Roman Catholic Diocese of Lipari

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lipari was a Latin diocese of the Roman Catholic Church located in the town of Lipari in the Aeolian Islands of Sicily, Italy. It was a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela.^[1][2]

History

• Erected: 5th Century
• September 30, 1986: Suppressed to the Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela

Ordinaries

• Francesco da Stilo, O.P. (1461–1489 Died)^[3]
• Giacomo Carduini (1489–1506 Died)^[4]
• Luigi de Amato (1506–1515 Appointed, Bishop of San Marco)^[5]
• Antonio Zeno (bishop) (1515–1530 Died)^[6]
• Gregorio Magalotti (1532–1534 Appointed, Bishop of Chiusi)
• Baldo Ferratini (1534–1558 Appointed, Bishop of Amelia)
• Filippo Lancia (1554–1564 Died)^[7]
• Antonio Giustiniani, O.P. (1564–1571 Died)
• Pietro Cancellieri (Cavalieri) (1571–1580 Died)^[8]
• Paolo Bellardito (1580–1585 Resigned)^[9]
• Martín Acuña, O. Carm. (1585–1593 Died)^[10]
• Juan Pedro González de Mendoza, O.S.A. (1593–1599 Resigned)^[11]
• Alfonso Vidal, O.F.M. (1599–1618 Died)
• Alberto Caccano, O.P. (1618–1627 Died)
• Giuseppe Candido (1627–1644 Died)
• Agostino Candido (1645–1650 Died)
• Benedetto Geraci (1650–1660 Died)
• Adamo Gentile (1660–1662 Died)^[12]
• Francesco Arata (1663–1690 Died)
• Gaetano de Castillo, C.R. (1691–1694 Died)
• Gerolamo Ventimiglia, C.R. (1694–1709 Died)
• Nicola Maria Tedeschi, O.S.B. (1710–1722 Resigned)
• Pietro Vincenzo Platamone, O.P. (1722–1733 Died)
• Bernardo Maria Beamonte, O.C.D. (1733–1742 Died)
• Francesco Maria Miceli (1743–1753 Died)
• Vincenzo Maria de Francisco e Galletti, O.P. (1753–1769 Died)
• Bonaventura Prestandrea, O.F.M. Conv. (1769–1777 Died)
• Giuseppe Coppula (1778–1789 Died)
• Domenico Spoto (1802–1804 Confirmed, Bishop of Cefalù)
• Antonino Reggio (1804–1806 Died)
• Silvestro Todaro, O.F.M. Conv. (1807–1816 Confirmed, Bishop of Patti)
• Carlo Maria Lenzi, Sch. P. (1818–1825 Died)
• Pietro Tasca (1826–1827 Confirmed, Bishop of Cefalù)
• Giovanni Portelli (1831–1838 Died)
• Giovanni Maria Visconte Proto, O.S.B. (1839–1844 Confirmed, Bishop of Cefalù)
• Bonaventura Attanasio, C.SS.R. (1844–1857 Resigned)
• Ludovico Ideo, O.P. (1858–1880 Died)
• Mariano Palermo (1881–1887 Appointed, Bishop of Piazza Armerina)
• Giovanni Pietro Natoli (1890–1898 Died)
• Nicola Maria Audino (1898–1903 Appointed, Bishop of Mazara del Vallo)
• Francesco Maria Raiti, O. Carm. (1903–1906 Appointed, Bishop of Trapani)
• Angelo Paino (1909–1921 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Messina)
• Bernardino Salvatore Re, O.F.M. Cap. (1928–1963 Died)
• Salvatore Nicolosi (1963–1970 Appointed, Bishop of Noto)
• Ignazio Cannavò (1977–1986 Appointed, Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela)

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