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, existed from the eighth century until 1818. In that year it was united with the diocese of San Marco, to create the diocese of San Marco e Bisignano. More recently, Bisignano passed to the archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano."Diocese of Bisignano"
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History

Bisignano Bisignano ( Calabrian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza, part of the Calabria region of southern Italy. It is situated on hills in the Crati valley, between the Pollino and Sila National Parks. The town has historically been se ...

is the ancient Besidias, or Besidianum, which in the eleventh century became the residence of a Norman count and later a

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. In 1467

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's daughter, wife of the Prince of Bisignano, invited there many

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n families who established various colonies, spoke their own language, and used the

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. The first mention of a bishop is in 1179. Bisignano certainly had bishops in the tenth century, when mention is made of Ulutto in the life of St. Uilo di Rossano; Bishop Federico (1331) was killed in 1339.

Ordinaries

Diocese of Bisignano

''Erected: 7th Century''
''Latin Name: Bisinianensis'' * Nicola Piscicelli (11 Sep 1445 – 21 Apr 1449 Appointed,

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) * Giovanni Frangipane (bishop) (14 May 1449 – 1486 Died) * Bernardino Ferrari de Achrio (22 Sep 1486 – 1498 Died) *

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(3 Dec 1498 – 1530 Died) *

Fabio Arcella Fabio Arcella (died 1560) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Capua (1549–1560), Bishop of Policastro (1537–1542), Bishop of Bisignano (1530–1535), and Apostolic Nuncio to Naples (1529–1530 and 1535–1537). Biograp ...

(24 Jan 1530 – 5 Mar 1537 Appointed,

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) * Niccolò Caetani di Sermoneta (5 Mar 1537 – 13 Mar 1549 Resigned) *

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(13 Mar 1549 – 24 Dec 1558 Died) *

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(7 Feb 1560 – 1563 Died) *

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(30 Jan 1563 – 1564 Died) *

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(28 Jul 1564 – 1566 Died) *

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(8 Feb 1566 – 9 Mar 1569 Appointed,

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(22 Apr 1569 – 1575 Resigned)"Bishop Prospero Vitelliano"
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(23 Sep 1575 – Nov 1575 Died) *

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(2 Dec 1575 – 1584 Died) *

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(23 Jul 1584 – 1598 Died)"Bishop Domenico Petrucci"
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016 * Bernardo del Nero, O.P. (25 May 1598 – 1607 Resigned) * Gian Giacomo Amati (2 Apr 1607 – 1611 Died) * Mario Orsini (31 Jan 1611 – 15 Apr 1624 Appointed,

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) * Alderano Bellati (Bellatto) (15 Apr 1624 – 1626 Resigned) * Giovanni Battista de Paola (27 May 1626 – 1657 Died) * Carlo Filippo Mei, B. (8 Jul 1658 – 27 Apr 1664 Died) * Paolo Piromalli, O.P. (15 Dec 1664 – 12 Jul 1667 Died) * Giuseppe Maria Sebastiani, O.C.D. (22 Aug 1667 – 3 Oct 1672 Appointed,

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) * Onofrio Manesi (3 Oct 1672 – 22 Nov 1679 Died) * Giuseppe Consoli (7 Oct 1680 – Mar 1706 Died) *Pompilio Berlingieri (17 May 1706 – Mar 1721 Died) *Orazio Capalbi (Dec 1713 – 1721 Died) *Felix Solazzo Castriotta (16 Jul 1721 – 18 Jun 1745 Resigned) *Bonaventura Sculco (21 Jun 1745 – 20 Sep 1781 Died) *Lorenzo Maria (Pietro Felice) Varano, O.P. (18 Jun 1792 Confirmed – 9 Dec 1803 Died) ''27 June 1818 United with the Diocese of San Marco (Argentano) to form the Diocese of San Marco e Bisignano''

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