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, seated at Andria Cathedral which is built over a church dedicated to St. Peter, about ten miles southwest of Trani. It is a

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. The diocese has 39 parishes, with one priest for every 1,573 Catholics."Diocese of Andria"
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History

Tradition assigns the Christian origin of

Andria Andria (; Barese: ) is a city and ''comune'' in Apulia ( southern Italy). It is an agricultural and service center, producing wine, olives and almonds. It is the fourth-largest municipality in the Apulia region (behind Bari, Taranto, and Fogg ...

to an Englishman, St. Richard, chosen as bishop by

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, about 492 AD. The story has been dismissed as fable by some scholars. A Bishop Christopher of Andria is reported at the II Council of Nicaea in 787, but inspection shows that he was Christopher Bishop of Saint Cyriacus (Gerace). The diocese dates probably back to the time of

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, elected Pope in 1118. The earliest known bishop of Andria, whose name is not preserved, took part in the translation of the body of S. Nicolas Peregrinus in Trani in 1143. Bishop

Richard of Andria Richard was Bishop of Andria, Italy. He was appointed to the see of Andria by fellow Englishman Pope Adrian IV. In 1179, Richard was one of the Bishops present at the Eleventh Ecumenical Council (Third Lateran, 1179) held by Pope Alexander III. ...

was present at the

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(Third Lateran, 1179) held under

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. It was united with the diocese of Montepeloso, from 1452 to 1479.

Bishops

Diocese of Andria

''Erected: 11th Century''
''Latin Name: Andriensis''
''Metropolitan:

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'' :... *Richard (attested 1158–1196) *Mathaeus (attested 1243) *frater Joannes (attested 1269–1274) :... *Placidus (attested 1290, 1304) *Joannes (attested 1318) *Dominicus (attested 1319) *Joannes de Alexandria, O.E.S.A. (10 November 1348 – 1349) *Andreas, O.E.S.A. (14 March 1349 – ? ) *Joannes (attested 1356) *Marcus *Lucidus de Nursia, O.E.S.A. (20 December 1374 – 1379/1380) *Franciscus (c. 1380 – ? ) *Milillus Sabanicae, O.E.S.A. (16 January 1392 – 1418) *Franciscus de Nigris (12 August 1418 – 1435?) *Joannes Donadei (14 November 1435 – 1451)

Diocese of Andria-Montepeloso

''United: 1452 with the Diocese of Montepeloso''
''Latin Name: Andriensis-Montis Pelusii'' *Antonellus, O.Min. (20 September 1452 – 1463?) *Matthaeus Antonius (3 April 1463 – 1465?) *Franciscus de Bertinis (20 October 1465 – 18 September 1471) *Martin Sotomayor, O.Carm. (18 September 1471 – March 1477) *Angelus Florus (1477 – 1495)

Diocese of Andria

1479 to 1800

''Split: 1479 into the Diocese of Andria and the Diocese of Montepeloso''
''Latin Name: Andriensis'' *Angelus Florus (1477 – 1495) *

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(26 April 1495 – 1503 Died) * Antonio de Roccamoro, O.F.M. (1503 –1515 Resigned) * Andrea Pastore (26 March 1515 – 1516 Died) *

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(12 December 1516 – 1517 Died) *

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(1517–1517 Resigned) *

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(1517–1565 Resigned) *

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(1566–1582 Appointed,

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(1582–1597 Died) * Vincenzo Bassi (1598–1603 Died) * Antonio de Franchis, C.R. (1604–1625 Died) *

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(1625–1626 Died) * Alessandro Strozzi (1626–1632) *

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(26 April 1632 – 8 October 1641 Died) * Ascanio Cassiani (16 December 1641 – 1657 Died) * Alessandro Egizio (17 December 1657 – April 1689 Died) *

Pietro Vecchia (bishop) Pietro Vecchia, O.S.B. (8 January 1628 – July 1695) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Molfetta (1691–1695) and Bishop of Andria (1690–1691). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Pietro Vecchia was born in Venice, Italy on 8 Ja ...

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(1690 – 19 December 1691) * Francesco Antonio Triveri,

(21 January 1692 – 24 September 1696) *

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(14 January 1697 – 1706 Died) *Nicola Adinolfi (6 December 1706 – 1715 Died) *Giovanni Paolo Torti Rogadei,

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(1718–1726) *Cherubino Tommaso Nobilione, O.P. (1726–1743 Resigned) *Domenico Anelli (20 May 1743– 14 July 1756 Died) *Francesco Ferrante (1757–1772 Died) *Saverio Palica,

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(1773–1791 Died) *Salvatore Maria Lombardi (27 February 1792 – 1821 Died)

since 1818

:''1818: Territory Added from the suppressed Diocese of Minervino Murge'' *Giovanni Battista Bolognese (1822 – 1830 Died) *Giuseppe Cosenza (1832–1850)Born in 1788, Cosenza was a native of Naples, held a doctorate in theology, and was Canon Theologian of the Cathedral Chapter of Naples. Cosenza was transferred to the diocese of

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on 10 September 1850. He was named a Cardinal by

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on 30 September 1850. He died on 30 March 1863. Ritzler-Sefrin, VII, pp. 74; VIII, p. 51, 180. *Giovanni Giuseppe Longobardi (1852–1870 Died) *Federico Maria Galdi (1872–1899 Died) *Giuseppe Staiti di Brancaleone (1899–1916 Died) *

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, O.Ss.C.A. (1917–1922 Appointed,

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) *Alessandro Macchi (1922–1930 Appointed,

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) *Ferdinando Bernardi (1931–1935 Appointed,

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) *Paolo Rostagno (1935–1939 Appointed,

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, O.SS.T. (1940–1952 Died) *Luigi Pirelli (1952–1957 Resigned) *Francesco Brustia (1957–1969 Resigned) *Giuseppe Lanave (1969–1988 Retired) * Raffaele Calabro (1988–2016 Retired) *Luigi Mansi (2016–)

References

Books

Reference works

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Studies

* * *Kamp, Norbert (1975). ''Kirche und Monarchie im staufischen Königreich Sizilien
I. Prosopographische Grundlegung, Bistumer und Bistümer und Bischöfe des Konigreichs 1194–1266: 2. Apulien und Calabrien
' München: Wilhelm Fink 1975. *Kehr, Paulus Fridolin (1962). ''Italia pontificia. Regesta pontificum Romanorum.'
Vol. IX: Samnia – Apulia – Lucania
Berlin: Weidmann. (in Latin), pp. 307–308. * *Loconte, R. (1962). ''I vescovi di Andria'' (Andria 1962). (in Italian) * *

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