The Latin Catholic diocese of Muro Lucano, in southern Italian region Basilicata, existed until 1986. In that year it was united into the archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo.
The first Bishop of Muro Lucano of whom there is mention was Leo (1049). Its bishop Antonio (1376) became a partisan of the antipope Clement VII; he was therefore driven by Carlo of Durazzo to seek refuge at Polsino, whereupon Clement VII suppressed the Diocese of Muro. In 1418, however, Guiduccio de Porta was appointed to this see; he was learned in civil and canon law; among his successors were Flavio Orsini (1560), who became a Cardinal; the poet Gian Carlo Coppola (1643), who later became Bishop of Gallipoli, his native town; Alfonso Pacello (1674), founder of a congregation of priests for the care of the sick of the diocese. The see was suffragan of the archdiocese of Conza.
Erected: 11th Century
Latin Name: Muranus
Giovanni Bonifacio Panella (23 Feb 1407 - 1417 Died)
Guiduccio della Porta (19 Feb 1418 - 1423 Died)
Giovanni Sanfelice (24 Sep 1423 - 1443 Resigned)
Barnaba de Molina (26 Aug 1443 - 1462 Died)
Andrea Veroli (26 May 1463 - 8 Oct 1464 Appointed, Bishop of Camerino)
Meolo de Mascabruni (8 Oct 1464 - 1486 Died)
Nicolò Antonio Pesci (Piscibus) (15 Feb 1486 - 1517 Resigned)
Antonio Camillo Pesci (23 Dec 1517 - 1521 Died)
Cesare Carpano (6 Sep 1521 - 1528 Died)
Matteo Griffoni Pioppi, O.S.B. (24 Jan 1528 - 15 Nov 1540 Appointed, Bishop of Trivento)
Ascanio Parisani (15 Nov 1540 - 27 Jun 1541 Resigned)
Silverio Petrucci (27 Jun 1541 - 1560 Died)
Flavio Orsini (29 Nov 1560 - 6 Jul 1562 Resigned)
Filesio Cittadini (6 Jul 1562 - 16 Nov 1571 Resigned)
Giulio Ricci (23 Jan 1572 - 9 May 1575 Appointed, Bishop of Gravina)
Daniele Vocazio, O.F.M. (9 May 1575 - 1577 Died)
Vincenzo Petrolini (25 Feb 1577 - 1606 Died)
Tommaso Confetti (10 May 1606 - 8 Jan 1630 Died)
Clemente Confetti (Confetto) (8 Jan 1630 Succeeded - 13 Apr 1643 Appointed, Bishop of Acerno)
Giovanni Carlo Coppola (18 May 1643 - 1652 Died)
Ascanio Ugolini (19 Feb 1652 - May 1660 Died)
Francesco Maria Annoni, C.R. (21 Jun 1660 - 12 May 1674 Died)
Alfonso Pacella (Pacelli) (1 Oct 1674 - 31 Dec 1702 Died)
Andrea Sarnelli (23 Apr 1703 - 15 Sep 1707 Died)
Giovanni Innocenzo Carussio (19 Dec 1707 - Jan 1718 Died)
Angelo Acerno (6 Apr 1718 - 22 Sep 1724 Died)
Domenico Antonio Manfredi (20 Nov 1724 - 3 Mar 1738 Appointed, Bishop of Boiano)
Melchiorre Delfico (5 May 1738 - 23 Apr 1744 Died)
Vito Moio (Mojo) (15 Jun 1744 - 11 Mar 1767 Died)
Carlo Gagliardi (10 Jul 1767 - 1 Jul 1778 Died)
Luca Nicola de Luca (14 Dec 1778 - 26 Mar 1792 Confirmed, Bishop of Trivento)
Giuseppe Maria Beneventi, O.F.M. Conv. (26 Mar 1792 - 6 Dec 1794 Died)
Giovanni Filippo Ferrone (18 Dec 1797 - 11 Dec 1826 Died)
Filippo Martuscelli (9 Apr 1827 Confirmed - 16 Jul 1831 Died)
Tommaso Antonio Gigli, O.F.M. Conv. (2 Jul 1832 Confirmed - 22 Apr 1858 Resigned)
Francesco Saverio d’Ambrosio, O.F.M. Cap. (20 Jun 1859 Confirmed - 29 Jan 1883 Died)
Raffaele Capone, C.SS.R. (29 Jan 1883 Succeeded - 22 Mar 1908 Died)
Alessio Ascalesi, C.Pp.S. (29 Apr 1909 - 19 Jun 1911 Appointed, Bishop of Sant’Agata de' Goti)
Giuseppe Scarlata (27 Nov 1911 - 5 Apr 1935 Died)
Bartolomeo Mangino (30 Dec 1936 - 18 Feb 1946 Appointed, Bishop of Caserta)
Giacomo Palombella (14 Mar 1946 - 3 Jan 1951 Appointed, Bishop of Calvi e Teano)
Matteo Guido Sperandeo (23 Feb 1952 - 5 Sep 1954 Appointed, Bishop of Calvi e Teano)
Antonio Rosario Mennonna (5 Jan 1955 - 22 Feb 1962 Appointed, Bishop of Nardò)
Umberto Luciano Altomare (10 Jul 1962 - 22 Aug 1970 Appointed, Bishop of Diano-Teggiano)
Aureliano Sorrentino (5 Mar 1973 - 4 Jun 1977 Appointed, Archbishop of Reggio Calabria)
Giuseppe Vairo (3 Dec 1977 - 30 Sep 1986 Appointed, Archbishop of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo)
