The Italian Catholic diocese of Bitonto, in Apulia, had a short independent existence from 1982 to 1986. In the latter year it was united into the Archdiocese of Bari, forming the Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto. Before 1982, it had existed since the 9th century until being united into the diocese of Ruvo e Bitonto in 1818."Diocese of Bitonto" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016"Diocese of Bitonto" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
Ordinaries Diocese of Bitonto Erected: 9th Century Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Bari (-Canosa) Bishop Anderano ( 734; belonged either to Bitonto or the diocese of Bisignano) Arnolfo (1087) Enrico Minutoli (1382 - 1383 Appointed Archbishop of Trani) ... Battista Pontini (1484 - 1500 Died) Giambattista Orsini (12 June 1501 - 20 Dec 1501), administrator (in Latin) Giovanni Francesco de Orsini (20 Dec 1501 - 1517 Resigned) (in Latin) Giulio de' Medici (18 Feb 1517 - 27 Feb 1517 Resigned) Giacomo Orsini (27 Feb 1517 - 24 Jan 1530 Resigned) Alessandro Farnese (seniore) (24 Jan 1530 - 17 May 1532 Resigned) Lópe de Alarcón (17 May 1532 - 1537 Resigned) Alessandro Farnese (iuniore) (17 Jun 1537 - 8 Jan 1538 Resigned) Sebastiano Deli di Castel Durante (11 Jan 1538 - 1544 Died) Alessandro Farnese (iuniore) (1544 - 27 Oct 1544 Resigned) Cornelio Musso (27 Oct 1544 - 13 Jan 1574 Died) Giovanni Pietro Fortiguerra (26 Apr 1574 - 1593 Died) Flaminio Parisio (17 Sep 1593 - 1603 Died) Girolamo Bernardino Pallantieri (10 Sep 1603 - 23 Aug 1619 Died)"Bishop Girolamo Bernardino Pallantieri, O.F.M. Conv." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016 Giovanni Battista Stella (13 Nov 1619 - 15 Dec 1621 Died) Fabrizio Carafa (24 Jan 1622 - Mar 1651 Died)"Bishop Fabrizio Carafa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 21, 2016 Alessandro Crescenzi (26 Aug 1652 - 14 May 1668 Resigned)"Alessandro Cardinal Crescenzi, C.R.S. " Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 9, 2016 Tommaso Acquaviva d'Aragona (14 May 1668 - 23 Aug 1672 Died)"Bishop Tommaso Acquaviva d’Aragona, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 21, 2016 Francesco Antonio Gallo (3 Oct 1672 - Sep 1685 Died) Filippo Massarenghi (13 May 1686 - 5 Jun 1688 Died)"Bishop Filippo Massarenghi, C.O." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 15, 2016 Carlo de Ferrari (6 Jun 1689 - Nov 1698 Died) Giovanni Battista Capano (21 Jun 1700 - 14 Jan 1720 Died) Domenico Maria Cedronio (20 Mar 1720 - May 1722 Died) Luca Antonio della Gatta (6 Jul 1722 - 8 Jul 1737 Appointed, Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla) Giovanni Barba (8 Jul 1737 - 13 Dec 1749 Died) Nicola Ferri (23 Feb 1750 - 28 May 1770 Appointed, Bishop of Satriano e Campagna) Orazio Berarducci (28 May 1770 - 1801 Died)
27 June 1818: United with Diocese of Ruvo to form the Diocese of Ruvo e Bitonto
Diocese of Bitonto 30 September 1982: Re-established from the Diocese of Ruvo e Bitonto
Andrea Mariano Magrassi (30 Sep 1982 - 30 Sep 1986 Appointed, Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto)
30 September 1986: United with Archdiocese of Bari (-Canosa) to form the Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto
Auxiliary Bishops Domenico Padovano (1984 to 30 Sep 1986)
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