The Italian Catholic Diocese of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca (Latin: Dioecesis Uxentinus-S. Mariae Leucadensis) in Apulia, has existed under this name since 1959. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lecce. The historic Diocese of Ugento has existed since the thirteenth century.
Under the Byzantine domination Ugento had Greek bishops. Of the Latin bishops the first known was the Benedictine Simeon, of unknown date.
Other bishops were:
Carlo Borromeo (1530–37);
Antonio Sebastiano Minturno, poet (1559);
the Carmelite Desiderio Mazzapica (1566), who was at the Council of Trent;
the canonist Agostino Barbosa (1649).
In 1818 the diocese of Alessano (the ancient Leuca) was united to that of Ugento. The Greek rite flourished in many places in this diocese until 1591, when it was abolished by Bishop Ercole Lancia. The diocese used to be a suffragan of the archdiocese of Otranto.
Erected: 13th Century
Carlo Borromeo (bishop) (9 Mar 1530 - 6 Jul 1537 Appointed, Bishop of Pozzuoli)
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Sebastiano Antonio Minturno (27 Jan 1559 - 13 Jul 1565 Appointed, Bishop of Crotone)
Desiderio Mezzapica da S. Martino, O. Carm (6 Sep 1566 - 28 Apr 1593 Died)
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Giuseppe de Rossi (11 Mar 1596 - 29 Mar 1599 Appointed, Bishop of L’Aquila)
Pedro Guerrero (bishop) (15 Dec 1599 - 1613 Died)
Lucas de Franchis (27 Jan 1614 - 1615 Died)
Juan Bravo Lagunas, O.S.A. (11 Jan 1616 - 1627 Resigned)
Luis Jiménez (bishop), O. de M. (30 Aug 1627 - 1636 Died)
Girolamo Martini (30 Mar 1637 - 1648 Died)
Agostino Barbosa (22 Mar 1649 - 19 Nov 1649 Died)
Andreas Lanfranchi, C.R. (19 Dec 1650 - 1659 Died)
Lorenzo Díaz de Encinas, O. Carm. (28 Jul 1659 - 23 Nov 1660 Died)
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Antonio Carafa (bishop), C.R. (12 Feb 1663 - 9 May 1704 Died)
Pedro Lázaro y Terrer, O.F.M. Obs. (9 Feb 1705 - 9 May 1709 Died)
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Nicola Spinelli (30 Aug 1713 - 5 Jun 1718 Died)
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Andrea Maddalena, C.R.M. (2 Mar 1722 - 27 Sep 1724 Confirmed, Archbishop of Brindisi)
Francesco Bataller, O. Carm. (19 Dec 1725 - 1 Dec 1735 Died)
Giovanni Rossi, C.R. (11 Apr 1736 - 8 Jul 1737 Appointed, Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera)
Gennaro Carmignani, C.R. (8 Jul 1737 - 24 Nov 1738 Confirmed, Bishop of Gaeta)
Arcangelo Maria Luc Thomas Ciccarelli, O.P. (19 Dec 1738 - 11 Feb 1747 Resigned)
Tommaso Mazza (10 Apr 1747 - 25 Jan 1768 Confirmed, Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia)
Giovanni Donato Durante (19 Sep 1768 - 10 Sep 1781 Died)
Giuseppe Monticelli (16 Dec 1782 - 1791 Died)
Giuseppe Corrado Panzini (26 Mar 1792 - 23 Jul 1811 Died)
Camillo Alleva (26 Jun 1818 - 13 Dec 1824 Resigned)
Francesco Saverio d’Urso (20 Dec 1824 - 24 Apr 1826 Died)
Angelico Méstria, O.F.M. Cap. (28 Jan 1828 - 30 Dec 1836 Died)
Francesco Bruni (bishop), C.M. (19 May 1837 - 17 Jan 1863 Died)
Salvatore Luigi Zola, C.R.L. (21 Mar 1873 - 22 Jun 1877 Appointed, Bishop of Lecce)
Gennaro Maria Maselli, O.F.M. (22 Jun 1877 - 26 Jul 1890 Died)
Vincenzo Brancia (26 Jul 1890 - 25 Apr 1896 Died)
Luigi Pugliese (22 Jun 1896 - 17 Jul 1923 Died)
Antonio Lippolis (15 Dec 1923 - 16 Oct 1924 Resigned)
Teodorico de Angelis (5 May 1934 - 23 Nov 1936 Appointed, Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani)
Giuseppe Ruotolo (13 Dec 1937 - 9 Nov 1968 Resigned)
Name Changed: 1 August 1959
Michele Mincuzzi (12 Oct 1974 - 27 Jan 1981 Appointed, Bishop of Lecce)
Mario Miglietta (21 Feb 1981 - 14 Nov 1992 Resigned)
Domenico Caliandro (23 Apr 1993 - 13 May 2000 Appointed, Bishop of Nardò-Gallipoli)
Vito De Grisantis (13 May 2000 - 1 Apr 2010 Died)
Vito Angiuli (2 Oct 2010 - )
