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Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto
Archidioecesis Theatina-Vastensis
Chieti Cathedral
Location
CountryItaly
Ecclesiastical provinceChieti-Vasto
Statistics
Area2,539 km (980 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2021)
312,827
284,205 (90.9%)
Parishes144
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established6th Century
CathedralChieti Cathedral (Cattedrale di S. Giustino)
Co-cathedralVasto Cathedral (Concattedrale di S. Giuseppe)
Secular priests136 (diocesan)
72 (religious orders)
24 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopBruno Forte
Map
Website
Arcidiocesi di Chieti-Vasto (in Italian)
Vasto Cathedral

The Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto (Latin: Archidioecesis Theatina-Vastensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church which received that name in 1986, when the two separate dioceses, which had been governed by one and the same bishop, were united in one diocese. The diocese of Chieti had become the Archdiocese of Chieti in 1526, when promoted by Pope Clement VII. Chieti is about 8 miles (14 km) south-west of the Adriatic port city of Pescara.

History

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Chieti is the ancient Teate. In the Gothic War it was captured by Totila; later it fell into the hands of the Lombards, from whom it was captured by Pepin and devastated. The first record of Chieti as a county occurs in 872; it was subject to the dukes of Spoleto until 967. In 1065, Geoffrey d'Hauteville, Count of the Capitanata and the brother of Robert Guiscard, conquered the county of Chieti. His son, Roberto di Loritello, completed the conquest as far as Ortona, thereby bringing the excommunication of Pope Gregory VII on him as a usurper of papal property. The Normans rebuilt the city of Chieti, which thenceforth belonged to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

Early episcopal claims

Justin of Chieti, who is said to have presided over the Church of Chieti in the time of Pope Silvester I (314–335) is venerated as the first Bishop of Chieti, and the cathedral is dedicated to him. His story, however, is untrustworthy. The bishops between Justinus and Quintus have all been rejected as modern forgeries. The bishop Quintus who was present at the Roman synod of 499 was bishop of Teanum in Campania, not Teate (Chieti) in the Abruzzi. Quintus' alleged successor (c. 594) was a certain Barbarus, or Barbatus, or Joannes, who was appointed apostolic visitor of the Church of Ortona; there is no indication of Barbarus' diocese. Cappelletti posits a Saint Ceteus of Chieti, of date unknown, but Lanzoni points out that Saint Celeus was bishop of Amiternum. A bishop Gribaldus (874), whose labelled image appears on the late 12th century bronze doors of the Abbey of San Clemente a Casauria, is claimed as a bishop of Chieti.

Bishop Theoderic held a diocesan synod in May 840, in which he established a Canonicate in which the priests who served the cathedral of S. Justinus should live and pray together. He was probably responding to imperial and papal wishes.

Western schism

The diocese of Chieti was always directly subject to the papacy, without an intervening archbishop.

At the beginning of the Western Schism, in 1378, Bishop Eleazarius de Sabrano chose to support Urban VI, and was one of the twenty-five prelates named cardinals by Urban on 18 September 1378. He was assigned the position of Major Penitentiary. He left behind in Chieti his Vicar General, Clemente Dicivano, who became a target of Urban VI's opponent in the schism, Clement VII (Robert of Geneva). Clement wrote a letter to Queen Joanna I of Naples, informing her that some of the clergy of Chieti, led by the Vicar General, were engaged in active physical resistance against his agents, who were attempting to install bishop-elect Tommaso Brancaccio. He issued a mandate to Queen Joanna, ordering her to have her officials arrest the offenders, whatever their status or position. Joanna supported Clement VII until a revolution led by Charles of Durazzo deposed her on 25 August 1381, and had her murdered on 27 July 1382. Urban VI wrote a letter to the people of Chieti in November 1381, in favor of Charles, and declaring Joanna deposed and excommunicated.

Bishop Giovanni Pietro Carafa in 1524 resigned the see of Chieti, and, along with Cajetan of Tiene, founded the Theatine Order. Carafa was elected pope on 23 May 1555, and took the name Paul IV.

Metropolitan archdiocese

On 1 June 1526, Pope Clement VII issued the bull Super Universas, by which he elevated the diocese of Chieti to the status of metropolitan archdiocese, and its bishop to the rank of metropolitan archbishop. The dioceses of Lanciano, Penne, and Atri were assigned as its suffragans (subordinates). There was apparently discontent in Lanciano, since the pope had to write again, in the bull Dudum Cum Nobis of 17 February 1534. To strengthen his previous decisions, and to support his relative, Archbishop Guido de'Medici, the Archbishop of Chieti, who was actually serving as Castellan (praefectus) of the Castel S. Angelo (1525–1534), Pope Clement again declared that Lanciano was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Chieti in the ecclesiastical province of Chieti. The Bishop of Penne ed Atri, Valentino Cantalice, also protested to Pope Clement, against his diocese being a suffragan of any metropolitan other than the pope. Until his death in 1534, Clement refused Cantalice's plea. The attitude of his successor, Pope Paul III (Farnese), remained the same, until, on 4 November 1538, the pope's great-grandson, Ottavio Farnese, married the illegitimate daughter of the Emperor Charles V, Margherita of Parma, Duchess of Penne. With their support, Pope Paul issued the bull "Inter Caetera" on 18 July 1539, reversing the arrangement of Clement VII and making the diocese of Penne ed Atri again directly dependent upon the Holy See.

