Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 933 Paparoma John XI ya ba da bishop na Bari amfani da "pallium". Kamar dai bishop-bishop sun dogara ne ga Shugaban Cocin Gabas har zuwa ƙarni na 10. Archbishop Giovanni II (952) ya sami damar janyewa daga wannan tasirin, ya ƙi karɓar umarnin shugaban Kirista game da batutuwa na ibada. Duk wata alaƙa da Ikklisiyoyin Gabas a ƙarshe an yanke ta a ƙarni na goma sha ɗaya, yayin da Bari ya zama mai dogaro da cocin kai tsaye na Rome. Don haka kafin ƙarni na 10 ya ƙare, babban jami'in bishop na Orthodox a duk faɗin Byzantine Italiya, ya zama babban bishop na Melfi, duk da cewa Bari ya kasance cibiyar ikon Byzantine a yankin, a matsayin wurin zama na katepano na Italia har zuwa kama
na birnin da Normans a 1071.