Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino


The Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino is a Roman Catholic Metropolitan archdiocese in Apulia, southern Italy, created by promoting the bishopric of Foggia and merging with the bishopric of Bovina, which was included in its title.

History

It was established on 25 June 1855 as Diocese of Foggia on territory split off from the Diocese of Troia. It was exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.
From 1974.12.14 it was held in personal union aeque principaliter with the diocese of Bovino and Diocese of Troia.
On 1979.04.30 it was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Foggia.
On 1986.09.30 it was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Foggia–Bovino, having gained territories from the Archdiocese of Manfredonia and from the newly suppressed Diocese of Bovino.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 211,500 Catholics on 1,666 km² in 55 parishes with 142 priests, 10 deacons, 216 lay religious and 15 seminarians.

Ecclesiastical province

It has the following Suffragan sees:
; Exempt Bishops of Foggia
  1. Bernardino Maria Frascolla
  2. Geremia Cosenza, Order of Friars Minor
  3. Domenico Marinangeli ; later Titular Archbishop of Nazareth and Metropolitan Archbishop of Trani , Archbishop of Barletta , Apostolic Administrator of Bisceglie ; emeritate as Latin Titular Patriarch of Alexandria
  4. Carlo Mola, Oratory of Saint Philip Neri , emeritate as Titular Bishop of Sasima
  5. Salvatore Bella, next Bishop of Acireale
  6. Pietro Pomares y Morant, next Metropolitan Archbishop of Bari e Canosa
  7. Fortunato Maria Farina, previously Bishop of Troia ; emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade
  8. Giuseppe Amici, succeeding as former Coadjutor Bishop of Foggia and Bishop of Troia ; next Bishop of Cesena , later Metropolitan Archbishop of Modena and Abbot Ordinary of Territorial Abbey of Nonantola , died 1977.
  9. Paolo Carta, next Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari , died 1996
  10. Giuseppe Lenotti, previously Bishop of Bova ; also Bishop of Troia
  11. # Auxiliary Bishop: Mario De Santis
;Metropolitan Archbishops of Foggia
  1. Giuseppe Lenotti
  2. Salvatore De Giorgi ; previously Titular Bishop of Tulana as Auxiliary Bishop of Oria , promoted Coadjutor Bishop of Oria, succeeding as Bishop of Oria ; also Bishop of Bovino and Bishop of Troia
;Metropolitan Archbishops of Foggia-Bovino
  1. Salvatore De Giorgi, later Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto , General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Catholic Action, Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo ,created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli
  2. Giuseppe Casale : previously 'last' Bishop of Vallo della Lucania , renamed first Bishop of Vallo della Lucania
  3. Domenico Umberto D'Ambrosio ; previously Bishop of Termoli–Larino ; also Apostolic Administrator of Manfredonia–Vieste–San Giovanni Rotondo before succeeding as Archbishop of Manfredonia–Vieste–San Giovanni Rotondo, remaining again Apostolic Administrator of Manfredonia–Vieste–San Giovanni Rotondo ; later Metropolitan Archbishop of Lecce
  4. Francesco Pio Tamburrino, Subiaco Cassinese Benedictine Congregation ; previously Abbot Ordinary of Montevergine , Bishop of Teggiano–Policastro , Secretary of Roman Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Archbishop ad personam
  5. Vincenzo Pelvi ; previously Titular Bishop of Thinisa in Numidia as Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli