Diocese of Belcastro
The Diocese of Belcastro in the town of Belcastro in the province of Catanzaro, in the Calabria region of southern Italy. In 1828, it was suppressed to the Archdiocese of Santa Severina.
History
The diocese of Belcastro has existed from at least 1122, suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Severina, but the earliest bishop whose name is known is of the early 13th century.By the papal bull De utiliori of Pope Pius VII of 27 June 1828, the diocese was suppressed, its territory being incorporated into its Metropolitan's archdiocese of Santa Severina.
Ordinaries
Diocese of Belcastro
Erected: 1122Latin Name: Bellicastrensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Santa Severina
- Gregorio
- Nicola da Offida, Friars Minor, previously Bishop of Butrinto ; later Bishop of Argos
- Venturino
- Giovanni
- Riccardo de Olibano, later Metropolitan Archbishop of Acerenza, Archbishop of Matera
- Luca, previously Bishop of Policastro
- Roberto de Basilio, previously Bishop of Squillace
- Giovanni Opizzoni
- Raimondo Poerio, O.P.
- Leonardo Levato
- Girolamo Fornari, O.P.
- Giacomo de' Giacomelli
- Cesare de' Giacomelli
- Giovanni Antonio de Paola
- Orazio Schipano
- Alessandro Papatodoro
- Giovanni Francesco Zagordo, previously Bishop of Città Ducale
- Antonio Lauro (bishop)
- Pedro de Mata y Haro, Theatines, later Bishop of Capaccio
- Gregorio de Sanctis, C.R., previously Titular Bishop of Salamis postea Constantia
- Fulvio Tesorieri ).
- Girolamo Ricciulli
- Antonio Ricciulli, later Bishop of Umbriatico, Bishop of Caserta, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cosenza
- Filippo Crino
- Bartolomeo Gessi, later Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino
- Francesco Clerico, C.R.
- Carlo Sgombrino, previously Bishop of Squillace ; later Bishop of Catanzaro
- Carlo Galgano
- Benedetto Bartolo, previously Bishop of Lacedonia
- Giovanni Alfonso Petrucci
- Giovanni Emblaviti
- Michelangelo Gentili
- Giovanni Battista Capuani
- Giacomo Guacci
- Tommaso Fabiani
- Vincenzo Greco
Titular see
No longer a residential bishopric, the diocese, known in Latin as Bellicastrum, is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see since its nominal restoration as a titular bishopric in 1968.It has had the following incumbents of the lowest and intermediary ranks :
- Titular Archbishop Felicissimo Stefano Tinivella, Friars Minor O.F.M.
- Titular Bishop José Gottardi Cristelli, Salesians
- Titular Archbishop Pietro Sambi
- Titular Archbishop Julien Ries
- '' Titular Archbishop José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M., Secretary of the Roman Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life''