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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manfredonia–Vieste–San Giovanni Rotondo ( la, Archidioecesis Sipontina–Vestana–Sancti Ioannis Rotundi) is a Latin Catholic non-Metropolitan Archdiocese in the civil
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 Apulia, south-eastern
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The historic Archdiocese of Siponto (precursor in a present suburb of Manfredonia) was elevated from the status of diocese in 1074. At that time it was known after its see,
Siponto Siponto ( la, Sipontum, grc-gre, Σιπιούς) was an ancient port town and bishopric in Apulia, southern Italy. The town was abandoned after earthquakes in the 13th century; today the area is administered as a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' ...
, and ''Sipontina'' persisted as its
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name. The present complex title reflects several mergers, part of a complex history before and after the see transfer in 1230.


History

Pope Eugenius III Pope Eugene III ( la, Eugenius III; c. 1080 – 8 July 1153), born Bernardo Pignatelli, or possibly Paganelli, called Bernardo da Pisa, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 February 1145 to his death in 1153. He w ...
(1145–1153) confirmed that the diocese of Viesti was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Siponto. In 1223, a major earthquake centered on Monte Gargano destroyed nearly every building in Siponto. The tremors continued for another two years, until, by 1225, everything was in ruins. In 1250,
Manfred of Sicily Manfred ( scn, Manfredi di Sicilia; 123226 February 1266) was the last King of Sicily from the Hohenstaufen dynasty, reigning from 1258 until his death. The natural son of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, Manfred became regent over the ...
found it necessary to rebuild
Siponto Siponto ( la, Sipontum, grc-gre, Σιπιούς) was an ancient port town and bishopric in Apulia, southern Italy. The town was abandoned after earthquakes in the 13th century; today the area is administered as a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' ...
in a new nearby location, only four miles away, which he named Manfredonia. The archiepiscopal see was transferred and renamed after it as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manfredonia, yet kept its
Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
adjective Sipontin(us). Manfred had been excommunicated both by
Pope Innocent IV Pope Innocent IV ( la, Innocentius IV; – 7 December 1254), born Sinibaldo Fieschi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 25 June 1243 to his death in 1254. Fieschi was born in Genoa and studied at the universitie ...
and by
Pope Alexander IV Pope Alexander IV (1199 or 1185 – 25 May 1261) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 December 1254 to his death in 1261. Early career He was born as Rinaldo di Jenne in Jenne (now in the Province of Rome), he ...
, and the papacy did not care to memorialize his name.


Celebrities

Among the archbishops were Matteo Orsini (1327), later cardinal; Cardinal Bessarione (1447), administrator;
Niccolò Perotti Niccolò Perotti, also Perotto or Nicolaus Perottus (1429 – 14 December 1480) was an Italian humanist and the author of one of the first modern Latin school grammars. Biography Born in Sassoferrato (near Fano), Marche, Perotti studied with Vitt ...
(1458), a Greek scholar and theologian; Giovanni del Monte (1512), later
Pope Julius III Pope Julius III ( la, Iulius PP. III; it, Giulio III; 10 September 1487 – 23 March 1555), born Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 February 1550 to his death in March 155 ...
; Domenico Ginnasio (1586), who suppressed the use of the
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at the high altar of the cathedral of Sipontum, a custom which had been observed until his time; Antonio Marcello (1643), who founded the seminary and restored the cathedral destroyed by the Ottoman Turks in 1620; Cardinal Vincenzo Orsini (1675), who became Benedict XIII (1724–1730). In 1627, a major earthquake in the region of Gargano caused a tsunami which inundated the coastline of Apulia, including the city of Manfredonia. A major earthquake struck the area of Monte Gargano on 31 May 1646. More than 200 persons died on the peninsula, including 85 at Vieste, and hundreds of houses were ruined, as well as the castle and bell tower in Vieste. In Manfredonia, only five houses were destroyed and 15 persons died. The convent of the Observant Franciscans just outside the city walls, which was being rebuilt following the Turkish depredations of 1620, was completely ruined.


