Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lecce

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lecce
Lecce's Cathedral

The Italian Catholic archdiocese of Lecce has existed as a diocese since 1057. It has been an archdiocese since 1980, when it became the metropolitan of the archdiocese of Otranto, reversing the previous position[1].

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History

It was known to the ancients as Lupiæ. In the time of the Normans, Lecce became the seat of a countship, some of its counts being famous, notably Tancred of Lecce, who contested with Emperor Henry VI the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, and Gautier de Brienne, cousin of Tancred.

A bishop of Lecce is first mentioned in 1057, in the person of Teodoro Bonsecolo. Other bishops of note were:

  • Roberto Vultorico (1214), who restored the cathedral;
  • Tommaso Ammirati (1429); Ugolino Martelli (1511), a linguist;
  • Giambattista Castromediani (1544), who founded the hospital and other institutions for children and the poor;
  • Luigi Pappacoda (1639), who rebuilt the cathedral, which contains his statue in marble;
  • Antonio Pignatelli (1672), later Pope Innocent XII, who founded the seminary of Lecce.

Bishops and Archbishops of Lecce since 1671

  • Antonio Pignatelli del Rastrello † (4 May 1671 - 12 Jan 1682 )
  • Fabrizio Pignatelli † (30 Mar 1695 Appointed - 1734 Died)
  • Scipione Sersale † ( 1744 Appointed - 11 Jul 1751 Died)
  • Alfonso Sozy Carafa, C.R.S. † (15 Nov 1751 Appointed - 1783 Died)
  • Salvatore Spinelli, O.S.B. † (26 Mar 1792 Appointed - 18 Dec 1796 )
  • Niccola Caputo de' Marchesi di Cerreto † (21 Dec 1818 Appointed - 1862 Died)
  • Valerio Laspro † (6 May 1872 Appointed - 20 Mar 1877 )
  • Salvatore Luigi Zola, C.R.L. † (22 Jun 1877 - 28 Apr 1898 Died)
  • Evangelista di Milia, O.F.M. Cap. † (15 Nov 1898 - 17 Sep 1901 Died)
  • Gennaro Trama † (10 Feb 1902 Appointed - 9 Nov 1927 )
  • Alberto Costa † (7 Dec 1928 - 2 Aug 1950 )
  • Francesco Minerva † (17 Dec 1950 - 27 Jan 1981 )
  • Michele Mincuzzi † (27 Jan 1981 - 7 Dec 1988 )
  • Cosmo Francesco Ruppi (7 Dec 1988 - 16 Apr 2009 )
  • Domenico Umberto D'Ambrosio (16 Apr 2009 - )

References

  • De Simone, Lecce e i suoi dintorni (Lecce, 1874)
  • Cappelletti, Le Chiese d'Italia, XXI.

Notes

  1. ^ Catholic Hierarchy page

External links

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


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