Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo

The Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo (Latin: Archidioecesis Potentina-Murana-Marsicensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Basilicata, southern Italy, created in 1986. In that year the Diocese of Muro Lucano was united into the Archdiocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, which had been elevated to an archdiocese in 1973, and made a metropolitan see in 1976. The historical Diocese of Potenza was united with the Diocese of Marsico Nuovo in 1818.^[1][2]

Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo Archidioecesis Potentina-Murana-Marsicensis
Potenza Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo
Statistics
Area	1,634 km2 (631 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2019) 156,955 154,000 (est.)
Parishes	60
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	5th century
Cathedral	Basilica Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta e S. Gerardo Vescovo (Potenza)
Co-cathedral	Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta o S. Giorgio (Marsico Nuovo) Concattedrale di S. Nicola (Muro Lucano)
Secular priests	81 (diocesan 28 (religious orders) 18 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Davide Carbonaro
Bishops emeritus	Salvatore Ligorio Agostino Superbo
Map
Website
Archdiocese web site (in Italian)

The Ecclesiastical Province of Potenza (Basilicata) is composed of Potenza and five suffragan dioceses: the Archdiocese of Acerenza, the Archdiocese of Matera-Irsina, the Diocese of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa, the Diocese of Tricarico, and the Diocese of Tursi-Lagonegro.

History

Potenza was destroyed by order of the Emperor Frederick II, and was rebuilt by Bishop Oberto, beginning in 1250, to be destroyed again under Charles of Anjou.^[3]

The town claims that it was evangelized by Saint Peter; Saint Aruntius and his companions are said to have suffered martyrdom there under the Emperor Maximian. The legend has been destructively criticized by Francesco Lanzoni (1927).^[4]

The date of the establishment of the Diocese of Potenza (Potentinus) is not known. The earliest known bishop is Herculentius, who corresponded with Pope Gelasius I between 494 and 496.^[5]

An outstanding bishop was Gerardo della Porta (1099–1119), who was recognized as a saint, and to whom the cathedral is dedicated, along with the universal dedication to the Assumption throughout the kingdom of Naples. In 1221, Bishop Garsias limited the number of canons in the cathedral Chapter to twelve.^[6] In 1721, the Chapter was headed by three dignities (the Archdeacon, the Archpriest, and the Cantor) and nine canons.^[7]

The town of Potenza was destroyed by the earthquake of 1273 (or 1278).^[8]

The Cathedral, built by Bishop Oberto (attested 1250–1256),^[9] was restored by Giovanni Andrea Serra (1783–99), and Achille Caracciolo (1616).^[10] Bishop Achille Caracciolo was also responsible for laying the cornerstone of a new seminary.^[11]

In 1694, Potenza was involved in the earthquake of 8 September, which affected nearly the entire kingdom of Naples. Three hundred houses were completely destroyed, the rest suffered damage. The church of Santissima Trinità and the castello were heavily damaged. Four or five people were reported dead.^[12] The seminary building also suffered severe damage. Bishop Agnello Rossi (1695–1707) began the reconstruction.^[13]

Bishop Giovanni Andrea Serrao (1783–1799) of Potenza was assassinated on 24 February 1799.^[14] He had been the Jansenist leader in southern Italy, and was an Erastian in church politics.^[15] He supported the French inspired Parthenopean Republic, and was a target of Cardinal Fabrizio Ruffo's sanfedist army.

On 27 June 1818, the diocese of Potenza was united with Diocese of Marsico Nuovo to form Diocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo. Potenza was made a suffragan of the archdiocese of Acerenza, along with Anglona e Tursi, Tricarico, and Venosa. The diocese of Matera was suppressed and united with the archdiocese of Acerenza.^[16]

In the earthquake of 1 February 1826, all of the public and private buildings were seriously damaged. Two or three old buildings collapsed completely. The palace of the royal Intendant, the episcopal palace, the monastery of the Riformati, and the civic hospital were reduced to a bad condition. The campanile of the cathedral lost its lead roof.^[17] In the earthquake of 16 December 1857, in Basilicata there were 9591 deaths, with 1411 reported wounded. In the city of Potenza alone, 22 died and 11 were injured. Aftershocks continued into the next year.^[18] According to Cappelletti, the city of Potenza was practically annihilated.^[19]

