Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto

ARCHDIOCESE OF CHIETI-VASTO (Archidioecesis Theatina-Vastensis)

Country : Italy
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 6th century as Diocese of Chieti
Elevated to Archdiocese in 1526
Renamed to Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto in 1986

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Arms of Bishops

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  Eleazario da Sabrano (1373-1378)

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  Giovanni de Comina (1378-1396)

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  Guglielmo Carbone (1396-1418)

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  Nicola Viviani (1419-1428)

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  Marino de Tocco (1429-1438)

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  Giovanni Battista della Buona (1438-1445)

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  Colantonio Valignani (1445-1488)

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  Alfonso d'Aragona (1488-1497)

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  Giacomo Bacio Terracina (1497-1499)

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  Giovanni Pietro Carafa (1505-1518)

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  Felice Trofino (1524-1527)

Arms of Archbishops

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  Guido de' Medici (1528-1537)

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  Giovanni Pietro Carafa (1537-1549)

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  Bernardino Maffei (1549-1553)

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  Marcantonio Maffei (1553-1568)

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  Giovanni Oliva (1568-1577)

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  Girolamo Leoni (1577-1578)

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  Cesare Busdrago (1578-1585)

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  Giovanni Battista Castrucci (1585-1591)

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  Orazio Sanminiato (1591-1592)

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  Matteo Sanminiato (1592-1607)

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  Anselmo Marzato (1607)

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  Orazio Maffei (1607-1609)

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  Volpiano Volpi (1609-1615)

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  Paolo Tolosa (1616-1618)

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  Marsilio Peruzzi (1618-1631)

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  Antonio Santacroce (1631-1636)

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  Stefano Sauli (1636-1649)

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  Vincenzo Rabatta (1649-1654)

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  Angelo Maria Ciria (1654-1656)

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  Modesto Gavazzi (1657)

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  Niccolò Radulovich (1659-1702)

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  Vincenzo Capece (1703-1722)

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  Filippo Valignani (1722-1737)

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  Michele Palma (1737-1755)

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  Nicola Sanchez De Luna (1755-1764)

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  Francesco Brancia (1765-1770)

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  Luigi del Giudice (1770-1792)

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  Andrea Mirelli (1792-1795)

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  Francesco Saverio Bassi (1796-1821)

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  Carlo Maria Cernelli (1822-1838)

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  Giosuè Maria Saggese (1838-1852)

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  Michele Manzo (1852-1856)

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  Luigi Maria de Marinis (1856-1877)

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  Fulco Luigi Ruffo-Scilla (1877-1887)

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  Rocco Cocchia (1887-1901)

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  Gennaro Costagliola (1901-1919)

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  Nicola Monterisi (1919-1929)

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  Giuseppe Venturi (1931-1947)

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  Giovanni Battista Bosio (1948-1967)

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  Loris Francesco Capovilla (1967-1971)

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  Vincenzo Fagiolo (1971-1984)

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  Antonio Valentini (1984-1993)

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  Edoardo Menichelli (1994-2004)

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  Bruno Forte (2004-present)

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