Reorganization of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 1818

Following the extinction of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, the
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authorized the restoration of the Papal States and the Kingdom of The Two Sicilies (Naples). Since the French occupation had seen the abolition of many Church institutions in the Kingdom, as well as the confiscation of much Church property and resources, it was imperative that Pope Pius VII and King Ferdinand IV reach agreement on restoration and restitution. A concordat was finally signed on 16 February 1818, and ratified by Pius VII on 25 February 1818. Ferdinand issued the concordat as a law on 21 March 1818. The right of the king to nominate the candidate for a vacant bishopric was recognized, as in the Concordat of 1741, subject to papal confirmation (preconisation). On 27 June 1818, Pius VII issued the bull ''De Ulteriore'', in which he reestablished the metropolitan archbishopric of Siponto (Manfredonia), but with no suffragan dioceses at all. The diocese of Viesti was given to the archbishop of Siponto in "perpetual administratorship". On 30 April 1979,
Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...
undertook the reorganization of the dioceses of the region of Apulia. The diocese of Foggia was promoted to the status of metropolitan archbishopric, and the metropolitan archdiocese of Siponto was abolished. Foggia became an ecclesiastical province; its suffragans were to be Siponto (which retained the dignity of an archiepiscopal seat); Troia (which had been immediately subject to the Holy See); Asculum et Ceriniola, Bovinum, Lucerina, and San Severo (which had been suffragans of the archdiocese of Benevento); and Vieste (which had been a suffragan of Siponto, and became an independent diocese again).


Diocesan Reorganization

Following the
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, and in accordance with the norms laid out in the council's decree, ''Christus Dominus'' chapter 40, Pope Paul VI ordered a reorganization of the ecclesiastical provinces in southern Italy.
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ordered consultations among the members of the Congregation of Bishops in the Vatican Curia, the Italian Bishops Conference, and the various dioceses concerned. On 18 February 1984, the Vatican and the Italian State signed
new and revised concordat
Based on the revisions, a set of ''Normae'' was issued on 15 November 1984, which was accompanied in the next year, on 3 June 1985, by enabling legislation. According to the agreement, the practice of having one bishop govern two separate dioceses at the same time, ''aeque personaliter'', was abolished. The Vatican continued consultations which had begun under
Pope John XXIII Pope John XXIII ( la, Ioannes XXIII; it, Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, ; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in June 19 ...
for the merging of small dioceses, especially those with personnel and financial problems, into one combined diocese. On 30 September 1986,
Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...
ordered that the dioceses of Siponto and Viesti be merged into one diocese with one bishop, with the Latin title ''Archidioecesis Sipontina-Vestana''. The seat of the diocese was to be in Manfredonia, and its cathedral was to serve as the cathedral of the merged diocese. The cathedral in Viesti was to have the honorary titles of "co-cathedral"; the cathedral Chapter was to be a ''Capitulum Concathedralis''. There was to be only one diocesan Tribunal, in Manfredonia, and likewise one seminary, one College of Consultors, and one Priests' Council. The territory of the new diocese was to include the territory of the suppressed dioceses of Viesti. The town of Rignano Garganico, however, was detached from the diocese, and assigned to the diocese of S. Severo. On 6 December 2002, the archdiocese was again renamed. By order of
Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...
, it became Archdiocese of Manfredonia–Vieste–San Giovanni Rotondo / Sipontina-Vestana-Sancti Ioannis Rotundi (Latin). The stated reason for the change was the desire to honor S. Pius of Pietrelcina, who had founded a hospital for the suffering (''Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza'') in the city of San Giovanni Rotundo.


Cathedrals

The medieval cathedral, damaged many times by earthquakes, survived until the Turkish invasion of 1620. At that time, the entire city was sacked and put to the torch, and the cathedral completely destroyed. The new
cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominatio ...
of the archiepiscopal see, whose reconstruction began under Archbishop Antonio Marullo (1643–1648), is the Cathedral of Saint Laurence, dedicated to Laurence of Siponto. The archdiocese also has: * a Co-Cathedral, or
Minor Basilica In the Catholic Church, a basilica is a designation given by the Pope to a church building. Basilicas are distinguished for ceremonial purposes from other churches. The building need not be a basilica in the architectural sense (a rectangular ...
: ''Basilica Cattedrale di Maria Santissima Assunta in cielo'', in
Vieste Vieste (; nap, label= Viestano, Vìst) is a town, ''comune'' and former Catholic bishopric in the province of Foggia, in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. A marine resort in Gargano, Vieste has received Blue Flags for the purity of its wate ...
, granted the title of co-cathedral by
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on 12 February 1981. * another former Cathedral, also a Minor Basilica, is the ''Basilica di S. Maria Maggiore di Siponto'', in
Siponto Siponto ( la, Sipontum, grc-gre, Σιπιούς) was an ancient port town and bishopric in Apulia, southern Italy. The town was abandoned after earthquakes in the 13th century; today the area is administered as a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' ...
* a third Minor Basilica, the ''Basilica S. Michele Arcangelo'' dedicated to the
Archangel Michael Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, translit=Mīḵāʾēl; el, Μιχαήλ, translit=Mikhaḗl; la, Michahel; ar, ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl), also ...
, in
Monte Sant'Angelo Monte Sant'Angelo ( Foggiano: ) is a town and ''comune'' of Apulia, southern Italy, in the province of Foggia, on the southern slopes of Monte Gargano. History Monte Sant'Angelo as a town appeared only in the 11th century. Between 1081 and 1103, ...
, is a
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. * two more notable shrines: ''Santuario di S. Maria delle Grazie'', in
San Giovanni Rotondo San Giovanni Rotondo is the name of a town and ''comune'' in the province of Foggia and region of Apulia, in southern Italy. San Giovanni Rotondo was the home of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina from 28 July 1916 until his death on 23 September 1968. Th ...
, and ''Santuario di S. Pio da Pietrelcina'', in
San Giovanni Rotondo San Giovanni Rotondo is the name of a town and ''comune'' in the province of Foggia and region of Apulia, in southern Italy. San Giovanni Rotondo was the home of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina from 28 July 1916 until his death on 23 September 1968. Th ...
.