A diocesan synod was held in Potenza by Bishop Gaspare Cardoso, O.S.B. (1606 – 1615) on 2 April 1606.^[20] Bishop Pietro Ignazio Marolda held a diocesan synod in Potenza in 1834.^[21]

Post-Vatican II changes

On 11 February 1973, Pope Paul VI promoted the diocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo to the status of an archdiocese, and made it immediately subject to the papacy, rather than to some other archdiocese in the regions of Basilicata or Lucania. It had been suffragan to the archdiocese of Acerenza. The bishop was given the rank of archbishop, and granted the right to use the processional cross and the pallium. The College of Canons of the cathedral, as well, were given archdiocesan dignity and privileges.^[22]

On 31 May 1973, by decree of the Congregation of Bishops of the papal curia, five parishes belonging to the Diocese of Campagna were transferred to the jurisdiction of the archdiocese of Potenza.^[23] In 1986, the diocese of Campagna was completely suppressed.

On 8 September 1976, the Congregations transferred territory from the Diocese of Acerenza,^[24] the Diocese of Rapolla, and from the Territorial Abbacy of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni^[25] It also lost two towns to the diocese of Anglona-Tursi.^[26]

Following the Second Vatican Council, and in accordance with the norms laid out in the council's decree, Christus Dominus chapter 40,^[27] Pope Paul VI ordered a reorganization of the ecclesiastical provinces in southern Italy. The decree Eo quod spirituales of 12 September 1976 created a new episcopal conference in the region called "Basilicata", to which were assigned all of the dioceses that belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Potenza, including Materana and Mons Pelusii; they had formerly belonged to the episcopal conference of "Apulia".^[28] Pope Paul VI ordered consultations among the members of the Congregation of Bishops in the Vatican Curia, the Italian Bishops Conference, and the various dioceses concerned. After twenty years, problems and objections were still apparent.

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. 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 Potenza, Marsico Nuovo, and Muro Lucano be merged into one diocese with one bishop, with the Latin title Archidioecesis Potentina-Murana-Marsicensis. The seat of the diocese was to be in Potenza, and the cathedral of Potenza was to serve as the cathedral of the merged diocese. The cathedrals in Marsico Nuovo and Muro Lucano were to become co-cathedrals, and their cathedral Chapters were each to be a Capitulum Concathedralis. There was to be only one diocesan Tribunal, in Potenza, 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 suppressed dioceses of Marsico Nuovo and Muro Lucano.^[29]

On 25 January 1998 the archdiocese of Potenza gained territory from the Archdiocese of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi–Conza–Nusco–Bisaccia^[2]

The cathedral Chapter of Potenza is currently (2022) composed of thirteen persons: ten canons (including a president, a vice-president, an economus, and a penitentiary) and three honorary canons. The president also serves as the parish priest of the cathedral parish.^[30]

In 1990, the six bishops of the ecclesiastical province of Basilicata established a joint seminary for the training of priests, situated in Potenza.^[31] The seminary of Potenza was closed, and its building was repurposed as the Osthello della Gioventù.^[32]

Bishops and Archbishops

Diocese of Potenza

Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Acerenza e Matera

to 1350

...

• Herculentius (attested 494–498)^[33]

?Amandus (c. 500-502)^[34]

...

• Petrus (attested early 559)^[35]

...

?Bala(s) (826)^[36]

...

• Bruno (1068)^[37]

...

• Gerardus (attested 1099–1111)
• Manfredus (attested c. 1123/1124)^[38]

...

• Joannes (attested 1177–1179)^[39]

...

• Bartholomaeus (attested 1197–1200)^[40]
• Henricus (attested 1206)^[41]

...

