Dear ones, this year too, after listening to my collaborators, I intended to carry out some rotations of priests, to meet the pastoral needs of the entire diocesan community.
I thank the priests who have carried out their service, for a short or long time, in the sector of diocesan pastoral care in which they have been engaged until now.
I thank the priests who have given their availability for the new service that they are preparing to carry out, for the good of our diocesan Church, in the sector which I communicate below:
Episcopal Vicars
- Don Alessandro Rocchetti: Territorial Episcopal Vicar for the Vicariate of Vieste
- Don Gabriele Giordano: Episcopal Vicar for Confraternities and Established Ministries
Vicars Forane
- Forane Vicar of Manfredonia: Don Antonio Di Maggio
- Forane Vicar of Monte Sant’Angelo: Don Domenico Facciorusso
- Forane Vicar of San Giovanni Rotondo: Don Pantaleo Abbascià
- Forane Vicar of the Northern Gargano: Don Fabio Clemente
Canons of the Chapter of the Cathedral of Manfredonia
Effective Canons
- Don Giovanni Granatiero
- Don Leonardo Petrangelo
- Don Carmine Rinaldi
Honorary Canons
- Don Sante Leone
- Don Matteo D’acierno
- Don Livio Di Iasio
Canon Penitentiary
Chapter of the Co-Cathedral Basilica of Vieste
- Don Alessandro Rocchetti Transferred from the Chapter of the Cathedral of Manfredonia
Parish Vicars
- Don Berardino Iacovone: Parish Vicar in the Pastoral Unit of Rodi Garganico, maintaining the service of Parish Priest of the Tremiti Islands
Curia Offices and Services
- Marriage Practice Office: Sem. Fabio Vecchi
- Office for Missionary Cooperation between the Churches
- Director: Don Matteo Graziano
- Collaborators:
- Don Michele Abatantuono
- Dr. Felice Piemontese
- Office for Ecumenism, Interreligious Dialogue and Relations between the Churches
- Director: Don Domenico Facciorusso
- Collaborator: Dr. Felice Piemontese
- Youth Pastoral Service
- Responsible: Don Nicola Pio Castriotta
- Collaborator: Don Giovanni Totaro
- Vocational Pastoral Office
- Director: Don Emanuele Spagnolo
- Collaborator: Don Giovanni Totaro
- Archbishop of Ceremonies: Don Giovanni Totaro
Diocesan Catholic Action
College of Assistants
- Don Luca Santoro Unit Assistant
- Don Pasquale Pio Di Fiore Adult Assistant
- Don Nicola Pio Castriotta Acr. Assistant
- Don Giovanni Totaro Youth Assistant
- Don Emanuele Spagnolo Msac assistant
- Don Antonio Del Grosso Collaborator Assistant Acr
Communications
- Don Danilo Martino: Student of Canon Law in Rome
The sixth year seminarians, Elisha Constantine And Michele Coppolecchiawill reside at the Fraternity of the diocesan Seminary, will provide their service for a pastoral experience in Parishes of Manfredonia (yet to be indicated), and will collaborate in the diocesan Youth Ministry.
These measures and appointments will come into force from Next September 1st.
Dear ones, let us thank the Lord for the gift of service to our particular Church. The goodness of God always requires our hard-working collaboration so that there is no shortage of workers in the “vineyard” of the Lord. Our pastoral art concerns above all the spiritual and vocational accompaniment of many adolescents and young people to be encouraged and supported in a serious discernment on the gift of life.
We also thank the Lord for the synodal path that our Diocese has undertaken with docility to the voice of the Spirit and in communion with the universal Church.
Diocesan life commits the Bishop to attentive and loving closeness to individual communities and their priests. In this spirit of proximity, we pray intensely for each other and for the holy faithful people of God. In particular, we entrust the lay people and priests called to new pastoral roles to the intercession of the Patron Saints of the Archdiocese, so that they may demonstrate fidelity to the Risen Lord and apostolic service in favor of the Church.
The Lord’s blessing and best wishes for fruitful apostolic work to all.
+ Franco Moscone crs
Archbishop
