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History

The diocese of Tursi is first attested as a Greek diocese. In the privilege granted by Polyeuktos, the Patriarch of Constantinople to the Metropolitan of Otranto in 968, the Metropolitan is granted the right to consecrate the bishops of Acerenza, Tursi, Gravina, Matera, and Tricarico. The first bishop to call himself Bishop of Anglona was Petrus (1110). Simeon, a bishop of Anglona, was present at the ceremony of donation of some fields, made by Hugo di Chiaromonte and his wife Ginarga to the

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monastery of Sts. Elias and Anastasius. On 16 June 1102 (or 1106, or 1108), Pope Paschal II confirmed the privileges of the metropolitan archbishop of Acerenza, which included the suffragan dioceses of Venosa, Gravina, Tricarico, Tursi, and Potenza. The privilege was repeated by

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on 1 April 1151; by

Pope Alexander III Pope Alexander III (c. 1100/1105 – 30 August 1181), born Roland ( it, Rolando), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 September 1159 until his death in 1181. A native of Siena, Alexander became pope after a con ...

on 7 September 1179; and by

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on 10 December 1201. In October 1167, King

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granted the castle of Nucara to Bishop Guilelmus of Anglona, for the good of his soul. In July 1181, Bishop Roboan of Anglona relinquished his rights over the abbey of Ss. Elias and Anastasius of Carbone to the archbishop of Monreale. Following the death of the Emperor Frederick II in 1250, the struggle for the succession between Conrad and Manfred involved not only the papacy, but also most of the vassals of the Empire in south Italy.

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 ...

(Fieschi) excommunicated Manfred in July 1254. One of the leaders of the opposition to Manfred, and a papal supporter, was Borello, the lord of Anglona. In October 1254, five months after the death of Conrad, Manfred killed Borello. Manfred fled to Lucera where he was favorably received, and assumed control over the town and fortress.

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was destroyed in the days of Queen

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. The name of the diocese was officially changed from Diocese of Anglona to Diocese of Anglona-Tursi in 1545 or 1546,

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being a town in the diocese of Anglona.

Reorganization of 1976

On 8 September 1976, the diocese of Diano-Policastro lost seven towns, including Lagonegro, when the Diocese of Tursi-Lagonegro was established. The church of S. Nicholas of Bari in Lagonegro was promoted to the status of co-cathedral. The name (''titulus'') of "Anglona" was suppressed from the diocesan name, but the name was retained and placed among the names of future titular sees. 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 by the bull ''Quo aptius'' of 21 August 1976. The ecclesiastical provinces of Acerenza and of Matera were abolished, and a new province, that of Potenza, was created. On 12 September 1976, Pope Paul continued the reorganization by dissolving the Episcopal Conference of Benevento and of Lucana-Salernitana. He created a new Episcopal Conference in the area of Basilicata, to be called "Apulia", and which included the dioceses of Potenza, Marsico Nuovo and Venosa; Acerenza and Tricarico; Melphi, Rapolla and Venosa; ''Tursi-Lagonegro''; and Materana and Montepeloso. The diocese of Tursi-Lagonegro was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Potenza-Marsico Nuovo-Venosa.

Chapter and Cathedral

In 1702, both the bishop and the Chapter were living in Tursi. The Cathedral of the Annunciation in Tursi was administered by a Chapter consisting of three dignities (the Archdeacon, the Archpriest, and the Dean) and ten canons. In 1763, there were three dignities and fourteen canons. In 1870, the cathedral was administered by a Chapter, consisting of three dignities and eleven canons.