The bishops of Lanciano also caused problems, in continuing struggles with the archbishops of Chieti over obligations and privileges. Finally, Pope Pius IV intervened, and, in a bull of 26 February 1562, promoted Lanciano to the status of an archdiocese, directly dependent upon the Holy See.

In 1818, when a general reorganization of the dioceses of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies took place, the archdiocese of Chieti had no suffragan dioceses.

On 20 May 1853, Pope Pius IX issued the consistorial decree "Adeo late dioecesanum Teatini," which separated the territory of Vasto from the archdiocese of Chieti, and created the separate diocese of Vasto; at the request of King Ferdinando II of the Two Sicilies, the pope made the new diocese of Vasto dependent upon the archdiocese of Chieti, with a vicar-general of the archbishop resident in Vasto. The archbishop was therefore perpetual administrator of Vasto.

Modern configuration

In 1949, as part of the changes that led to the creation of the diocese of Pescara e Penne, the diocese of Chieti lost five parishes to the diocese of Penne.

On 2 March 1982, Pope John Paul II issued the bull, Fructuosae Ecclesiae, in which he created the new ecclesiastical province of Chieti (Theatina), granting it as suffragan dioceses Vasto, Lanciano and Ortona. The metropolitan status of Lanciano was cancelled, though its archbishop was permitted to retain the title of archbishop. The diocese of Ortona was joined to the archdiocese of Lanciano, aeque principaliter.

The archdiocese, in its current configuration, was established in order to conform to Italian civil law which was embodied in the Concordat between the Vatican and the Italian Republic of 18 February 1984. After extensive consultations, Pope John Paul II decreed that the status of one bishop governing several dioceses aeque personaliter, as was the case with Chieti e Vasto, was abolished; and that the diocese of Vasto was therefore merged with the Archdiocese of Chieti to form a single diocese. The changes were embodied in a decree of the Sacred Congregation of Bishops in the Roman Curia, promulgated on 30 September 1986. The seat of the merged dioceses was to be in Chieti, and the official name of the diocese was to be "Archidioecesis Theatina-Vastensis". The diocesan offices (curia) was to be in Chieti, as was the diocesan tribunal, the diocesan seminary, the College of Consultors, and the Priests' Council, unless otherwise directed by the bishop.

Bishops and Archbishops

to 1192

  • Theodoric (attested 840)
  • Lupo I (c. 844)
  • Pietro I (c. 853)
  • Theodoric (attested 879–888)
  • Atinolfus (c. 904)
  • Rimo (d. 964)
  • Liudinus (attested 972–1008)
  • Arnolfus (attested 1049)
  • Atto (1057–1073)
  • Teuzo (attested 1073/1074)
  • Rainulfus (attested 1086–1105)
  • Rogerius (attested 1107)
  • Albericus (attested 1110–1112)
  • Wilielmus (attested 1111–1117)
  • Gerardus (1118–1125)
  • Attone II (1125–1137)
  • Rustico (1137–1140)
  • Alanno (1140–1150)
  • Andrea II (1150–1190)
  • Pietro II (1191)

From 1192 to 1524

  • Bartholomeus (1192–1227)
  • Rainaldus (c. 1227–1234)
  • Gregorio di Poli (1234– ? )
  • Landolfo Caracciolo (1252–1253)
  • Alessandro di Capua (1254–1262)
  • Nicola da Fossa, O.Cist. (1262–1282)
  • Tommaso (1282–1294)
  • Rainaldo, O.P. (1295–1303)
  • Matthias (1303) Bishop-elect
  • Pietro (1303–1320)
  • Raimondo de Mausaco, O.Min. (1321–1326)
  • Giovanni Crispano de Rocca (1326–1336)
  • Pietro Ferri (1336)
  • Beltramino Paravicini (1336–1339)
  • Guglielmo Capoferro (1340–1352)
  • Bartolomeo Papazzurri, O.P. (1353–1362)
  • Vitale da Bologna, O.S.M. (1363–1373)
  • Eleazario da Sabrano (1373–1378)
  • Thomas Brancaccio (1378–1381) Avignon Obedience
  • Giovanni de Comina, O.Coel. (1378–1396) Roman Obedience
  • Guglielmo Carbone (1396–1418) Roman Obedience
  • Nicola Viviani (1419–1428)
  • Marino de Tocco (1429–1438)
  • Giovanni Battista de Bruna (1438–1445) Bishop-elect
  • Colantonio Valignani (1445–1488)
  • Alfonso d'Aragona (1488–1496) Bishop-elect
  • Giacomo de Bacio (1496–1499 ?)
Oliviero Carafa (1500–1501) Administrator