Synods

Cardinal Tolomeo Gallio (1562–1573) held a provincial synod in January 1567, in Manfredonia. Archbishop Bernardino Buratti (1623–1628) held diocesan synods in 1624 and 1627. Cardinal Vincenzo Maria (Pietro Francesco) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. (1675–1680) presided over a diocesan synod in 1678. Archbishop Tommaso Maria Francone, C.R. (1777–1799) presided over a diocesan synod on 11–12 May 1784.


Archbishops of Siponto

* Albertus, Benedictine Order (O.S.B.) (1100 – 1116) * Gregorius, O.S.B. (1116 – 1117.09.21) * Leo (1118 – 1130?) *Willelmus (attested 1120-1124) * Sergio Freccia (1130? – 1140?) * Guglielmo (1140? – 1155?) * Goffridus (1155 – 1166) * Gerardus (1170 – death 1175) * ?Gerardus II (1175 – 1179?) * Johannes (1184 – death 1195) * Hugo (1195 – 1216?) * Albertus (1219? – ?)


Metropolitan Archbishops of Siponto (Manfredonia)


From 1230 to 1500

* Ruggero (attested 1219 – 1263?) * Jacobus Falconarius (attested 1259 – 1269) * Giovanni Freccia (attested 1277–1283) * Andrea De China (1291.12.05 – death 1301) * Gregorio de Montelongo (1301.09.01 – death 1302.01) * Leonardo Mancini (1302.02.09 – death 1326) * Matteo Orsini, O.P. (1327) *Bartolommeo (1328 – 1330) *Sassus Judicis Leonis (1330 – 1343) *Petrus, O.Min. (1343 – 1351) *Franciscus Crispi da Messana, 0.E.S.A. (1351 – 1354) *Marinus (1354 – 1361) *Philippus (Feolus) (1361 – 1375) *Petrus, O.Carm. (1375 – 1381) ''Avignon Obedience'' *Johannes (1381 – 1386) ''Roman Obedience'' *Johannes (1386 – 1398) ''Roman Obedience'' *Nicolaus (1398 – 1402) ''Roman Obedience'' *Nicolaus (1402 – 1410) ''Roman Obedience'' *Laurentius (1410 – 1414?) * Paolo di Segni (1414–1419) :... *Matthias Foschi (1436 – 1438) *
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(17 March 1438 – 1447) *
Basilios Bessarion Bessarion ( el, Βησσαρίων; 2 January 1403 – 18 November 1472) was a Byzantine Greek Renaissance humanist, theologian, Catholic cardinal and one of the famed Greek scholars who contributed to the so-called great revival of letters ...
, (O.S.B.M.) (1447 – 1449 Resigned) * Giovanni Burgio, (7 Apr 1449 – 1458) *
Niccolò Perotti Niccolò Perotti, also Perotto or Nicolaus Perottus (1429 – 14 December 1480) was an Italian humanist and the author of one of the first modern Latin school grammars. Biography Born in Sassoferrato (near Fano), Marche, Perotti studied with Vitt ...
, (19 Oct 1458 – 1480) * Tiberio Nardini, (12 Jan 1481 – 1498)


