The Italian Catholic Archdiocese of Agrigento ( la, Archidioecesis Agrigentina), in

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, was elevated to archiepiscopal status in 2000.''Archdiocese of Agrigento''
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved April 4, 2016"Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agrigento"
''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved April 4, 2016 The historic diocese of Agrigento was also known as the Diocese of Grigenti, and Diocese of Agrigentum. It used to be a

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of the

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. Local enthusiasm for an Apostolic connection even led someone to forge a bull of investiture, an instrument which was not created for centuries. Gregory of Agrigento, said to have been martyred in 262, never existed. His name occurs in the hagiographical work, "The Life of St. Agrippina", but the author of that work, a person of the eighth or ninth century, placed the sixth century Bishop

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in the wrong context.Lanzoni, p. 641. The earliest

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of certain date is Potamius, who was believed to be a contemporary of

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(535–36). Other scholars place him in the seventh century, in which case he would not be the earliest Bishop of Agrigento. The succession of bishops, interrupted by the Saracen invasion (879–1038), began again in 1093 with

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Bishops

to 1300

:... *Potamius ( ? ) *Theodosius ( ? ) *Gregorius ( ? ) *Eusanius (attested 578 – 590) *

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(attested 591 – 603) *Liberius *Felix *Hermogenes (c. 800) :... * Gerlandus (1093 – 1104) *Drago, O.S.B. (1104) *Guarinus, O.S.B. (1105 – after 1113) *Albertus (1118 – ) *Gualterius (attested in 1127 – 17 April 1141) *Rogerius (elected in 1142) *

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(1154–1171) *Bartolomeo (1171 – 1191) *Urso (1191 – 1239) *

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(1240 – c. 1264) *Godefredus Roncioni (1265? – 28 January 1271) * uillelmus Morini(1271) *Guido (2 June 1273 – 1276) *Gobertus (1276 – 23 August 1286) :''Sede Vacante'' (1286 – 1304)

1300 to 1500

*Bertaldus de Labro (10 January 1304 – 27 March 1326) *Jacobus Muscus (1326) * Matteo Orsini, O.P. (20 Oct 1326 – 15 Jun 1327) *Philippus Hombaldi, O.P. (6 June 1328 – 1350) *Octavianus de Labro (12 May 1350 – 8 November 1362) *Matteo de Fugardo (16 March 1362 – after 1390) *Gilifortis Riccobono (6 March 1392 – 23 October 1395) (Roman Obedience) *Petrus de Curtibus,

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(2 June 1393 – 1414?) (Avignon Obedience) *Nicolaus,

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(1395 – 3 June 1398) (Roman Obedience) *Nicolaus de Burelli (3 June 1398 – 1400) (Roman Obedience) *Giovanni Cardella (19 October 1400 – 1401) (Roman Obedience) *Giovanni de Pino, O.F.M. (1 October 1401 – ?) (Roman Obedience) *Philippus de Ferrario (4 July 1414 – ?) (Avignon Obedience) *Laurentius de Messasal, O.Cist. (16 March 1422 – 1442?) * Matteo da Gimara, O.F.M. (17 Sep 1442 – 1445 Resigned)"Bishop Matteo da Gimara, O.F.M."
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 9, 2016 * Antonio Ponticorona, O.P. (23 Jul 1445 – 1451 Died) * Domenico Xarth,

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(10 Jan 1452 – 1471 Died)"Bishop Domenico Xarth, O. Cist."
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 9, 2016 *Giovanni de Cardellis (11 December 1472 – February 1479) *

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(20 Mar 1479 – 29 Sep 1506 Died)

1500 to 1818

*Giuliano Cibò (5 October 1506 – 1537) * Pietro Tagliavia d’Aragonia (28 May 1537 – 10 Oct 1544) *Cardinal

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(10 Oct 1544 – 2 May 1564 Died) (Administrator) * Luigi Suppa, O.P. (13 Apr 1565 – 29 Sep 1569 Died) *

Juan Battista de Ojeda Juan Battista de Ojeda (died 1574) also Giovanni Battista de Hogeda or Giovanni Battista de Oxeda was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop (personal title) of Agrigento (1571–1574) and Archbishop of Trani (1560–1571). ''(in Lati ...

(27 Aug 1571 – 1574 Died) *

Cesare Marullo Cesare Marullo (died 12 November 1588) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Palermo (1577–1588) and Bishop of Agrigento (1574–1577). ''(in Latin)'' Biography On 14 July 1574, Cesare Marullo was appointed by Pope Gregory X ...

