The Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne (Latin: Archidioecesis Piscariensis-Pinnensis) was a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in central Italy. It was created in 1982, by a name change and elevation in rank from the Diocese of Penne e Pescara. That was in turn created in 1949, when the historic diocese of Penne-Atri was split up, with Atri going to form the Diocese of Teramo-Atri. The Diocese of Atri had been united with the Diocese of Penne in 1252.
The seat of the archbishops is in the Pescara Cathedral.
Erected: 5th Century
Latin Name: Pinnensis
United: 15 March 1252 with the Diocese of Atri
Latin Name: Pinnensis et Hatriensis seu Atriensis
Marco Ardinghelli, O.P. (5 Nov 1352 - 31 Jan 1360 Appointed, Bishop of Camerino)...Agostino da Lanzano (14 Feb 1380 - 29 Oct 1390 Appointed, Bishop of Perugia)...Giovanni Castiglione (bishop) (de Polena) (23 Mar 1433 - 21 Oct 1454 Appointed, Bishop of Orvieto)...Troilo Agnesi (30 Oct 1482 - 17 Dec 1483 Appointed, Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita)Matteo Giudici (17 Dec 1483 - 1495 Died)Giovanni Battista Cantalicio (19 Nov 1503 - 1515 Resigned)Valentino Cantalicio (28 Jun 1515 - 1550 Died)Leonello Cibo (Cybo) (19 Jan 1551 - 1554 Resigned)Tommaso Contuberio (27 Aug 1554 - 1561 Resigned)Giacomo Guidi (2 Jun 1561 - 1568 Resigned)Paolo Odescalchi (27 Feb 1568 - 1572 Resigned)Giambattista de Benedictis (5 Sep 1572 - 1591 Died)Orazio Montani (Montano) (20 Mar 1591 - 25 Nov 1598 Appointed, Archbishop of Arles)Tommasi Balbani (10 Dec 1599 - 1621 Died)Silvestro Andreozzi (17 Mar 1621 - Jan 1648 Died)Francesco Massucci (18 May 1648 - Sep 1656 Died)Gaspare Borghi (Burgi) (15 Jan 1657 - Aug 1661 Died)Esuperanzio Raffaelli (21 Nov 1661 - 24 Mar 1668 Died)Giuseppe Spinucci (14 May 1668 - 7 Dec 1695 Died)Vincenzo Maria de Rossi, O.F.M. Conv. (23 Jul 1696 - 10 Jun 1698 Died)Fabrizio Maffei (22 Dec 1698 - Jun 1723 Died)Francesco Antonio Bussolini, O.S.B. (27 Sep 1723 - 20 Mar 1746 Died)Innocenzo Gorgoni, O.S.B. (2 May 1746 - 13 Feb 1755 Resigned)Gennaro Perrelli (21 Jul 1755 - 27 May 1761 Died)Giuseppe Maria de Leone (25 Jan 1762 - 7 Apr 1779 Died)Bonaventura Calcagnini (12 Jul 1779 - 1797 Died)Nicola Francesco Franchi (26 Jun 1805 - Nov 1815 Died)Domenico Ricciardone (25 May 1818 - 24 Jul 1845 Died)Vincenzo d’Alfonso (12 Apr 1847 - 23 Dec 1880 Died)Luigi Martucci (23 Dec 1880 - 16 Dec 1889 Died)Giuseppe Morticelli (23 Jun 1890 - Feb 1905 Resigned)Raffaele Piras (6 Dec 1906 - 23 Aug 1911 Died)Carlo Pensa, O.Ss.C.A. (27 Aug 1912 - 16 Dec 1948 Died)United 1 July 1949 with the Diocese of Teramo to form the Diocese of Teramo e Atri and then separated from the new entity to form the Diocese of Penne e Pescara
Latin Name: Pinnensis et Piscariensis
Immediately Subject to the Holy See
Benedetto Falcucci (2 Jul 1949 - 1 Jan 1959 Resigned)Antonio Iannucci (15 Feb 1959 - 21 Apr 1990 Retired)Name Changed: 2 March 1982
Latin Name: Piscariensis-Pinnensis
Metropolitan See
Francesco Cuccarese (21 Apr 1990 - 4 Nov 2005 Retired)Tommaso Valentinetti (4 Nov 2005 - )