Bishops

Diocese of Anglona

''Erected: 11th Century''
''Latin Name: Anglonensis''
''Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Acerenza e Matera'' :... *Leon *Michael (attested 1050) *Engelbert (attested 1065 – 1068) *Simeon (attested 1074) :... *Petrus (attested 1110) *Johannes (attested 1121 – 1146) :... *Riccardus (attested 1172) *Roboan (attested 1179 – 1181) :... :Nicolaus (1219) ''Bishop-elect'' *Petrus de Postitio (1219?) * nonymous(attested 1221) *Robertus (attested 1241) :... :''Sede vacante'' (1252–1253) *Deodatus de Squillace, O.M. (attested 1253 – 1255) *Joannes de Montefuscolo (1275? – 1259) *Leonardus, O.Cist. (attested 1269 – 1274) *Gualterius ( ? – 1299) *Marcus *Silvester *Franciscus della Mara *Guillelmus (1330 – 1332) *Johannes de Tricarico (1332 – 1344?) *Riccardus *Philippus (1363 – 1364) *Philippus (1364 – ? ) :Zotta ''Avignon Obedience'' *Roger Marescalchi (1392 – 1400) ''Avignon Obedience'' *Jacobus (1399–1400) ''Roman Obedience'' *Roger Marescalchi (1400 – 1418) *Giovanni Caracciolo (1418 – 1439) *Jacobus de Tussi (1439 – 1466) *Ludovicus Fenollet (1466 – 1472) *Jacobus Chiasconi (1472 –1507 resigned) *Fabricius de Capua (1507 – 1510) *Giovanni Antonio Scotti (1510 – 1528) *

Gianvincenzo Carafa Gianvincenzo Carafa (1477–1541) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography A member of the ''della Stadera'' branch of the House of Carafa, Gianvincenzo Carafa was born in Naples in 1477, the son of Fabrizio Carafa, ''sign ...

(31 Aug 1528 – 1536 Resigned) ''Administrator'' *Oliviero Carafa (1536 − 1542) :Cardinal Guido Ascanio Sforza (1542) ''Administrator'' * Bernardino Elvino (20 Dec 1542 – 11 Jul 1548)

Diocese of Anglona-Tursi

''Name Changed: 8 August 1545''
''Latin Name: Anglonensis-Tursiensis''
''Metropolitan:

Archdiocese of Matera The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Matera-Irsina ( la, Archidioecesis Materanensis-Montis Pelusii) in Basilicata, Italy, has existed under this name since 1986. The archbishop is seated at Matera Cathedral. (Irsina Cathedral is a co-cathedral). ...

to 1700

* Bernardino Elvino (8 August 1545/1546 – 1548) * Giulio de Grandis (27 Jul 1548 – 1560 Resigned) * Giovanni Paolo Amanio (5 Apr 1560 – 1580) * Nicolò Grana (1580 – 1595) * Ascanio Giocovazzi (10 Apr 1595 – 1609 Resigned) * Bernardo Giustiniano (15 Jun 1609 – 1616 Died) * Innico Siscara (19 Dec 1616 – 1619 Died) *

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(17 Jun 1619 – 24 Mar 1630 Died) *

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(9 Sep 1630 – Aug 1631 Died) * Alessandro Deti (26 Apr 1632 – Jan 1637 Died) * Marco Antonio Coccini (15 Jan 1638 – 1646) * Flavio Galletti, O.S.B. (16 Jul 1646 – 26 Nov 1653) * Francesco Antonio De Luca (1 Jun 1654 – 1667) * Matteo Cosentino (3 Oct 1667 – 12 Apr 1702 Died)

