[4] The chapter was composed of six dignities (the archdeacon, the dean, the cantor, the treasurer, the archpriest, and the ecclesiarch-theologian) and fourteen canons.

[5] In 1472 the see was united to that of Gerace, under Bishop Athanasius Calceofilo, by whom the Greek Rite was abolished, although it remained in use in a few towns.

In 1536 Oppido became again an independent see, under Bishop Pietro Andrea Ripanti; among other bishops were Antonio Cesconi (1609) and Giovanni Battista Montani (1632), who restored the cathedral and the episcopal palace; Bisanzio Fili (1696), who founded the seminary; Michele Caputo (1852), who was transferred to the See of Ariano, where it is suspected that he poisoned King Ferdinand II; eventually, he apostatized.

[6] The town was heavily damaged by the earthquakes of 1783, in the first of which Oppido was at the epicenter,[7] and the population was decimated by the plague that followed.

Erected: 13th century Latin Name: Oppidensis Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria 10 June 1979: name changed