Archbishops, from 1524 to 1821

Archbishops since 1821

See also

Notes and references

  1. De Laurentiis, "II gastaldato e la contea di Teate con la serie de' suoi conti," in: Bollettino della Società di storia patria Anton Ludovico Antinori negli Abruzzi Vol. XIV (Aquila 1902), pp. 216, 217.
  2. De Laurentiis (1902), p. 221.
  3. Ughelli VI, p. 670. G. Moroni, "Chieti", in: Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica Vol. 13 (Venice: tip. Emiliana 1842), p. 76. De Laurentiis, pp. 211-235.
  4. Kehr IV, p. 267: "quae enim de s. Justino, primo episcopo et protectore Teatinae urbis, pia narrat traditio, ea omnino fide carent."
  5. Lanzoni, pp. 375-376: "Nè è improbabile che la diocesi di Chieti nmonti almeno al iv secolo, come, in generale, le diocesi italiane delle più remote regioni italiane. Ma non si può prestare alcuna fede a una lista episcopale di undici nomi, ignota all' Ughelli (VI, 672) e ripudiata dal Kehr (1. e), dal Gams (p. 875) e dal Cappelletti (XXI, 96-7), lavoro certamente di un falsario dell'età moderna, che racimolò qua e là undici nomi per portare le origini della diocesi teatina al tempo di papa Silvestro."
  6. Lanzoni, p. 376.
  7. Lanzoni, p. 376. J.D. Mansi (ed.), Patrologiae Latinae Tomus LXXVII (Paris: Migne 1862), p. 716 with note c., where it is pointed out that Barbarus was a Bishop of Benevento (c. 602). Gams, p. 671.
  8. Cappelletti XXI, p. 97. Lanzoni, p. 376.
  9. Ughelli, Italia sacra VI, p. 672, who does not number Gribaldus among the bishops of Chieti in his list. Gribaldus' diocese is not named. Cf. Gams, p. 875, column 2. Cappelletti XXI, pp. 97-98.
  10. In 816, the Emperor Louis the Pious held a council at Aix, at which it was ordered that Canons and Canonesses live together according to a set of rules (canons, regulae). In the Roman synod of Pope Eugene II of November 826, it was ordered that Canons live together in a cloister next to the church. In 876, the Council of Pavia decreed in Canon X that the bishops should enclose the Canons: uti episcopi in civitatibus suis proximum ecclesiae claustrum instituant, in quo ipsi cum clero secundum canonicam regulam Deo militent, et sacerdotes suos ad hoc constringant, ut ecclesiam non relinquant et alibi habitare praesumant. Lupi, Mario (1784). Josephus Ronchetti (ed.). Codex diplomaticus civitatis, et ecclesiæ Bergomatis (in Latin). Vol. primum. Bergamo: Vincenzo Antoine. pp. 1064–1065. 'Bishops are to create a cloister next to their church, in which they serve God along with their clergy according to the rule of canons, and they should compel their priests not to leave the church and presume to live elsewhere.'
  11. Kehr IV, p. 267: "Episcopi semper apostolicae sedi immediate subiecti fuere."
  12. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, p. 24 no. 19.
  13. G. Ravizza (1832), Collezione Vol. I, pp. 96-99, with p. 99 note 41.
  14. "Inter quos caput facinoris esse dicitur quidam Clemens nomine sed demens effectu, qui Vicarius fuit Elziarij de Sobrano olim Episcopi Teatini Anticardinalis in reprobum sensum dati, quem iusto iudicio Episcopatu priuavimus, pro quo dictus Demens adhuc nititur Ecclesiam retinere, et uenerabilem fratrem nostrum Thomasiom Brancacium electum Teatinum, cui de dicta Ecclesia prouidimus, nititur impedire."
  15. "Tuae Serenitati commictimus, quod per te et officiales tuos praedictos adhaerentes et consimiles, qui sunt tam nefando scelere inquinati, cuiusuis Ordinis, gradus, seu dignitatis existant, capi facias...."
  16. G. Ravizza (1832), Collezione Vol. I, pp. 99-101: "...declaravimus eam fuisse et esse tamquam scismaticam et hereticam puniendam: eamque fuisse et esse privatam et ipsam privavimus Jerusalem et Sicilie Regnis ac terris Citra et ultra pharum ... ac ipsius bona omnia fuisse et esse confiscata et ea confiscavimus...."
  17. Ludwig Pastor, The History of the Popes Vol. 10, fourth edition (London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner 1938), pp. 407-419. P. Paschini, S. Gaetano Thiene, Gian Pietro Carafa e le origini dei chierici regolari Teatini (Roma: Scuola tipografica Pio X, 1926), passim.
  18. J.N.D. Kelly & M.J. Walsh, Oxford Dictionary of Popes, second edition (Oxford University Press 2010), 267-269.
  19. Ravizza, Collezione Vol. I. (1832), pp. 102-105. Ughelli VI, pp. 755-756.
  20. Pio Pagliucci, I Castellani del Castel S. Angelo Vol. 1, parte seconda (Roma: Polizzi e Valentini 1909), (in Italian) pp. 79-96.
  21. Ravizza, Collezione Vol. I. (1832), pp. 105-107.
  22. Cappelletti XXI, p. 447.
  23. Penne had been part of her dowry. Gregory Hanlon, The Hero of Italy: Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma (Oxford University Press 2019), p. 8. Silvia Mantini, Margherita d'Austria (1522-1586): costruzioni politiche e diplomazia, tra corte Farnese e monarchia spagnola (Bulzoni, 2003), p. 146. Ravizza, Collezione Vol. I. (1832), p. 103, note.
  24. Ughelli, Italia sacra VI, pp. 756-758.
  25. Ughelli VI, p. 730. Cappelletti XXI, p. 88. G. Moroni, Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica, Vol. 37 (Venezia: Tip. Emiliana 1846), p. 93.