• Garsias (attested 1218–1221)^[42]
• Eleachinus (attested 1223)^[43]
• Thomasinus, O.Praem. (attested 1231)^[44]

...

• Obertus (attested 1250–1256)^[45]
• Gualterius de Calabria, O.P. (attested 1267-1279)^[46]
• Bonifatius
• Franciscus (attested 1290)^[47]
• Guilelmus (d. 1343)
• Guilelmus de la Torre de Adria, O.Min. (1343–1351)

1350 to 1650

• Giovanni de Rupella, O.Carm. (1351–1364)
• Jacobus (1364–1374)
• Bartolomeo della Spina (1374– )

...

• Marcus (attested 1386)
• Andreas (1389–1392) Roman Obedience^[48]
• Niccolò de Vincioni (11 Nov 1392 – 21 May 1395)^[49]

...

• Jacobus Roman Obedience^[50]
• Benedictus de Arpino, O.Min. (1399–1402) Roman Obedience^[51]
• Andreas Sinrao (1402–1404) Roman Obedience^[52]
• Benedictus de Arpino, O.Min. (1404–1419)^[53]
• Angelo (11 Sep 1419 – 1429)^[54]
• Giacomo Squacquera (1429–1450)
• Antonio Angeli (1450–1462)^[55]
• Giovanni Paolo Vassalli (1463–1468)^[56]
• Luigi Caracciolo (1469–1482)^[57]
• Giovanni Filippo Castiglioni (1482–1490)^[58]
• Juan Ortega (1502–1503)^[59]

Jaime Serra i Cau (29 Nov 1503 – 7 Aug 1506 Resigned) Administrator^[60]

• Giacomo Nini (7 Aug 1506 – 1521 Resigned)

Pompeo Colonna (7 Jan 1521 – 21 Nov 1526 Deprived) Administrator^[61]

• Nino Nini (28 Nov 1526 – 21 Jan 1564)^[62]
• Tiberio Carafa (15 May 1566 – 1579)^[63]
• Sebastiano Barnaba (17 Aug 1579 – 19 Jun 1606 Died)^[64]

Antonio Vespoli, Theat. (1599–1600?) Coadjutor^[65]

• Gaspare Cardoso, O.S.B. ([7 April 1603] – 19 Jun 1606 – 1615 Died)^[66]
• Achille Caracciolo (2 May 1616 – 1623 Died)^[67][68]

Sede Vacante (1623–1626)

• Diego Vargas (20 Jul 1626 – Oct 1633 Died)
• Girolamo Magnesi (20 Nov 1634 – 1644 Died)
• Miguel de Torres, O.P. (18 Apr 1644 – 1645 Died)^[69]

from 1650 to 1819

• Bonaventura Claverio, O.F.M. Conv. (16 Jul 1646 – 1671)^[70]
• Diego Lozano González, O. Carm. (13 Sep 1677 – 10 Sep 1681)^[71]
• Luigi de Filippi, O.P. (3 Jul 1684 – 5 Jan 1685)^[72]
• Baldassare de Benavente, O. de M. (13 May 1686 – 30 Oct 1687)^[73]
• Pietro de Torres (24 Jan 1689 – 24 Jan 1695 Confirmed, Archbishop of Trani)
• Agnello Rossi, O. Carm. (2 May 1695 – 30 Apr 1707 Died)
• Carlo Pignatelli, C.R. (23 Sep 1715 – 14 Jan 1722 Appointed, Bishop of Gaeta)
• Biagio de Dura (2 Mar 1722 – Mar 1740 Died)
• José Alfonso Meléndez, O.F.M. Disc. (30 Jan 1741 – 1748)^[74]
• Tommaso Ignatius Antonio Sersale, C.R. (1 Apr 1748 – 18 Jul 1749)^[75]
• Bonaventura Fabozzi, O.F.M. (21 Jul 1749 – 4 Jan 1761)^[76]
• Carlo Parlati, C.P.O. (6 Apr 1761 – 1767)^[77]
• Domenico Russo (16 May 1768 – 1780)^[78]
• Giovanni Andrea Serrao (18 Jul 1783 – 24 Feb 1799 Died)^[79]
• Bartolomeo de Cesare (26 Jun 1805 – 30 Sep 1819 Died)^[80]

Diocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo

United: 27 June 1818 with Diocese of Marsico Nuovo
Latin Name: Potentinus et Marsicensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Acerenza

• Giuseppe Maria Botticelli, O.F.M. (21 Feb 1820 – 1822)^[81]
• Pietro Ignazio Marolda, C.SS.R. (19 Apr 1822 – 1837)^[82]
• Michelangelo Pieramico (12 Feb 1838 – Sep 1862 Died)

Sede vacante (1862–1867)^[83]

• Antonio Maria Fanìa, O.F.M. (27 Mar 1867 – 23 Jan 1880 Died)
• Luigi Carvelli (23 Jan 1880 – 3 Jul 1882 Appointed, Bishop of Mileto)
• Tiberio Durante (25 Sep 1882 – 31 Oct 1899 Died)
• Ignacio Monterisi (19 Apr 1900 – 17 Feb 1913 Died)
• Roberto Achille Razzòli, O.F.M. (27 Aug 1913 – 27 Apr 1925 Died)
• Augusto Bertazzoni (30 Jun 1930 – 30 Nov 1966 Retired)^[84]
• Aureliano Sorrentino (30 Nov 1966 – 4 Jun 1977 Appointed, Archbishop of Reggio Calabria)

Archdiocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo

Elevated: 1973 Feb 11
Latin Name: Potentinus et Marsicensis

• Giuseppe Vairo (3 Dec 1977 – 19 Jan 1993 Retired)^[85]

Archdiocese of Potenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico Nuovo

United: 30 September 1986 with the Diocese of Muro Lucano
Latin Name: Archidioecesis Potentinus-Muranus-Marsicensis

• Ennio Appignanesi (19 Jan 1993 – 9 Jan 2001 Retired)
• Agostino Superbo (9 Jan 2001 – 5 Oct 2015 Retired)^[86]
• Salvatore Ligorio (5 Oct 2015 – )^[87]

