieto (Italy) (1454.10.21 โ€“ 1456.09.01)

Bishop Delfino Nanni Gozzadini, O. Cist.
(1419 โ€“ 1433)

Died:1434?

Abbot nullius of Nonantola (Italy) (1400 โ€“ 1405)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1419 โ€“ 1433)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1419 โ€“ 1433)

Bishop of Fossombrone (Italy) (1433 โ€“ 1434)

Bishop Giacomo De Turdis
(1413 โ€“ 1415)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1413 โ€“ 1415)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1413 โ€“ 1415)

Bishop Pietro di Castelvecchio, O.F.M.
(1411 โ€“ 1413)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1411 โ€“ 1413)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1411 โ€“ 1413)

Bishop Antonio Petrucci
(1393.09.27 โ€“ 1411)

Died:1411

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1383? โ€“ 1393.09.27)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1393.09.27 โ€“ 1411)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1393.09.27 โ€“ 1411)

Bishop Pietro Staglia, O.P.
(1391 โ€“ 1393)

Died:1398.08

Bishop of Tivoli (Italy) (1389 โ€“ 1398.08)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1391 โ€“ 1393)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1391 โ€“ 1393)

Bishop Agostino da Lanciano
(1390 โ€“ ?)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1390 โ€“ ?)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1390 โ€“ ?)

Bishop Barnaba Malaspina (later Archbishop)
(1370 โ€“ 1380.03)

Died:1380.11.07

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1370 โ€“ 1380.03)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1370 โ€“ 1380.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa (Italy) (1380.03 โ€“ 1380.11.07)

Bishop Gioioso Clavelli
(1360.01.31 โ€“ 1374.01.09)

Bishop of Camerino (Italy) (1356.02.10 โ€“ 1360.01.31)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1360.01.31 โ€“ 1374.01.09)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1360.01.31 โ€“ 1374.01.09)

Bishop of Camerino (Italy) (1374.01.09 โ€“ ?)

Bishop Marco Ardinghelli, O.P.
(1360 โ€“ ?)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1360 โ€“ ?)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1360 โ€“ ?)

Bishop Niccolรฒ, O. Cist.
(? โ€“ 1352)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (? โ€“ 1352)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (? โ€“ 1352)

Bishop Guglielmo da San Vittore
(1324 โ€“ 1326)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1324 โ€“ 1326)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1324 โ€“ 1326)

Bishop Raimondo, O.S.B.
(1321 โ€“ 1324)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1321 โ€“ 1324)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1321 โ€“ 1324)

Bishop Bernardo Lucii, O.S.M.
(1302 โ€“ 1321)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1302 โ€“ 1321)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1302 โ€“ 1321)

Bishop Leonardo da Siena
(? โ€“ 1301)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (? โ€“ 1301)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (? โ€“ 1301)

Bishop Beroaldo
(1268? โ€“ ?)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1268? โ€“ ?)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1268? โ€“ ?)

Bishop Gualtiero
(1264.01.25 โ€“ ?)

Bishop of Amelia (Italy) (1255.01.26 โ€“ 1264.01.25)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1264.01.25 โ€“ ?)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1264.01.25 โ€“ ?)

Bishop Beroaldo e Giovanni di Penne
(1252.03.15 โ€“ 1264)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1252 โ€“ 1264)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1252.03.15 โ€“ 1264)

Bishop Gualterio, O.S.B.
(? โ€“ ?)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (? โ€“ ?)

Former Prelates

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