  26. Bullarii Romani continuatio, Summorum Pontificum Clementis XIII, Clementis XIV, Pii VI, Pii VII, Leonis XII Gregorii XVI constitutiones... (in Latin). Vol. Tomus decimus quintus (15). Rome: typographia Reverendae Camerae Apostolicae. 1853. pp. 58 § 17.: "Cusentina, Rossanensis, et Theatina archiepiscopales ecclesiae absque suffraganeis imposterum remanebunt."
  27. Gaetano Moroni, "Vasto," (in Italian), in: Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica, Vol. 87 (Venice: tip. Emiliana 1858), pp. 185-208.
  28. Acta Apostolicae Sedis Vol. 42 (Rome: Tip. Vaticana 1950), p. 135, no. 1: "Eam Piscariae partem, quae ad archidioecesim Theatinam pertinet, quinque constantem paroeciis, nempe: S. Gettaei, S. Mariae de Igne, S. Silvestri, Stellae Maris et S. Petri Martyris ex archidioecesi Theatina distrahimus et Pinnensi dioecesi adiungimus, ita ut tota Piscaría civitas unius Ordinarii iurisdictioni penitus nunc subiiciatur."
  29. Acta Apostolicae Sedis 74 (Citta del Vaticano 1982), pp. 665-666.
  30. Agreement between the Holy See and the Italian Republic: Modifications to the Lateran Concordat; signed by the Italian Republic and the Holy See on 18 February 1984; ratified by the Italian Parliament on 25 March 1985.
  31. Acta Apostolicae Sedis 79 (Rome 1987), pp. 800-802.
  32. AAS, p. 801, no. 2:
  33. AAS, p. 801, no. 5.
  34. Bishop Theodericus held a diocesan synod in Chieti on 12 May 840. He speaks of a predecessor. Ughelli VI, pp. 669-670. J.D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, (in Latin), editio novissima, Tomus XXII (Venice: A. Zatta 1769), pp. 779-782.
  35. On 20 November 879, Pope John VIII appointed Theoderic and two other bishops to handle the case of Theoderona. He died, according to Cappelletti XXI, p. 98, on 6 June 888. Kehr IV, p. 268, no. 1.
  36. Atinolfus: Cappelletti XXI, p. 98.
  37. Bishop Rimo died on 21 August 964. Ravizza, p. 8. Schwartz, p. 230.
  38. Bishop Liudinus died on 9 March 1008. Schwartz, p. 230.
  39. Lupus was Primicerius of the cathedral, whose name was inserted in the list of bishops. Ravizza, p. 8. Schwartz, p. 230, note 1.
  40. Arnulfus: Ravizza, p. 8, no. XII. Schwartz, p. 230.
  41. Atto's earliest document is dated 18 April 1057. He attended the Roman synod of Pope Nicholas II on 13 April 1059. He died in 1071, according to Ughelli IV, p. 680. Ravizza, pp. 8-9. Schwartz, pp. 230-231. Kehr IV, p. 268, no. 2: "Actonem ep., qui partem dioecesis Marsicanae iniuste occupaverat, Victor II a. 1057 ad Teatinum episcopatum promovit".
  42. Bishop Teuzo (the same person as Celsus) was the successor of Atto and was consecrated by Pope Gregory VII in the first year of his papacy. Registrum Gregorii VII, lib. I, ep. 86. Ravizza, p. 9 (who states that Teuzo died c. 1077). Schwartz, p. 231.
  43. Rainulfus was a supporter of Pope Gregory VII against the Emperor Henry IV. Ughelli VI, p. 702. Ravizza, pp. 9-10. Schwartz, p. 231.
  44. Bishop Rogerius (Ruggero) died in 1107, perhaps on 8 May. Ravizza, p. 11. Schwartz, p. 231.
  45. Albericus had been a monk of Casauria, and by 1110 abbot. He died in 1112. Schwartz, p. 231.
  46. Wilielmus (Guglielmo) was the son of Count Drogo Tascio of Chieti. He obtained a confirmation of the privileges and property of the bishops and diocese of Chieti from Pope Paschal II on 18 July 1115. He died on 17 June 1117. Ravizza, p. 111. Schwartz, p. 231. Kehr IV, p. 269, no. 5.
  47. Ughelli VI, p. 703: "...de quo nihil aliud habemus quod in medio proferamus.... tametsi neque id quidem authenticis admodum documentis comprobetur." Schwartz, p. 231, puts his name in italics.
  48. Gerardus, of the family of the counts of Pelleaurea, was consecrated on 3 June 1118. His documents extend to 1124. Ughelli VI, pp. 703-705. Ravizza, p. 11. Schwartz, p. 231.
  49. Bartolomeo: Ughelli, Italia sacra VI, pp. 712-724. Ravizza, pp. 13-14. Eubel I, p. 481 with note 1.
  50. Rainaldus: Ughelli, pp. 724-725. Ravizza, p. 14. Eubel I, p. 481.
  51. Gregorius: Ughelli VI, pp. 725-726. Ravizza, p. 14. Eubel I, p. 481.
  52. The diocese of Chieti had been without a bishop for a long time, and therefore. on 11 January 1252, Pope Innocent IV appointed the Neapolitan Master Landulfus to the bishopric. Landulfus had been chaplain of Cardinal Riccardo Annibaldi. He died in the next year. Ravizza, Memorie, p. 14. Eubel I, p. 481 with note 2. Élie Berger, Les registres d'Innocent IV, Tome III (Paris: Fontemoing 1897), p. 20, no. 5542.
  53. Alexander was appointed on 24 August 1254, by Pope Innocent IV. Ravizza, Memorie, p. 15. Élie Berger, Les registres d'Innocent IV, Tome III (Paris: Fontemoing 1897), p. 499, no. 7970. Eubel I, p. 481.
  54. Nicola da Fossa: Ravizza, Memorie, p. 15. Eubel I, p. 481.
