Diocese of Alessano 700: Established as Diocese of Alessano • Domenico di Napoli (1425? – ?) • Giacomo del Balzo (1431? – ?) • Simone da Brindisi,
Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1432.04.11 – death 1432); previously Bishop of
Ruvo (Italy) (1418.01.26 – 1432.04.11) • Guiduccio Guidano (1432.09.16 – 1438.08.06), later Bishop of
Lecce (Italy) (1438.08.06 – 1453.07.13), Metropolitan Archbishop of
Bari–Canosa (Italy) (1453.07.13 – 1454) • Lorenzo,
Dominican Order (O.P.) (1438 – ?) •
Benedetto del Balzo (1465–1488) •
Giovanni Giacomo del Balzo (1488 – death 1512) •
Giovanni Antonio Acquaviva d'Aragona (1512.03.03 – 1517.05.18), later Bishop of
Lecce (Italy) (1517.05.18 – 1525) •
Luigi d'Aragona (1517.05.18 – 1518.05.17)
17 May 1518: Suppressed and merged into the Diocese of Lecce 3 June 1521: Reestablished again as Diocese of Alessano •
Agostino Trivulzio,
Apostolic Administrator (1521.06.03 – 1526.07.20) •
Alessandro Cesarini,
Apostolic Administrator (1526.07.20 – 1531.11.15), while
Cardinal-Deacon of
S. Maria in Via Lata (1523.12.14 – 1540.05.31),
Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals (1523.12.14 – 1540.05.31), Apostolic Administrator of
Otranto (Italy) (1526.04.09 – 1536.03.22) •
Francesco Antonio Balduini (1531.11.15 – death 1539) •
Benedetto de Sanctis (1540 – death 1542) •
Evangelista Cittadini (1542–1549) •
Annibale Magalotti (1549 – death 1551) •
Leonardo de Magistris (1551.08.21 – death 1554); previously Bishop of
Capri (1540.02.13 – 1551.08.21) •
Giulio Galletti (1555–1560) •
Giacomo Galletti (1560–1574) •
Cesare Busdragus (1574 – 1578.08.11), later Metropolitan Archbishop of
Chieti (Italy) (1578.08.11 – death 1585.10) •
Ercole Lamia (1578 – death 1591) •
Settimio Borsari (1591 – 1592.06.12), later Bishop of
Casale Monferrato (Italy) (1592.06.12 – 1594.04.29) •
Sestilio Mazuca (Sextilius Mazuca)(1592.06.19 – 1594) •
Orazio Rapari (Horatius Raparius) (1594 – death 1595) •
Giulio Doffi (Giulio Doffius),
O.P. (1595 – death 1597) •
Celso Mancini (1597 – death 1612) •
Nicola Antonio Spinelli,
C.R. (1612 – death 1634) •
Placido Padiglia,
Celestines (O.S.B. Cel.) (1634.11.27 – death 1648); previously Bishop of
Lavello (1627.09.20 – 1634.11.27) •
Francesco Antonio Roberti (1648 – death 1653) •
Giovanni Granafei (1653 – 1666.11.10), later Metropolitan Archbishop of
Bari–Canosa (Italy) (1666.11.10 – 1683.03.18) •
Andrea Tontoli (1666 – 1695.02.07), later Bishop of
Vieste (Italy) (1695.02.07 – death 1696.10.21) • Giovanni Belardino Giannelli (1717.12.18 – death 1743) •
Archbishop-Bishop Luigi d'Alessandro (1743.07.15 – 1754.09.16), previously Metropolitan Archbishop of
Santa Severina (Italy) (1731.05.07 – 1743.07.15); later Metropolitan Archbishop of
Bari–Canosa (Italy) (1754.09.16 – death 1770) • Dionigi Latomo (1754.12.16 – 1781) • Gaetano Paolo de Miceli,
Ardorini Missionaries (P.O.C.R.) (1792.02.27 – 1804.10.29); later Archbishop of
Rossano (Italy) (1804.10.29 – 1813.10.22)
1818 June 27: Suppressed to the Diocese of Ugento 1968: Restored as Titular Episcopal See of Alessano ==Titular see==