Tags: Clerical Administrative Region, Diocese.
The Archbishopric of Taranto (Latin: Archidioecesis Tarentina) is a metropolitan Roman Catholic diocese in southern Italy on a bay in the Gulf of Taranto.Its suffragan sees are the diocese of Castellaneta and diocese of Oria. The current Archbishop of Taranto is Archbishop Filippo Santoro appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on 21 November 2011 to replace Archbishop Benigno Luigi Papa O.F.M. Cap. whose resignation was accepted that same day.