The Diocese of Lesina (Latin: Dioecesis Lesinensis) was a Roman Catholic diocese located in the town of Lesina on the northern side of Monte Gargano in the province of Foggia, in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. Erected in the 13th century, it was suppressed in 1567 to the Diocese of Larino.[1][2] It was restored as a titular see in 1968.[2][3]

Bishops

Suffragan Bishops of Lesina

(all Roman Rite)

Titular see

In 1968 the diocese was nominally restored as Titular bishopric.

It has had the following incumbents, of the fitting episcopal (lowest) rank :

  • Joseph Mary Marling, Holy Ghost Fathers (C.PP.S.) (1969.07.02 – 1976.01.16)
  • Emilio Bianchi di Cárcano (1976.02.24 – 1982.04.14)
  • João d’Ávila Moreira Lima (1982.06.21 – 2011.09.30)
  • Sampathawaduge Maxwell Grenville Silva (2011.11.28 – ...), Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

See also

References

  1. "Diocese of Lesina" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved May 17, 2017
  2. 1 2 3 "Titular Episcopal See of Lesina" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved May 17, 2017
  3. "Lesina (Titular See)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved May 17, 2017
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Eubel, Konrad (1923). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 224. (in Latin)
  5. "Bishop Orazio Greco" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017
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