  55. Following the death of Bishop Nicola, on 31 March 1286 Pope Honorius IV approved the election of Thomasius, who had been Provost of the collegiate church of S. Nicola de Monte Odorisio (diocese of Chieti), and was chaplain of Cardinal Jacobus Colonna, by the cathedral Chapter of Chieti. The usual committee of three cardinals had investigated the canonical quality of the election and the suitability of the candidate. Maurice Prou, Les registres d'Honorius IV (Paris: Thorin 1888), p. 255, no. 344. Eubel I, p. 481 with note 5. Ravizza, Memorie, p. 15, says that Tommaso was elected in 1282, but not consecrated until 1286, and that he died under Pope Celestine V (1294). According to Pope Boniface VIII, he died at the papal court of Pope Celestine V: Antoine Thomas, Les registres de Boniface VIII Vol. 1 (Paris: Thorin 1884), p. 35, no. 84 (17 April 1295).
  56. Guglielmo is apparently an invention of P. Gams, Series episcoporum (Ratisbon 1873), p. 875, col. 2; from 4 April 1292 to 5 July 1294 there was no pope in office to make or approve an appointment of a bishop: J.N.D. Kelly and M. Walsh, Oxford Dictionary of Popes, second edition (Oxford 2010), pp. 206, 208. Boniface VIII stated that, on the death of Bishop Tommaso at the papal court, Celestine V appointed Francisco de Adria, archpriest of the church of Ortona (diocese of Chieti). Boniface cancelled the appointment. Antoine Thomas, Registres de Boniface VIII, p. 35, no. 84.
  57. Rainaldus was preferred (appointed) by Pope Boniface VIII on 17 April 1295. Eubel I, p. 481.
  58. Following the death of Bishop Raynaldus, the Chapter of Chieti electred Archdeacon Matthias of Chartres, a cleric of the Apostolic Camera (papal treasury). His election was confirmed by Pope Boniface VIII on 29 May 1303. He died at the papal court, before 19 July 1303, before he could be consecrated a bishop. Ravizza, p. 17. Georges Digard, Les registres de Boniface VIII, fascicule 10, feuilles 11-23 (Paris: A. Fontemoing 1907), p. 772, no. 5243. Eubel I, p. 481.
  59. Petrus was a cleric of the Apostolic Chamber, and held the benefice of a canonry of the cathedral of Patras. He was named bishop of Mothone (Greece) on 25 September 1301, by Boniface VIII. He was still not consecrated on 30 March 1302. Pope Boniface transferred him to the diocese of Chieti on 19 July 1303. G. Digard, Les registres de Boniface VIII, fascicule 10, feuilles 11-23, p. 782, no. 5257. Eubel I, pp. 351 with note 3; 481.
  60. Following the death of Bishop Petrus, the Chapter elected Guilelmus de Gigniaco, O.Min., but the Procurator General of the Franciscans lodged an objection. Therefore, Raimundus de Mausaco, O.Min., who had been Bishop of Alba Pompeia at least since 1311, was transferred to the diocese of Chieti by Pope John XXII on 21 February 1321. Raimundus was a native of Marseille. In 1322, he was named Chancellor and Councilor of Duke Charles of Calabria. He was transferred to the diocese of Aversa on 21 February 1326, where he died in 1326. Ravizza, Memorie, p. 18. G. Mollat, Jean XXII. Lettres communes, Tome III (Paris: Fontemoing 1906), p. 242, no. 12943. Eubel I, pp. 80; 123 with note 10; 481.
  61. Joannes was a native of Naples and a canon and deacon of its cathedral; he was also a papal chaplain. He was appointed bishop of Chieti by Pope John XXII on 21 February 1326. He died in 1335. Ravizza, Memorie, pp. 18-19. G. Mollat, Jean XXII. Lettres communes, Tome VI (Paris: Fontemoing 1906), p. 109, no. 24451. Eubel I, p. 481.
  62. After the death of Bishop Giovanni, the cathedral Chapter met, and in disagreement named two candidates for the bishopric, Canons Thomas Cypriani and Andrea Bartholomaei. The election was voided by Pope Benedict XII, due to an earlier imposition of a papal reservation on the appointment of the next bishop of Chieti, but the Chapter held another election and chose Geraldo della Valle, a Canon of Naples. The pope chose instead, on 10 May 1336, to transfer Peter Ferri, Bishop of Marsi (1327-1336) to Chieti. Bishop Peter died six months later, on 17 November 1336. J.M. Vidal, Benoît XII: Lettres communes, Vol. I (Paris: A. Fontemoing, 1903), p. 225, no. 2324. Eubel I, pp. 327, 481.
  63. Paravicini held the benefice of Cantor in the cathedral of Bordeaux. On 14 December 1336, Pope Benedict XII appointed Beltramo Paravicini to the diocese of Chieti, which he administered through a vicar. He himself was papal nuncio to King Peter IV of Aragon. On 24 November 1339, Paravicini was transferred to the diocese of Cumae, and then on 6 November 1340 to the diocese of Bologna. He died in 1350. Ravizza, Memorie, p. 19. Eubel I, pp. 141; 217; 481 with note 9.
  64. Guglielmo Capo di Ferro was a native of the diocese of Cassino, but was treasurer of the cathedral of Tours, as well as a papal notary. He was appointed by Pope Benedict XII to fill the vacancy created by the transfer of Bishop Beltraminus to Capua. He became a Councilor of the king of Naples. Kept out of his diocese for years by the ravages of Francesco della Torre, one of his own vassals, Bishop Guglielmo finally declared him a heretic and a despoiler of church property, as well as a murder of clergy and laity loyal to the bishop. He died in 1352. J.-M. Vidal, Benoît XII (1334–1342). Lettres communes, Tome II (Paris: A. Fontemoing 1910), p. 234, no. 7643. Ravizza, p. 19. Eubel I, p. 481.
