The diocese of Belcastro has existed from at least 1122,
suffragan of the Metropolitan
Archdiocese of Santa Severina, but the earliest bishop whose name is known is of the early 13th century.
By the
papal bullDe utiliori of
Pope Pius VII of 27 June 1828, the diocese was suppressed, its territory being incorporated (without its title) into its Metropolitan's archdiocese of
Santa Severina.[3][4][5][6]
Ordinaries
Diocese of Belcastro
Erected: 1122 Latin Name: Bellicastrensis Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Santa Severina (all
Roman Rite)
Gregorio (1333 – death 1348)
Nicola da Offida,
Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1349.06.15 – 1358.12.10), previously Bishop of
Butrinto (Epirus, ? – 1349.06.15); later Bishop of
Argos (Greece, 1358.12.10 – ?)
Venturino (1358.12.10 – ?)
Giovanni (1370.08.19 – death 1399)
Riccardo de Olibano (1400.03.13 – 1402.11.06), later Metropolitan Archbishop of
Acerenza (Italy) (1402.11.06 – 1407), Archbishop of
Matera (Italy) (1402.11.06 – 1407)
Luca (1403.02.07 – death 1413), previously Bishop of
Policastro (Italy) (1392 – 1403.02.07)
Roberto de Basilio (1413.02.13 – ?), previously Bishop of
Squillace (Italy) (1402.08.18 – 1413.02.13)
Gregorio de Sanctis (Giorgio Santi),
C.R. (1611.10.24 – death 1612.10.02), previously
Titular Bishop of Salamis postea Constantia (1606.07.31 – 1611.10.24)
Antonio Ricciulli (1626.11.16 – 1629), later Bishop of
Umbriatico (1632.02.16 – 1639.02.07), Bishop of
Caserta (Italy) (1639.02.07 – 1641.11.27), Metropolitan Archbishop of
Cosenza (Italy) (1641.11.27 – death 1643.05)
^Taccone-Gallucci, Vescovi di Cal. in Regesti dei Pontefici, Roma 1902
^Giovanni Minasi, Le chiese di Calabria dal quinto al duodecimo secolo: cenni storici. Napoli : Lanciano e Pinto, 1896, Cap. XVI, ad indicem; Ristampa anastatica: Oppido Mamertina : Barbaro, 1987