(14 Jul 1574 – 11 Sep 1577) *

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(9 Oct 1577 – 21 May 1578 Died) *

Antonio Lombardo (bishop) Antonio Lombardo (died 1597) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Messina (1585–1597), Bishop of Agrigento (1579–1585), and Bishop of Mazara del Vallo (1573–1579). ''(in Latin)'' Biography On 16 January 1573, Antonio Lo ...

(30 Mar 1579 – 23 Jan 1585) * Diego Haëdo (23 Jan 1585 – 14 Aug 1589) * Francesco del Pozzo (1591 – 1593 Died)"Bishop Francesco del Pozzo"
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 18, 2016 * Juan Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva (2 Dec 1594 – 16 Jan 1606) *

Vincenzo Bonincontro Vincenzo Bonincontro, O.P. (died 1622) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Agrigento (1607–1622). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Vincenzo Bonincontro was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers. On 25 June 1607, he was appoint ...

, O.P. (25 Jun 1607 – May 1622 Died) *

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(20 Mar 1623 – 6 Jul 1624 Died) * Francesco Traina (2 Mar 1627 – Oct 1651 Died) * Ferdinando Sanchez de Cuellar, O.S.A. (26 May 1653 – 4 Jan 1657) * Francesco Gisulfo e Osorio (30 Sep 1658 – Dec 1664 Died) *

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(15 Dec 1666 – 15 Dec 1668 Died) *

Francesco Giuseppe Crespos de Escobar Francisco José Crespos de Escobar (1620–1674) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Agrigento (1672–1674). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Francisco José Crespos de Escobar was born in Medina del Campo, Spain. On 2 May 1672, he w ...

(2 May 1672 – 17 May 1674) *

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(Rhini), O.F.M. (19 Oct 1676 – 4 Aug 1696 Died) * Francesco Ramírez, O.P. (26 Aug 1697 – 27 Aug 1715 Died) *Anselmo de la Peña,

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(27 Sep 1723 – 4 Aug 1729) *Lorenzo Gioeni d'Aragona (11 Dec 1730 – Oct 1754 Died) *Andrea Lucchesi Palli (21 Jul 1755 – 4 Oct 1768 Died) *Antonio Lanza, C.R. (20 Nov 1769 – 24 May 1775 Died) *Antonio Branciforte Colonna (15 Apr 1776 – 31 Jul 1786 Died) *Antonino Cavalieri (15 Sep 1788 – 11 Dec 1792 Died) *Saverio Granata, C.R. (1 Jun 1795 – 29 Apr 1817)

since 1818

*Baldassare Leone (2 Oct 1818 – 22 Jul 1820 Died) *Pietro Maria d'Agostino (17 Nov 1823 – 18 Jul 1835 Died) *Ignazio Giuseppe Nicola Epifanio Montemagno,

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(2 Oct 1837 – 21 Aug 1839 Died) *Domenico-Maria-Giuseppe Lo Jacono, C.R. (17 Jun 1844 – 24 Mar 1860 Died) *Domenico Turano (23 Feb 1872 – 2 Feb 1885 Died)Born in Palermo in 1814, Turano was ordained a priest in 1839. He was a former Jesuit, and was a Canon of the Cathedral of Palermo. He had been a professor of theology at the University of Palermo. M. Naro, "Persone e luoghi esemplificativi della cultura ecclesiastica siciliana. Il palermitano Domenico Turano vescovo di Agrigento," in: ''Synaxis'' 15 (1997), 591-621. D. Di Gregorio, ''Mons. Domenico Turano'' (Palermo: "La Carita" 1967). *Gaetano Blandini (2 Feb 1885 – 19 May 1898 Died) *Bartolomeo Maria Lagumina (28 Nov 1898 – 5 May 1931 Died) *Giovanni Battista Peruzzo, C.P. (15 Jan 1932 – 20 Jul 1963 Died) *Giuseppe Petralia (14 Oct 1963 – 2 May 1980 Resigned) * Luigi Bommarito (2 May 1980 – 1 Jun 1988) Appointed, Archbishop of Catania * Carmelo Ferraro (3 Nov 1988 – 23 Feb 2008 Resigned) *

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(23 Feb 2008 – 22 May 2021) * Alessandro Damiano (22 May 2021 – present)

Suffragan sees

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* Armerina

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* * * *Kamp, Norbert (1975). ''Kirche und Monarchie im staufischen Königreich Sizilien
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Agrigento Agrigento (; scn, Girgenti or ; grc, Ἀκράγας, translit=Akrágas; la, Agrigentum or ; ar, كركنت, Kirkant, or ''Jirjant'') is a city on the southern coast of Sicily, Italy and capital of the province of Agrigento. It was one of ...

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