  65. Bishop Elziarius was removed from office, as a follower of Urban VI and the Roman Obedience. The queen of Naples supported Clement VII and the Avignon Obedience. Elziarius was appointed a cardinal by Urban VI in his first consistory, on 18 September 1378. He died on 25 August 1380. Ughelli VI, pp. 745-748. Ravizza, p. 21. Eubel I, pp. 24 no. 19; 481.
  66. Thomas was appointed by Pope Clement VII of the Avignon Obedience. Eubel I, p. 481. Dieter Girgensohn, "Brancaccio, Tommaso," (in Italian), in: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 13 (1971): "questi è probabilmente lo stesso che, nominato nel 1378 vescovo di Chieti da Clemente VII, nel 1381, dopo la vittoria del re Carlo III, fu deposto dal legato pontificio e costretto a riconoscere Urbano VI (F. Ughelli-N. Coleti, Italia sacra, VI, Venetiis 1720, pp. 746-747)."
  67. The Celestine monk Giovanni was appointed bishop of Chieti by Urban VI on 19 March 1379. Ughelli VI, p. 748. Ravizza, p. 21. Eubel I, p. 481.
  68. Carbone was appointed by Pope Boniface IX on 18 August 1396. He was appointed a cardinal by Pope John XXIII of the Pisan Obedience on 6 June 1411, but continued as Administrator of the diocese of Chieti. He died in 1418, before 22 November. Ughelli VI, pp. 749-750. Ravizza, p. 21. Eubel I, pp. 33 no. 12; 481 with note 14.
  69. Viviani had been Bishop of Spoleto (1417–1419). He was transferred to the diocese of Chieti by Pope Martin V on 1 February 1419. He died in Rome on 6 November 1428, and was buried in S. Maria Maggiore. Ravizza, pp. 21-22. Eubel I, pp. 461 (He is not the same as Nicholas de Vincione), 481. The tombstone of Nicolaus de Vivianis de Ceperano, Episcopus Teatinus, is quoted by Vincenzo Forcella, Inscrizione delle chiese e d'altri edifici di Roma Volume XI (Roma: L. Cecchini 1877), p. 23, no. 36.
  70. A native of Chieti, Marinus was a doctor of laws, and Auditor of the Roman Rota (judge). He had previously been Bishop of Teramo (1407–1412) and Bishop of Recanati (1418–1429). He was transferred to the diocese of Chieti by Pope Martin V on 7 January 1429. Ravizza, p. 22. Eubel I, pp. 95, 411, 481.
  71. G.B. de Romanis (Bruna) was a doctor of laws, and had been Auditor of the Sacred Palace. He was appointed bishop of Chieti by Pope Eugenius IV on 20 October 1438. In 1439 he participated in the Council of Florence. He was still bishop-elect when he resigned in 1445. Ughelli VI, p. 751. Cappelletti XXI, p. 104. Ravizza, pp. 22-23. Eubel II, p. 249 with note 1.
  72. Nicolas Antonius Valginani was a native of Chieti, and had been Abbot commendatory of S. Salvo in Chieti. He was a friend of King Alfonso of Naples (1442–1458), and had been his ambassador in Venice. He was appointed bishop of Chieti by Pope Eugenius IV on 15 March 1445. He restored and extended the episcopal palace. He died in 1487. Ughelli VI, p. 752. Cappelletti XXI, p. 104. Ravizza, pp. 22-23. Eubel II, p. 249.
  73. Alfonso of Aragon (1481–1500) was the illegitimate son of King Alfonso II of Naples. He was never consecrated bishop. His vicars were Archbishop Alessandro della Mara of San Severina, and then Giacomo de'Maineris. Ughelli VI, p. 753. Cappelletti XXI, p. 104. Ravizza, pp. 22-23. Eubel II, p. 249. Regis Ferdinandi primi instructionum liber (10 maggio 1486 - 10 maggio 1488) (Napoli: Pierro, 1916), pp. 229-230. Silvano Borsari, "Aragona, Alfonso d'," in: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 3 (1961); Treccani.
  74. De Bacio was a Neapolitan. He held the church of Chieti for just over two years. He died of the plague which was ravaging Chieti. Ughelli VI, p. 753. Cappelletti XXI, p. 104. Ravizza, pp. 23-24. Eubel II, p. 249.
  75. Oliviero Carafa had been archbishop of Naples (1458–1484); he was suburbicarian Bishop of Sabina (1483–1503); he became administrator of Naples on 4 August 1503. He was appointed a cardinal by Pope Paul II on 18 September 1467. He was named administrator on 2 February 1500, and resigned the administratorshio on 20 December 1501, in favor of his nephew, Bernardino Carafa. He died on 20 January 1511. Cappelletti, p. 104. Eubel II, pp. 14 no. 3; 61; 200; 249. Franca Petrucci, "Carafa, Oliviero,", (in Italian), in: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 19 (1976).
  76. Bernardino was the nephew of Cardinal Oliviero Carafa. He had been Prior of the collegiate church of S. Giovanni ad mare in Naples (Military Order of S. John of Jerusalem). At the age of 29, he was appointed bishop of Chieti, on 20 December 1501. At some point after 1498, he was appointed Latin Patriarch of Alexandria (Egypt). He died in 1505. Cappelletti, p. 104. Eubel II, p.249 with note 4; III, p. 102.
  77. Carafa was named bishop of Chieti by Pope Julius II on 30 July 1505. He was appointed archbishop of Brindisi on 20 December 1518, by Pope Leo X. Eubel III, p. 141 with note 4.
  78. A native of Bologna, Troffinus was appointed bishop of Chieti by Pope Clement VII on 24 August 1524. Chieti became an archdiocese on 1 June 1526, and Trofino received the pallium of an archbishop on 31 August 1526. He died in Rome in 1527. Cappelletti XXI, p. 105. Eubel III, p. 311 with note 4.
  79. Guido was the son of Antonio de'Medici, the son of Giuliano and Leonarda Deti, of the Castellina and Ottaiano branches of the Medici. Guido was a Doctor of canon law, and had been a Canon of the cathedral of Florence (1506–1532). He was also Prior of S. Apollinare, Provost of Ognisanti in Florence, and Piovano di S. Ippolito di Castel Fiorentino. His relative, Pope Leo X, brought him to Rome and made him a protonotary apostolic, in place of his deceased brother, Averardo; and a privy chamberlain. He was named Castellan of the Castel S. Angelo by his cousin, Pope Clement VII in April 1525. He was named bishop of Venosa on 12 June 1527, at a time when the papal court had already sought refuge in the Castel. He never went to Venosa. On 3 January 1528, Pope Clement appointed him Archbishop of Chieti, though he remained Castellan until November 1534. Salvino Salvini (1782), Catalogo cronologico de' canonici della chiesa metropolitana fiorentina (Florence: Gaetano Cambiagi), p. 70, no. 480. Eubel III, p. 330. Pio Pagliucci, I Castellani del Castel S. Angelo. Vol. I, part 2: "I Castellani Vescovi," (in Italian) (Roma: Polizzi e Valentini 1909), pp. 79-96.
  80. Carafa was the nephew of Cardinal Oliviero Carafa. He was named a cardinal on 22 December 1536, by Pope Paul III, and was appointed archbishop Chieti on 20 June 1537. He was named Cardinal Inquisitor General in 1542. On 23 February 1549, he was appointed archbishop of Naples. Ludwig Pastor, The History of the Popes, second edition, Vol. 12 (London: Kegan Paul 1912), pp. 503-507. Eubel III, pp. 24 no. 10; 255; 311.
  81. Oliva was a priest of the diocese of Perugia. He was appointed archbishop of Chieti on 14 January 1568, by Pope Pius V. He died in 1577. Eubel III, p. 311 with note 9.
  82. Castrucci was a member of a noble family of Lucca, and a personal friend of Cardinal Felice Peretti Montalto, who became Pope Sixtus V. Sixtus made him a canon of S. Peter's Basilica and Prefect (Majordomo) of the papal household. He then made him archbishop of Chieti on 21 October 1585, and a cardinal on 18 December 1585; he was appointed Prefect of the Tribunal of the Segnatura in the Roman curia. He resigned the diocese of Chieti in 1591, in favor of his follower Orazio Sanminiato, a fellow noble of Lucca. Castrucci died on 18 August 1595. Ravizza, p. 35. Eubel Hierarchia catholica III, pp. 51, no. 4; 311.
  83. Orazio Sanminiato: Ravizza, p. 35. Eubel Hierarchia catholica III, p. 311.
  84. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 332.
  85. A native of Monopoli, Marzato was appointed a cardinal by Pope Clement VIII on 9 June 1604. He was named archbishop of Chieti on 12 February 1607. He died in Tusculum (Frascati) of a stroke on 17 August 1607. He never came to Chieti. Ravizza, p. 36. Gauchat, pp. 8, no. 51, with notes 3 and 4; 332.
  86. Maffei was named a cardinal in 1606. Ravizza, p. 36. Gauchat, p. 332 with note 4.
  87. Volpi (Ulpiano) was a noble from Como. He had been a Referendary (judge) of the Tribunal of the Two Signatures, papal datary of Pope Paul V, and had been nuncio to Duke Cosimo II of Florence and to King Philip III of Spain. He was secretary of the College of Cardinals, and Governor of the City of Rome. He was appointed archbishop of Chieti on 11 March 1609. He resigned before 16 December 1615, and in 1619 was appointed Bishop of Novara. He was Prefect (Majordomo) of the Sacred Palace of Pope Urban VIII. He died in Rome in March 1629. Ravizza, pp. 36-37. Gauchat, p. 332 with note 5.
  88. Tolosa: Ravizza, p. 36. Gauchat, p. 332 with note 6.
  89. Peruzzi was appointed archbishop by Pope Paul V on 26 November 1618, and was consecrated a bishop in Rome on 21 December 1618, by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Leni. In August 1619, he was sent to Spain with the red biretta for Cardinal Ferdinando of Austria, son of King Philip III. He died on 7 January 1631. Ravizza, p. 38. Gauchat, p. 322 with note 7.
  90. Santacroce was named archbishop of Urbino on 9 June 1636, by Pope Urban VIII. Ravizza, p. 39. Gauchat, pp. 332 with note 8; 353 with note 6.
  91. Sauli had been a Referendary (judge) of the Tribunal of the Two Signatures. He was appointed archbishop on 10 November 1638, by Pope Urban VIII, and was consecrated a bishop in Rome by Cardinal Alessandro Cesarini on 21 November. He died in 1649. Ravizza, p. 39. Gauchat, p. 332, with note 9.
  92. Rabatta was a native of Florence, born in the country district of Pescia. He held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure from the University of Pisa. He was named archbishop of Chieti by Pope Innocent X on 9 December 1649; he was consecrated bishop by Cardinal Antonio Franciotto on 2 January 1650, and took possession of the diocese on 7 February 1750. He died on 21 November 1653. Ravizza, p. 40. Gauchat, p. 332 with note 10.
