11 Feb 1754) Isidoro Sánchez de Luna, O.S.B. (22 Apr 1754 – 28 May 1759) Francesco Saverio Mastrilli, C.R. (13 Jul 1759 – Oct 1777) Giuseppe Capecelatro (30 Mar 1778 – 28 Mar 1817 Resigned) since 1800 Giovanni Antonio de Fulgure, C.M. (25 May 1818 – 6 Jan 1833 Died) Raffaele Blundo (6 Apr 1835 – 20 Jun 1855 Died) Giuseppe Rotondo (Rotundo) (17 Dec 1855 – 20 Jan 1885 Died) Pietro Alfonso Jorio (Iorio) (27 Mar 1885 – 15 Nov 1908 Resigned) Carlo Giuseppe Cecchini, O.P. (4 Dec 1909 – 17 Dec 1916 Died) Orazio Mazzella (14 Apr 1917 – 1 Nov 1934 Resigned) Ferdinando Bernardi (21 Jan 1935 – 18 Nov 1961 Died) Guglielmo Motolese (16 Jan 1962 – 10 Oct 1987 Retired) Salvatore De Giorgi (10 Oct 1987 – 11 May 1990 Resigned) Benigno Luigi Papa, O.F.M. Cap. (11 May 1990 – 21 Nov 2011 Retired) Filippo Santoro (21 Nov 2011 – ) Auxiliary bishop Guglielmo Motolese (1952-1962), appointed Archbishop here Other priest of this diocese who became bishop Angelo Raffaele Panzetta, appointed Archbishop of Crotone-Santa Severina in 2019 See also History of Taranto Timeline of Taranto References Books Reference Works (in Latin) (in Latin) pp. 946–947. (Use with caution; obsolete) (in Latin) (in Latin) (in Latin) Studies Bianchi, Roberto; Angelo Carmelo Bello (2003). Il movimento riformatore cattolico nell 'Arcidiocesi di Taranto durante l'episcopato di Monsignor Pietro Alfonso Jorio (1885-1908), Edizioni Pugliesi, Martina Franca, 2003. De Marco, Vittorio (1990). La diocese di Taranto nel Settocento (1713–1816). Roma: Storia e lettere. (in Italian) Kehr, Paulus Fridolin (1962). Italia pontificia. Regesta pontificum Romanorum. Vol. IX: Samnium–Apulia–Lucanium. Berlin: Weidmann, pp. 383–396. Acknowledgment Roman Catholic dioceses in Apulia Dioceses established in the 6th century