The Eparchy of Lungro (Italian: Eparchia di Lungro;

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(diocese) of the

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It was created in 1919, as an

directly subject to the

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s of the

who had emigrated, mostly from

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, to

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and Calabria. The diocese received territory from the Archdiocese of Rossano, Diocese of Cassano all'Jonio and Diocese of San Marco e Bisignano.

Ordinaries of Italia continentale of the Italo-Albanese Catholic Church

* Felice Samuele Rodotà † (17 September 1735 – 15 October 1740 died) from San Benedetto Ullano,

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. * Nicolò De Marchis † (7 December 1742 – 2 June 1757 died) from

Lungro Lungro ( aae, Ungra) is a town and (municipality) in the Province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of Italy. Lungro is one of the most prominent centers of the Arbëreshë people and the seat of the Eparchy of Lungro. This jurisdiction of the C ...

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, titular bishop of

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, titular bishop of Ermopoli Maggiore in today's

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, titular bishop of

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in Jordan and later archbishop holder of Neocesarea del Ponto. * Giovanni Barcia † (24 April 1902 – 1912) from

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, titular bishop of Croia in Albania.

Bishops of Lungro

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† (10 March 1919 – 10 February 1979 died) * Giovanni Stamati † (20 February 1979 – 7 June 1987 died) *

Ercole Lupinacci Ercole Lupinacci (23 November 1933 – 6 August 2016) was an Italian of Arbëreshë ethnicity and Bishop Emeritus of Italo-Albanian Catholic Eparchies of Piana degli Albanesi and Lungro. Biography Ercole Lupinacci was born in San Giorgio Al ...

† (30 November 1987 – 10 August 2010 withdrawn) ** Salvatore Nunnari (10 August 2010 – 12 May 2012) (apostolic administrator) *

Donato Oliverio Donato Oliverio ( Cosenza, 5 March 1956) is the Bishop of the Eparchy of Lungro, a diocese of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church in Calabria, Italy. He replaced the most rev. Ercole Lupinacci. Episcopal genealogy * Archbishop Nilo Isvoroff * ...

, from 12 May 2012

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History

Ordinaries of Italia continentale of the Italo-Albanese Catholic Church

Bishops of Lungro

See also

Notes

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