Notes

1. "Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016 ^{[self-published source]}
2. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Potenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico Nuovo" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016 ^{[self-published source]}.
3. Cappelletti XX, p. 467, 470.
4. Lanzoni, pp. 285-286. Cf. Cappelletti XX (1866), pp. 467-468, on which the old Catholic Encyclopedia article is based.
5. Kehr XI, p. 484 with nos. 1 and 2. Bishop Faustinus, who was legate in Africa c. 418–422, is claimed as a bishop of Potenza in Lucania, but was actually a bishop of Potenza in Picenum: Kehr, p. 483; cf. Cappelletti XX, p. 468.
6. Kamp, p. 796.
7. Ughelli VII, p. 133.
8. Gaetano Moroni, Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica, (in Italian) Vol. LIV (Venezia: Emiliana 1852), p. 316 col. 1. Mario Baratta, I terremoti d'Italia (in Italian) (Torino: Fratelli Bocca 1901), pp. 37, 798.
9. Cappelletti XX, p. 470.
10. Catholic Encyclopedia article, Marsico Nuovo and Potenza
11. D'Avino, p. 546, column 1.
12. Baratta, pp. 173-181, at 177.
13. D'Avino, p. 546, column 1.
14. Ritzler and Seferin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 347, note 7. M.D.F.D. [i.e. D. Forges Davanzati] (1806), Vie d'André Serao, évêque de Potenza ... ou Histoire de son temps, (Paris 1806), p. 98. Massimo Viglione (1999), Rivolte dimenticate: le insorgenze degli italiani dalle origini al 1815, (in Italian) Roma: Città nuova Editrice, p. 254.
15. Owen Chadwick (1981), The Popes and European Revolution, Oxford University Press, 1981, pp. 474-475. G. Cigno, Giovanni Andrea Serrao e il Giansenismo nell'Italia meridionale (secolo XVIII), (in Italian) Scuola tipografica R. Istituto d'Assistenza, Palermo 1938,
16. Torelli, pp. 117-118, § 6.
17. Baratta, p. 353.
18. Baratta, p. 429.
19. Cappelletti XX, pp. 477-478: "...la città di Potenza fu poco men che annientata."
20. Constitutiones et decreta dioecesanae synodi Potentianae, ... editae die secundo aprilis 1606 (Romae: ex typographia Guillelmi Facciotti MDCVI).
21. Constitutiones synodales Potentinae sub excellentis et reverendis domino D. Petro Ignatio Marolda Congregationis SS. Redemptoris, sacrae theologiae doctore, et magistro equite commendatore regalis ordinis Francisci I. dei, et apostolicae sedis gratia episcopo marsicense, et potentino. Potenza: Typis Antonii Santanello, 1835.
22. Acta Apostolicae Sedis 65 (Città del Vaticano 1973), pp. 131-133.
23. "Quo Aptius," Acta Apostolicae Sedis 65 (Città del Vaticano 1973), pp. 503-504.
24. "ab archidioecesi Acheruntina dividatur atque Potentinae et Marsicensi archidioecesi aggregetur paroecia B. Mariae Virginis a Monte Carmelo in pago vulgo Castelglorioso-Arioso."
25. "Quo Aptius," Acta Apostolicae Sedis 68 (Città del Vaticano 1976), pp. 675-677: "ab abbatia nullius Ss.mae Trinitatis Cavensis municipium vulgo Tramutola, idque archidioecesi Potentinae et Marsicensi adnectit."
26. "ab archidioecesi Potentina et Marsicensi separentur et dioecesi Anglonensi-Tursiensi uniantur municipia vulgo Moliterno et Sarconi."
27. Christus Dominus 40. Therefore, in order to accomplish these aims this sacred synod decrees as follows: 1) The boundaries of ecclesiastical provinces are to be submitted to an early review and the rights and privileges of metropolitans are to be defined by new and suitable norms. 2) As a general rule all dioceses and other territorial divisions that are by law equivalent to dioceses should be attached to an ecclesiastical province. Therefore dioceses which are now directly subject to the Apostolic See and which are not united to any other are either to be brought together to form a new ecclesiastical province, if that be possible, or else attached to that province which is nearer or more convenient. They are to be made subject to the metropolitan jurisdiction of the bishop, in keeping with the norms of the common law. 3) Wherever advantageous, ecclesiastical provinces should be grouped into ecclesiastical regions for the structure of which juridical provision is to be made.