from 1500 to 1818

* Agapito Gerardini, (4 May 1500 – 1506) * Antonio Maria Ciocchi del Monte (6 Feb 1506 – 1511) *
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(18 March 1513 – 25 June 1544 Resigned) * Giovanni Ricci (25 June 1544 – 1545) * Giovanni Andrea Mercurio (20 Feb 1545 – 1550) * Sebastiano Antonio Pighini (1550 – 1553) *
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, O.S.M. (30 March 1554 – 1560 Died) *
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(13 Sep 1560 – 29 June 1562 Died) * Tolomeo Gallio (6 July 1562 – 1573 Resigned) * Giuseppe Sappi (8 April 1573 – 1586 Died) *
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(17 Dec 1586 – 11 Nov 1607 Resigned) * Annibale Ginnasi (5 Nov 1607 – 1621 Died) * Giovanni Severini (14 March 1622 – 20 Dec 1622 Died) * Bernardino Buratti (1623 – 1628) * Andrea Caracciolo (1628 – 1629) * Orazio Annibaldi della Molara (18 Feb 1630 – 7 May 1643 Died) * Antonio Marullo (31 Aug 1643 – 18 Dec 1648 Died) * Paolo Teutonico (12 April 1649 – Nov 1651 Died) * Giovanni Alfonso Puccinelli, C.R.L. (13 May 1652 – 1658 Died) * Benedetto Cappelletti (22 Sep 1659 – 27 Jan 1675 Resigned) *
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, O.P. (1675 – 1680) *
Tiberio Muscettola Tiberio Muscettola, C.O. (born 1637) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Manfredonia (1680–1708). ''(in Latin)''
, C.O. (1680 – 1708 Resigned) *Giovanni de Lerma (1708 – 1725 Resigned) *Marco Antonio De Marco (1725 – 1742) *Francesco Rivera (1742 – 1777) *Tommaso Maria Francone, C.R. (23 June 1777 – 1799) *Giovanni Gaetano del Muscio, Sch.P. (1804 – 1807) :''Sede vacante'' (1807 – 1818)


Archbishops of Manfredonia e Vieste

:United: 27 June 1818 with the
Diocese of Vieste'' *Eustachio Dentice, C.R. (6 April 1818 Confirmed – 1830 Died) *Vitangelo Salvemini (2 July 1832 Confirmed – 13 May 1854 Died) *Vincenzo Taglialatela (Tagliatela) (23 June 1854 – 7 Dec 1879 Retired) *Beniamino Feuli (27 Feb 1880 – 19 Jan 1884 Died) *Federico Pizza (24 March 1884 – 19 April 1897 Resigned) *Pasquale Gagliardi (19 April 1897 – 1 Oct 1929 Resigned) *Andrea Cesarano (30 June 1931 – 20 Dec 1969 Died) *Valentino Vailati (25 May 1970 – 2 June 1990 Retired)


Archbishops of Manfredonia-Vieste

''30 September 1986: Name Changed'' *Vincenzo D'Addario (2 June 1990 – 2002)


Archbishops of Manfredonia–Vieste–San Giovanni Rotondo

''6 December 2002: Name Changed'' *Domenico Umberto D’Ambrosio (8 March 2003 – 16 April 2009 Appointed Archbishop of Lecce) * Michele Castoro (15 July 2009 – 5 May 2018 died)On July 15, 2009,
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named
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Michele Castoro of the Diocese of Oria as Archbishop.
* Franco Moscone, C.R.S. (3 Nov 2018 - )


See also

*
List of Catholic dioceses in Italy The following is the List of the Catholic dioceses in Italy. , the Catholic Church in Italy is divided into sixteen ecclesiastical regions. While they are similar to the 20 civil regions of the Italian state, there are some differences. Most eccl ...
*
Roman Catholic Diocese of Vieste The Diocese of Vieste (Latin: ''Dioecesis Vestanus'') was a Roman Catholic diocese located in the town in the province of Foggia, in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. On 27 June 1818, the diocese of Viesti was granted to the archbishops of Sipo ...
*
Siponto Siponto ( la, Sipontum, grc-gre, Σιπιούς) was an ancient port town and bishopric in Apulia, southern Italy. The town was abandoned after earthquakes in the 13th century; today the area is administered as a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' ...
ishops of Siponto, before promotion to archbishops


References


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Episcopal lists

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Studies

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' München: Wilhelm Fink 1975. *Kehr, Paulus Fridolin (1962). ''Italia pontificia. Regesta pontificum Romanorum.'
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Berlin: Weidmann. . pp. 268-270. *
''Raccolta di Diplomi e Bolle per la Chiesa sipontina''
n.p: n.d.
Manfredonia Manfredonia is a town and commune of Apulia, Italy, in the province of Foggia, from which it is northeast by rail. Manfredonia is situated on the coast, facing east, to the south of Monte Gargano, and gives its name to the gulf to the east of ...
Diocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
Manfredonia Manfredonia is a town and commune of Apulia, Italy, in the province of Foggia, from which it is northeast by rail. Manfredonia is situated on the coast, facing east, to the south of Monte Gargano, and gives its name to the gulf to the east of ...
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