1700 to 1900

*Domenico Sabbatini (20 Nov 1702 – Sep 1721) *Ettore del Quarto (1 Dec 1721 – 1734) *Guilio Capece Scondito (26 Jan 1735 – 30 Oct 1762) *Giovanni Battista Pignatelli (24 Jan 1763 – 24 Jul 1778 Resigned) *Salvatore Vecchioni, C.O. (14 Dec 1778 – 28 Oct 1818 Died) *Arcangelo Gabriele Cela (1819 – 1822) *Giuseppe Saverio Poli (1824 – 1836 Resigned) *Antonio Cinque (1837 –1841) *Gaetano Tigani (22 Jul 1842 Confirmed – 2 Sep 1847) *Gennaro Acciardi (20 Apr 1849 – 1883) *Rocco Leonasi (1883 – 1883)Leonasi was born in Lauria (Diocese of Policastro) in 1831. He had been Cantor and parish priest of the collegiate church of S. GIorgio Maggiore in Lauria, an honorary canon in Policastro. On 30 March 1882, he was appointed Coadjutor Bishop with the right of succession to Bishop Acciardi, and for that purpose named titular bishop of Alabanda (Caria in Turkey). He succeed Bishop Acciardi on 14 March 1883, as Bishop of Anglona and Tursi. He was a warm supporter of the legitimist Bourbons. He died on 30 April 1893
''Il Monitore ecclesiastico'' 1881
p. 31. Ritzler & Sefrin, ''Hierarchia catholica'' VIII, pp. 83, 103. *Serafino Angelini (12 Jun 1893 – 30 Nov 1896 Appointed, Bishop of Avellino) *Carmelo Pujia (9 Jan 1898 – 30 Oct 1905 Appointed,

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since 1900

*Ildefonso Vincenzo Pisani, C.R.L. (10 Feb 1908 – 3 Jan 1912 Resigned) *Giovanni Pulvirenti (27 Nov 1911 – 19 Aug 1922 Appointed,

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) *Ludovico Cattaneo, O.Ss.C.A. (15 Sep 1923 – 6 Jul 1928 Appointed,

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) *Domenico Petroni (29 Jul 1930 – 1 Apr 1935 Appointed,

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) *Lorenzo Giacomo Inglese, O.F.M. Cap. (5 May 1935 – 12 Sep 1945 Resigned) *Pasquale Quaremba (10 Mar 1947 – 20 Jun 1956 Appointed,

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) *Secundo Tagliabue (25 Jan 1957 – 22 Aug 1970 Resigned) *Dino Tomassini (23 Aug 1970 – 12 Dec 1974 Appointed,

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) *Vincenzo Franco (12 Dec 1974 – 27 Jan 1981 Appointed,

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Diocese of Tursi-Lagonegro

''Name Changed: 8 September 1976''
''Latin Name: Tursiensis-Lacunerulonensis''
''Metropolitan:

'' * Gerardo Pierro (26 Jun 1981 – 28 Feb 1987 Appointed, Bishop of Avellino) * Rocco Talucci (25 Jan 1988 – 5 Feb 2000 Appointed, Archbishop of Brindisi-Ostuni) * Francescantonio Nolè, O.F.M. Conv. (4 Nov 2000 – 15 May 2015 Appointed, Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano) * Vincenzo Carmine Orofino (since 28 April 2016)

References

Bibliography

Episcopal lists

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Studies

* * rticle written by Nicola de Salvo, Archdeacon*Falkenhausen, V. von (1996). "La diocesi di Tursi-Anglona in epoca normanno-sveva: terra d'incontro tra Greci e Latini." . In: Fonseca, C.D. and Pace, V. (edd.) ''Santa Maria di Anglona.'' Galatina: Congedo Editore. Pp. 27-36. *Fraikin, J. (1924)
"Anglona–Tursi,"
, in: Alfred Baudrillart (ed.), ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques,'' Volume 3 (Paris: Letouzey), pp. 231-238. * *Kamp, Norbert (1975). ''Kirche und Monarchie im staufischen Königreich Sizilien

' München: Wilhelm Fink 1975. *Kehr, Paulus Fridolin (1962). ''Italia pontificia. Regesta pontificum Romanorum.'' ttp://sul-derivatives.stanford.edu/derivative?CSNID=00002440&mediaType=application/pdf Vol. IX: Samnia – Apulia – Lucania Berlin: Weidmann. . pp. 468-471. *Loud, G.A. (2007)
''The Latin Church in Norman Italy''
Cambridge University Press, 2007. *Mattei-Cerasoli, L. (1918)
"Di alcuni vescovi poco noti,"
, in: ''Archivio storico per le provincie Napolitane'' XLIII (n.s. IV 1918), pp. 363-382. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tursi-Lagonegro, Roman Catholic Diocese of

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