28. The bull Eo quod spirituales (in Latin), in: Acta Apostolicae Sedis 68 (1976), pp. 678-680.
29. Acta Apostolicae Sedis 79 (Città del Vaticano 1987), pp. 764-766.
30. Arcidiocesi di Potenza: La diocesi (in Italian)
31. Major Seminary of Basilicata (in Italian).
32. Ex-seminario vescovile (in Italian).
33. Kehr IX (1962), p. 484.
34. Kehr IX (1962), p. 484 no. 2, note: "Amandus ep. Potentin., qui actis synodorum Symmachi pp. a. 501 et 502 celebratarum subscripsit (Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Auctores antiqissimi XII 434. 454), utrum ad nostram an ad Potentiam Picenam (IP. IV 146) referendum sit, in dubio relinquimus."
35. Bishop Petrus received a letter from Pope Pelagius I, indicating that the bishop-elect Latinus should hurry to Rome in time for his consecration on Holy Saturday. Lanzoni, p. 329, no. 2. Kehr, p. 484, nos. 3-4.
36. A bishop subscribed himself "Bala episc. Potentinae" at the Roman Council of Pope Eugenius II in 826. It is uncertain whether the Potenza is the one in Picenum or the one in Lucania. Kehr IX, p. 483: "In dubio relinquimur, utrum Bala ep., qui concilio Romano a. 826 celebrate interfuit (Mon. Germ. Cone. II 563), in Lucana an in Picena Potentia sederit." J.D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus decimus quartus (14) (Venice: A. Zatta 1769), p. 1000.
37. Bruno: Cappelletti IV, p. 48. Kehr IX, p. 483: "Seriei episcoporum addendus est Bruno, qui a. 1068 m.mart. — april. privilegio Alexandri II ecclesiae Ferrariensi concesso subscripsit."
38. Kehr, p. 484, no. 5.
39. Bishop Joannes was present at the Third Lateran Council of Pope Alexander III in March 1179. Kamp. p. 794.
40. Bartholomaejus: Kamp, p. 795. Kehr IX, p. 485, note to no. 7.
41. Henricus had been Archpriest of S. Michele in Potenza. Kamp, p. 795.
42. Kamp, p. 795. Eubel, I, p. 407, calls him "Gratia"; Cappelletti XX, p. calls him Grazia.
43. Eleachinus had been Archpriest of the cathedral. Kamp, p. 796.
44. Thomasinus: Kamp. p. 796. Eubel I, p. 407 with note 2.
45. Obertus: Kamp, p. 797.
46. Called Guilelmus by Eubel I. p. 407. Called Gualterius de Calabria, O.P. by Kamp, p. 797-498.
47. Franciscus: Eubel I, p. 407.
48. Andreas was transferred to the diocese of Squillace by Pope Boniface IX on 26 September 1392. Eubel I, pp. 407, 462.
49. On 21 May 1395 Nicolaus was appointed Bishop of Ferentino. He became the chancellor of Pope Gregory XII by 1408, and was transferred to the diocese of Spoleto by Gregory XII in 1410. Eubel I, pp. 247 with note 6; 407; 461 with note 8.
50. Jacobus: Eubel I, p. 407, note 9.
51. Benedetto was transferred to the diocese of Naupactus (Lepanto) in 1402. Eubel I, pp. 362, 407.
52. Andreas had been Bishop of Squillace, and then briefly in 1402 Bishop of Iserna. He was transferred to the diocese of Caiazzo by Pope Innocent VII on 17 November 1404. Eubel I, pp. 155, 287, 407, 462.
53. Benedict was transferred to Potenza from Naupactus on 26 November 1404. He resigned on 11 September 1419. Eubel I, p. 407.
54. On 25 February 1429, Bishop Angelo was named Archbishop of Rossano by Pope Martin V.
55. Antonio obtained his bulls on 1 July 1450. Eubel II, p. 218.
56. Vassalli obtained his bulls on 10 January 1463. Eubel II, p. 218.
57. Caracciolo obtained his bulls on 17 April 1469. Eubel II, p. 218.
58. Gianfilippo Castiglioni obtained his bulls on 10 January 1482. Eubel II, p. 219.
59. Juan Ortega was appointed bishop in the consistory of 16 November 1502. He was only bishop-elect of Potenza. He was secretary and Datary of Pope Alexander VI, as well as apostolic subdeacon, summator bullarum, abbreviator de parco majore, and scriptor apostolicus. He died in the night of 26/27 August 1503. He was replaced in the papal court on 5 October 1503: Johannes Burchard, Diarium (ed. L. Thuasne) III (Paris: Leroux 1885), pp. 252, 281. He died in 1503. Eubel II, p. 219. "Father Juan Ortega" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016 ^{[self-published source]}.
60. Cardinal Serra was also called Giovanni [sic] Arboriense: Cappelletti XX, p. 473, and was only the Apostolic Administrator, not the bishop. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica III, pp. 6-7, no. 28; 279 with n. 3.
61. Cardinal Colonna was deprived of all his benefices on 21 November 1526 because of his attempt to overthrow Pope Clement VII. Eubel III, pp. 15-16, no. 18; 279.
62. Nino Nini was the nephew of Bishop Giacomo Nini. Nini died on 21 January 1564. Cappelletti XX, p. 473. Eubel III, p. 279. "Bishop Nino Nini". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016. ^{[self-published source]}.
63. On 6 February 1579 Carafa was appointed Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio. He died in 1588. Eubel III, pp. 156, 279. "Bishop Tiberio Carafa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016. ^{[self-published source]}
64. Barnaba was a priest of Naples and a papal referendary. He was nominated Bishop of Giovinazzo by King Philip II of Spain, and confirmed by Pope Gregory XIII in the consistory of 25 June 1574. He was nominated tPhilip II to the diocese of Potenza, and confirmed by Gregory XIII on 17 August 1579. Ughelli VII, p. 142. Eubel III, pp. 216 with note 8; 279 with note 8.
65. Vespoli was appointed on 5 May 1599 as Bishop of Dragonara and coadjutor of Bishop Barnaba, but he lasted only a year and died before Bishop Barnaba. Gaspare Cardoso was appointed coadjutor on 7 April 1603. Gauchat,Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 287 with note 3. Cf. Cappelletti XX, p. 474.
66. On 7 April 1603, Cardoso was named Bishop of Draconaria and coadjutor bishop of Potenza with the right of succession. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 287.
67. Caracciolo was a priest of the diocese of Potenza, and was a royal chaplain. He was nominated by King Philip III of Spain, and consecrated in Rome on 3 May 1616 by Cardinal Giovanni Garzias Millini. He erected the seminary of Potenza. Cappelletti XX, p. 474. Gauchat IV, p. 287 with note 4.
68. "Bishop Achille Caracciolo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 24, 2016. ^{[self-published source]}
69. Torres was a Spaniard, though born in Naples. He became Prior of the Dominican convent of S. Peter the Martyr, Provincial of the Dominican province of Naples, and was the confessor of the Viceroy of Naples Ramirez de Guzman. He was nominated bishop of Potenza by King Philip IV of Spain, and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII. He died after a little more than a year, perhaps on 17 June. Ughelli VII, pp. 143-144. Gauchat IV, p. 287 with note 7.
70. Clavero was a native of Bisceglie. He was theologian of Cardinal Francesco Peretti de Montalto, a teaching master and rector of the College of S. Bonaventura in Rome. He was nominated bishop of Potenza by King Philip IV on 8 May 1646, and approved by Pope Innocent X on 16 July 1646. As bishop he improved the seminary, and established two funds for improving agriculture. He held a diocesan synod. He enriched the library of the Franciscan convent of Santa Maria, which passed to the cathedral library on the closing of the monasteries and expulsion of the mendicant orders by the French. He died in 1671. Cappelletti XX, p. 474. Gauchat IV, p. 287 with note 8.
71. Lozano was born in Madrid in 1622, and held a degree in theology. He became Provincial of his Order in Castile, and was a consultor of the Spanish Inquisition. He was a court preacher. King Charles II of Spain nominated him bishop of Potenza on 15 March 1677, and he was consecrated in Rome by Cardinal Carlo Pio on 19 September 1677. He died on 10 September 1681. Ritzler and Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica V, p. 322 with note 3.
72. Born in Naples in 1619, de Filippi obtained the degree of master of theology in 1656. He became Provincial of his Order in Naples, and was a consultor of the Inquisition. He held a chair at the University of Naples. He was nominated bishop of Potenza by King Charles II on 19 April 1684, and confirmed by Pope Innocent XI on 3 July 1684. He died on 5 January 1585. Ritzler and Sefrin V, p. 323 with note 4.
