The Italian Catholic Archdiocese of Lanciano-Ortona (Latin: Archidioecesis Lancianensis-Ortonensis) has existed under this name since 1986. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto. The historical Diocese of Lanciano was created in 1515. It was united with the Diocese of Ortona in the nineteenth century.
Until 1515 Lanciano was subject to the Bishop of Chieti. In 1562 Pope Pius IV, to end a dispute with that bishop, made it an archdiocese without suffragans. The first bishop was Angelo Maccafani, who was succeeded by Cardinal Egidio Canisio (1532); the first archbishop was the Dominican Leonardo Marini (1560).
In 1818 or 1834, the see of Ortona was united to that of Lanciano by Pope Pius VII. Ortona was an episcopal see in the time of Gregory the Great, who mentions the Bishop Calumniosus and his predecessor Blandinus. Another bishop was Joannes, who in 916 was the papal legate at the Council of Altheim. There is no record of a Bishop of Ortona after the tenth century. Pope Pius V in 1570 re-established the see, to which in 1569 the diocese of Campli was united. When, in 1818, Ortona was joined to Lanciano, Campli was assigned to the diocese of Teramo. In 2015 Lanciano celebrated the 500th anniversary of the diocese.
Erected: 27 April 1515
Latin Name: Lancianensis
Angelo Maccafani (27 Jun 1515 - 1 Dec 1517 Died)
Egidio da Viterbo, O.E.S.A. (10 Apr 1532 - 12 Nov 1532 Died)
Michele Fortini (26 Feb 1535 - 15 Feb 1539 Died)
Juan Salazar Fernández (30 Apr 1540 - 12 Sep 1555 Died)
Pompeo Piccolomini (12 Jan 1556 - 26 Jan 1560 Appointed, Bishop of Tropea)
Leonardo Marini, O.P. (26 Jan 1560 - 7 Oct 1566 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Alba Pompea)
Elevated: 9 February 1562
Latin Name: Lancianensis
Ettore Piscicelli (13 Oct 1568 - 23 Sep 1569 Died)
Antonio Gaspar Rodríguez, O.F.M. (20 Oct 1570 - 1 Nov 1578 Died)
Mario Bolognini (3 Jul 1579 - 3 Oct 1588 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Crotone)
Paolo Tasso (17 Oct 1588 - 2 Sep 1607 Died)
Lorenzo Monzonís Galatina, O.F.M. (27 Jan 1610 - 20 Nov 1617 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Pozzuoli)
Francisco Romero (bishop), O. Carm. (14 May 1618 - 11 Jan 1621 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Vigevano)
Andrea Gervasi (24 Jan 1622 - 9 Aug 1668 Died)
Alfonso Álvarez Barba Ossorio, O. Carm. (9 Sep 1669 - 29 May 1673 Appointed, Archbishop of Brindisi)
Francesco Antonio Carafa, C.R. (27 May 1675 - 24 Nov 1687 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Catania)
Manuel de la Torre Gutiérrez, O. de M. (9 Aug 1688 - 21 Jul 1694 Died)
Giovanni Andrea Monreale (4 Jul 1695 - 21 May 1696 Appointed, Archbishop of Reggio Calabria)
Bernabé de Castro, O.S.A. (25 Feb 1697 - 15 Dec 1700 Appointed, Archbishop of Brindisi)
Giovanni Uva, O.F.M. (18 Apr 1701 - Jan 1717 Died)
Antonio Paternò (8 Feb 1719 - 1730 Died)
Arcangelo Maria Luc Thomas Ciccarelli, O.P. (30 Apr 1731 Confirmed - 19 Dec 1738 Confirmed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Ugento)
Domenico Angelo de Pace (26 Jan 1739 - 7 Mar 1745 Died)
Anton Ludovico Antinori, C.O. (21 Jun 1745 Confirmed - 22 Apr 1754 Confirmed, Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera)
Giacomo Lieto (20 May 1754 Confirmed - 5 Feb 1769 Died)
Domenico Gervasoni (20 Nov 1769 Confirmed - Nov 1784 Died)
Francesco Saverio de Vivo (18 Dec 1786 Confirmed - 27 Feb 1792 Confirmed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Nusco)
Francesco Amoroso (27 Feb 1792 Confirmed - 8 Jul 1807 Died)
Francesco Maria de Luca, O.F.M. (6 Apr 1818 Confirmed - 13 Jan 1839 Died)
United on 19 February 1834 with the Diocese of Ortona a Mare e Campli
Latin Name: Lancianensis (et Ortonensis)
Ludovico Rizzuti (23 Dec 1839 Confirmed - 4 Aug 1848 Died)
Giacomo de Vincentiis (22 Dec 1848 - 5 May 1866 Died)
Francesco Maria Petrarca (23 Feb 1872 - 26 Dec 1895 Died)
Angelo Della Cioppa (22 Jun 1896 - 29 Jan 1917 Died)
Nicola Piccirilli (25 Apr 1918 - 4 Mar 1939 Died)
Francesco Pietro Tesauri (25 May 1939 - 25 Aug 1945 Died)
Latin Name: Lancianensis et Ortonensis
Name Changed: 24 November 1945
Gioacchino Di Leo (18 Feb 1946 - 5 Jul 1950 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Mazara del Vallo)
Benigno Luciano Migliorini, O.F.M. (13 Mar 1951 - 1 Jul 1962 Died)
Pacifico Maria Luigi Perantoni, O.F.M. (21 Aug 1962 - 14 Aug 1974 Retired)
Leopoldo Teofili (14 Aug 1974 - 22 Dec 1981 Died)
Enzio d’Antonio (13 May 1982 - 25 Nov 2000 Retired)
Carlo Ghidelli (25 Nov 2000 - 11 Oct 2010 Retired)
Emidio Cipollone (11 Oct 2010 - )
