Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto

ARCHDIOCESE OF CHIETI-VASTO (Archidioecesis Theatina-Vastensis)

Country: Italy
Denomination: Roman Catholic

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

Arms (crest) of Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto

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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)
Giovanni Pietro Carafa (1537-1549)
Bernardino Maffei (1549-1553)
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)
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)
Antonio Valentini (1984-1993)
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Edoardo Menichelli (1994-2004)
Bruno Forte (2004-present)

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