73. De Benavente was a Mercedarian priest from Salamanca, born in 1638. He held the degree of master of theology. He was nominated by King Charles II of Spain on 12 December 1685, approved by Pope Innocent XI on 13 May 1686, and consecrated a bishop in Rome by Cardinal Alessandro Crescenzio on 19 May. He died on 30 October 1687. Ughelli VII, p. 144. Cappelletti XX, p 475. Ritzler and Sefrin V, p. 323 with note 5.
74. On 19 February 1748, Meléndez was confirmed Archbishop of Palermo. Ritzler and Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 347 with note 2.
75. Sersale was a Theatine. Ritzler and Sefrin VI, p. 347 with note 3.
76. Fabozzi: Ritzler and Sefrin VI, p. 347 with note 4.
77. On 14 December 1767, Parlati was confirmed as Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera. Ritzler and Sefrin VI, p. 347 with note 5.
78. On 20 March 1780, Russo was confirmed as Bishop of Monopoli. Ritzler and Sefrin VI, p. 347 with note 6.
79. Ritzler and Sefrin VI, p. 347 with note 7. D'Avino, pp. 546 col.2–547 col. 1.
80. A native of Naples, born on 22 March 1752, Cesare was nominated by King Ferdinand IV in June 1805, and confirmed by Pope Pius VII on 26 June 1805. He was consecrated in Rome by Cardinal Giulio della Somaglia on 30 June 1805. Annuario pontificio 1806, p. 161. Cappelletti XX, p. 477. D'Avino, p. 547 column 1. Ritzler and Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VII, p. 313.
81. Botticelli was born in Sora (Frosinone) on 23 July 1761. He became a member of the Palotti Minims, and lectured in theology, served as master of novices, corrector, and finally General of the Order. He was nominated bishop of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo by King Ferdinand I of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies on 19 November 1819, and confirmed by Pope Pius VII on 21 February 1820. He was consecrated in Rome by Cardinal Michele di Pietro on 25 February. On 19 April 1822 Botticelli was confirmed as Bishop of Gallipoli. Cappelletti XX, p. 477. Ritzler and Sefrin VII, pp. 201, 231, 254. Gabriele De Rosa, Francesco Malgeri, "Cronotassi dei vescovi di Potenza e Matera," (in Italian) in: Società e religione in Basilicata nell'età moderna: atti del Convegno di Potenza-Matera, 25-28 settembre 1975, Volume 2 (Roma: D'Elia, 1977), p. 239.
82. Marolda was born at Muro Lucano, some 20 miles northwest of Potenza. He was nominated bishop on 10 January 1822, and confirmed by the pope on 19 April. His consecration took place in Rome on 21 April, at the hands of Cardinal Francesco Saverio Castiglioni. On 19 May 1837 Marolda was transferred by Pope Gregory XVI to the diocese of Pozzuoli. Ritzler and Sefrin VII, pp. 254, 317.
83. Cappelletti XX, p. 478. Pius IX had lost the Papal States in 1860, and Francis II of the Two Sicilies had been driven into exile and his kingdom incorporated into the Savoyard Kingdom of Italy in 1861.
84. Antonio Propato (2008). Mons. Augusto Bertazzoni. Nella diocesi di Potenza e Marsico nel secondo dopoguerra del Novecento. (in Italian) Venosa: Osanna Edizioni, 2008.
85. Vairo was born on 27 January 1910 in Paola (province of Cosenza), the fifth child of Francesco and Adelina Vairo. On 8 July 1961, Vairo was appointed titular bishop of Uthina and auxiliary bishop of Cosenza. He died on 25 July 2001. Giuseppe Vairo (1986), 25 anni di dialogo pastorale in tempi di Concilio e dopoconcilio, (in Italian) (Napoli: Laurenziana, 1986). Edmondo Soave, Mons. Giuseppe Vairo, Il “sequestrato di dio”, (in Italian) seconda edizione (Venosa: Osanna Edizioni 2012), ISBN 978-88-8167-460-2. Vito Cassese (2009), Mons. Giuseppe Vairo: partecipazione al Concilio vaticano II, tematiche conciliari e "questione meridionale ecclesiale" nel suo magistero episcopale, 1962-1993, (in Italian) Soveria Mannelli: Rubbettino, 2009.
86. Superbo's resignation was accepted by Pope Francis on Monday, October 5, 2015.
87. Ligorio was appointed by Pope Francis on Monday, October 5, 2015; formerly, Archbishop of the nearby non-metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Matera-Irsina, based in Matera, Italy and Irsina, Italy, and a suffragan see of this Archdiocese "Rinunce e nomine".

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