The Diocese of Lesina (Latin: ''Dioecesis Lesinensis'') was a Roman Catholic diocese located in the town of
Lesina on the northern side of
Monte Gargano in the
province of Foggia
The Province of Foggia ( it, Provincia di Foggia ; Foggiano: ) is a province in the Apulia (Puglia) region of southern Italy.
This province is also known as Daunia, after the Daunians, an Iapygian pre-Roman tribe living in Tavoliere plain, an ...
, in the
Apulia region of southeast
Italy
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. Erected in the 13th century, it was suppressed in 1567 to the
Diocese of Larino
The Catholic diocese of Larino is located in the province of Campobasso, Southern Italy, c. 18 mi. (29 km) south of Termoli. It existed from the 7th century until 1986. In that year it was united into the diocese of Termoli-Larino. It was a suffra ...
.
["Diocese of Lesina"]
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved May 17, 2017["Titular Episcopal See of Lesina"]
''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved May 17, 2017 It was restored as a titular see in 1968.
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Bishops
;''Suffragan Bishops of Lesina''
(all
Roman Rite)
*
Francesco Titignano,
O. Cist. (1400–1408 Died)
* Bartolomeo de Sperella,
O.F.M. (1408 – 1409.06.20), later Bishop of
Tortiboli (1409.06.20 – 1425.08.31), Bishop of
Bovino
Bovino is a '' comune'' and hill town at the eastern side of the Apennines in the province of Foggia, Apulia, southern Italy.
Located within the woody Daunian Mountains as a terrace over the Tavoliere plains, Bovino is currently a member of the ...
(Italy) (1425.08.31 – death 1427)
* Nicola Tartagli,
O. Cist. (1409.06.20 – death 1459), also
Apostolic Administrator
An Apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic adm ...
of
Dragonara
Torremaggiore is a town, ''comune'' (municipality) and former seat of a bishopric, in the province of Foggia in the Apulia (in Italian: ''Puglia''), region of southeast Italy.
It lies on a hill, over the sea, and is famous for production of win ...
(1438.08.01 – ?)
* Nicolò delle Croci (1463.02.10 – death 1473?), previously Bishop of
Chioggia
Chioggia (; vec, Cióxa , locally ; la, Clodia) is a coastal town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Venice in the Veneto region of northern Italy.
Geography
The town is situated on a small island at the southern entrance to the L ...
(Italy) (1457.10.21 – 1463.02.10)
* Tommaso da Bitonto,
O.F.M. (1473.07.09 – death 1482)
* Masello d’Oria (1482.03.11 – ?)
* Leonardo (1488.07.30 – ?), previously Bishop of
Balecio (? – 1488.07.30)
*
Francesco Nomicisi (1504.04.29 – death 1507)
[ ''(in Latin)'']
*
Luca Matteo Caracciolo (1507.08.04 – death 1526)
*
Giacomo da Mantova,
O.P. (1526.04.17 – 1528)
*
Antonio Pandella (1528.12.11 – death 1538)
*
Vincenzo Torelli (1538.10.09 – death 1538)
*
Guglielmo Adeodato (1539.10.17 – 1542)
*
Antonello Eustachi (1542.04.16 – death 1544)
*
Baldassare Marachi (Baldassare Monaco),
O.E.S.A. (1544.06.25 – death 1550)
*
Orazio Greco
Orazio Greco was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lesina (1551–1567). ''(in Latin)'' (1551.02.18 – 1567)
["Bishop Orazio Greco"]
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Titular see
In 1968 the diocese was nominally restored as
Titular bishopric
A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbish ...
.
It has had the following incumbents, of the fitting episcopal (lowest) rank :
* Joseph Mary Marling,
Holy Ghost Fathers (C.PP.S.) (1969.07.02 – 1976.01.16)
* Emilio Bianchi di Cárcano (1976.02.24 – 1982.04.14)
* João d’Ávila Moreira Lima (1982.06.21 – 2011.09.30)
* Sampathawaduge Maxwell Grenville Silva (2011.11.28 – ...),
Auxiliary Bishop of
Colombo
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(Sri Lanka)
See also
*
Catholic Church in Italy
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References
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Catholic titular sees in Europe
Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Italy
13th-century establishments in Italy
1567 disestablishments in Europe
1968 establishments in Italy