The diocese of Bova was a Roman Catholic diocese in Calabria in Italy[1] from the seventh century until 1986.[2][3]

Ordinaries

Diocese of Bova

Erected: 7th Century
Latin name: Bovensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria

  • Giovanni Dominici (1412–1419 Died)
...
  • Sante (1435–1441 Resigned)
...
  • Marcello Franci (1577–)
  • Bartolomeo Corsini (1587–1590 Died)
  • Giovanni Camerota (1592–1622 Died)[4]
  • Nicola Maria Madaffari (2 May 1622 – 1627 Died)[4]
  • Fabio Olivadisi (1627–1646 Appointed, Bishop of Catanzaro)[4]
  • Martino Megali (1646–1656 Died)[4]
  • Bernardino d'Aragona (1657–1669 Died)[4]
  • Marco Antonio Contestabile (1669–1699 Died)
  • Francesco Antonio Gaudiosi (1699–1714 Died)
  • Paolo Stabile (1718–1729 Died)
  • Giuseppe Barone (1729–1731 Appointed, Bishop of Marsi)
  • Tommaso Giosafat Melina 1731–1735 Died)
  • Domenico de Marzano (1735–1752 Died)
  • Stefano Moràbito (1752–1764 Resigned)
  • Antonio Spedalieri (1764–1791 Died)
  • Giuseppe Martini (1792–1802 Died)
  • Nicola-Maria Laudisio (1819–1824 Confirmed, Bishop of Policastro)
  • Giovanni Corcione (1824–1830 Died)
  • Giuseppe Maria Giove (1832–1834 Confirmed, Bishop of Gallipoli)
  • Vincenzo Rozzolino (1835–1849 Confirmed, Bishop of Caserta)
  • Pasquale Taccone (1849–1850 Confirmed, Bishop of Teramo)
  • Raffaele Ferrigno (1851–1856 Confirmed, Archbishop of Brindisi)
  • Dalmazio d'Andrea (1856–1870 Died)
  • Antonio Piterà (1871–1876 Resigned)
  • Nicola de Simone (1877–1895 Died)
  • Raffaele Rossi (1895–1899 Appointed, Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera)
  • Domenico Pugliatti (1900–1914 Died)
  • Paolo Albera (1915–1921 Resigned)
  • Andrea Taccone (1923–1929 Appointed, Bishop of Ruvo e Bitonto)
  • Giuseppe Cognata (1933–1940 Resigned)
  • Enrico Montalbetti (1941–1943 Died)
  • Antonio Lanza (1943–1950 Died)
  • Giovanni Ferro (1950–1960 Resigned)
  • Giuseppe Lenotti (1960–1962 Appointed, Bishop of Foggia)
  • Aureliano Sorrentino (1962–1966 Appointed, Bishop of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo)
  • Giovanni Ferro (1973–1977 Retired)
  • Aureliano Sorrentino (1977–1986 Appointed, Archbishop of Reggio Calabria-Bova)

References

  1. ↑ Bova - Catholic Encyclopedia article
  2. ↑ "Diocese of Bova" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. ↑ "Diocese of Bova" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 119–120. (in Latin)

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Bova". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.


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