  93. Ciria was a native of Cremona, and had been Procurator General of the Servites at the papal court. He was appointed archbishop of Chieti on 1 June 1654, by Pope Innocent X. He died on 4 April 1656. Ravizza, Memorie, p. 40. Gauchat IV, p. 332 with note 11.
  94. Gavazzi was a native of Ferrara, a master of theology, and had been Procurator General of the Conventual Franciscans in Rome. He was also a Consultor of the Holy Office of the Roman and Universal Inquisition. He was appointed archbishop of Chieti on 19 February 1657, and granted the pallium on 12 March 1657. He died after only fifteen days in Chieti. Giovanni Franchini, Bibliosofia, E Memorie Letterarie Di Scrittori Francescani Conventuali Ch'hanno scritto dopo l'Anno 1585, (in Italian), (Modena: Per gli Eredi Soliani, 1693), pp. 504-505. Ravizza, Memorie, p. 41. Gauchat IV, p. 332 with note 12 (whose speculation on counting the fifteen days is wrong on the face of it).
  95. Radulovich was born in Polignano, the son of the Marchese of Polignano. He obtained the degree of Doctor in utroque iure, and was appointed a Referendary of the Tribunal of the Two Signatures. He was appointed archbishop of Chieti on 10 March 1659, and named secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regular Clergy in the Roman curia. He became a cardinal in November 1699. He died on 27 October 1702, and was buried in the church of San Bartolomeo all'Isola in Rome, his titular church. Gauchat IV, p. 332 with note 13. Ritzler & Sefrin V, p. 20, no. 26, with note 18.
  96. Capece: Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica V, p. 373 with note 2.
  97. Valignani: Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica V, p. 373 with note 3.
  98. Palma was a native of Naples, and held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure from the University of Naples (1714). He served as a penitentiary in the cathedral of Naples. He was appointed archbishop of Chieti on 6 May 1737 by Pope Clement XII, and consecrated in Rome on 12 May 1737 by Cardinal Giuseppe Spinelli. He died in Chieti on 23 March 1755. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 400 with note 2.
  99. Born in Naples in 1715 (not 1725), De Luna was a canon of the cathedral of Naples, and held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure from the University of Naples (1755). He was named archbishop of Chieti on 21 July 1755, and consecrated in Rome on 25 July by Cardinal Giuseppe Spinelli. On 9 April 1764, De Luna was appointed bishop of Nola. He died on 23 April 1768. Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 1756 (Roma: Cracas 1756), p. 167. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, pp. 313 with note 3; 400 with note 3.
  100. Brancia: Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 373 with note 4.
  101. Giovanni Luigi Del Giudice was born in Chieti in 1709. He lectured in theology in houses of the CelCongregation, and became abbot of Bergamo, Sulmona, and then S. Eusebio in Rome. He was elected procurator-general of his Congregation in 1765. He was named archbishop of Chieti by Pope Clement XIV on 12 March 1770, and was consecrated bishop on 19 March 1770, by Cardinal Henry Stuart. He died in 1790. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 400 with note 5.
  102. Mirelli He was nominated archbishop of Chieti by King Ferdinand I on 16 December 1791, and consecrated in Rome on 4 March 1792 by Cardinal Luigi Valenti Gonzaga. He died in 1795, before 28 July (perhaps on 25 July). Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 400 with note 6.
  103. Bassi was nominated by King Ferdinand of Naples on 31 October 1797, and approved by Pope Pius VI on 18 December 1797. He was consecrated by Cardinal Henry Stuart on 21 December. He died in Chieti in 1821. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 400 with note 7.
  104. Cernelli was a native of Naples. He was nominated archbishop of Chieti on 10 January 1822 by King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, and approved by Pope Pius VII on 19 April 1822. He died on 18 May 1837. Ravizza, p. 45. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VII, p. 364.
  105. Saggese: Ritzler & Sefrin VII, p. 364.
  106. A native of Naples, Manza had been Archbishop of Syracuse (Sicily) from 1845 to 1852. Ritzler & Sefrin VII, p. 355; VIII, p. 545.
  107. De Marinis was a native of L'Aquila. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VIII, p. 545.
  108. Ruffo-Scilla was a native of Palermo. He was named a cardinal by Pope Leo XIII in December 1891. Ritzler & Sefrin VIII, pp. 51, 449, 545. Martin Bräuer, Handbuch der Kardinäle: 1846-2012, (in German), (Berlin: De Gruyter 2014), p. 155.
  109. Arcidiocesi di Chieti-Vasto. "Biografia. S.E. Rev.ma Mons. Bruno Forte." (in Italian). Retrieved: 14 April 2023.

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  • Benigni, Umberto. "Chieti." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. Retrieved: 4 April 2023.
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