Roman Catholic Diocese of Bitonto
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.History
Bishop Anderano belonged either to Bitonto or the diocese of Bisignano; Arnolfo was the first undoubted Bishop of Bitonto. Other bishops include:
Erected: 9th Century
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Bari
- Enrico Minutoli
- Giovanni Battista Orsini
- Giulio de' Medici
- Giacomo Orsini
- Alessandro Farnese
- Lópe Alarcón
- Alessandro Farnese
- Sebastiano Deli di Castel Durante
- Alessandro Farnese
- Cornelio Musso, O.F.M. Conv.
- Giovanni Pietro Fortiguerra
- Flaminio Parisio
- Girolamo Bernardino Pallantieri, O.F.M. Conv.
- Giovanni Battista Stella
- Fabrizio Carafa
- Alessandro Crescenzi, C.R.S.
- Tommaso Acquaviva d'Aragona, O.P.
- Francesco Antonio Gallo
- Filippo Massarenghi, C.O.
- Carlo de Ferrari
- Giovanni Battista Capano, C.R.
- Domenico Maria Cedronio, O.P.
- Luca Antonio della Gatta
- Giovanni Barba
- Nicola Ferri
- Orazio Berarducci
27 June 1818: United with Diocese of Ruvo to form the Diocese of Ruvo e BitontoDiocese of Bitonto
30 September 1982: Re-established from the Diocese of Ruvo e Bitonto
- Andrea Mariano Magrassi, O.S.B.
30 September 1986: United with Archdiocese of Bari to form the Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto
