Bonanno Family Chart (1978) [Text]

FBI chart of the Bonanno Family membership compiled in late January 1978.

Administration:

Boss: Carmine Galante aka 'Lilo'

Underboss: Nicholas Marangello aka Nicky Glasses

Consigliere: Stefano Cannone aka Steve, Beef

Capo: Mike Sabella

1. [Redacted]
2. Benjamin Ruggiero aka Lefty, Lefty Guns
3. [Redacted]
4. [Redacted]
5. [Redacted]
6. Joseph 'Pepe' Marino

Capo: Michael 'Mickey' Zaffarano

1. Anthony 'Tony Mirra'
2. William 'Cappy' Capparelli
3. [Redacted]
4. [Redacted]
5. Anthony 'Bim' Bonacci

Capo: Vito DeFilippo

1. [Redacted]

Capo: Armand 'Mondo' Pollastrino

1. Anthony 'Nino' Adamo
2. Al DeMarinis
3. Frank 'Fawney' D'Angelo
4. [Redacted]
5. [Redacted]
6. Gabe (Gabriel Infanti)

Capo: Philip 'Philly Lucky' Giaccone

1. Anthony Spero

Capo: Alphonse 'Sonny Red' Indelicato

1. Joseph 'J.B.' Indelicato
2. [Redacted]

Capo: Toto (Salvatore Catalano)

1. Francesco Frank Navarra
2. Cesare Bonventre

Capo: Salvatore 'Fat Sallie' Ferrugia

Capo: [Redacted]

Capo: [Redacted]

1. [Redacted]

Capo: Frank Lupo

Capo: (?) Joseph Buccellato

Made Members; Capos Unknown

1. [Redacted]
2. James 'Jimmy Legs' Episcopia
3. [Redacted]
4. Nicholas 'Nick the Battler' DiStefano
5. Dominick 'Sonny Black' Napolitano
6. [Redacted]
7. [Redacted]
8. [Redacted]
9. Peter Monteleone

Formerly Made Members; Present Status Unsure

1. Pietro Alese
2. Nick Alfano, New Jersey
3. John Aquaro
4. Stefano Barranca
5. Joseph Bonanno, Arizona
6. Joseph Bonanno, Jr., California
7. Salvatore 'Bill' Bonanno, California
8. Frank Bonomo
9. John Bonventre, Italy (?)
10. Vito Bonventre
11. John 'Johnny Beans' Campanella (sic; Genovese Member)
12. Angelo Caruso 'Don Angelo'
13. Anthony Crisci
14. Peter Crociata (Died 1977)
15. Gaetano 'Smitty' D'Angelo (Murdered 1967)
16. Jerry D'Angelo
17. Joseph DiFilippi (Died 1972)
18. Joseph DiMaria
19. John Fiordilino
20. [Redacted]
21. Salvatore Giglio, LA, (missing) (?)
22. Louis Greco, Canada (Died 1972)
23. Giuseppe Grimaldi
24. Vito Licavoli (Died 1974)
25. Anthony Lucido
26. Gasper Mione
27. Anthony Messina
28. Joseph Messina
29. Salvatore 'Little Todo' Mirabile
30. John 'Johnny Burns' Morale
31. Rosario 'Sally Burns' Morale
32. Vincent Morsellino
33. Angelo 'Moe' Prisinzano (?)
34. [Redacted]
35. Philip 'Rusty' Rastelli
36. Dominick A. Sabella
37. Paul Sciacca
38. Francesco Tartamella
39. Sereno Tartamella
40. Benjamin Valvo
41. Matteo Valvo
42. Anthony Vigneri

Notes:

A total of 90 members are listed.

Four were already deceased and a fifth, John Campanella, was with another Family.

A sixth, Joseph Bonanno Jr., may not have been inducted.

Many additional members, made both pre-1958 and after the books were re-opened in 1976, are missing.

Several individuals are listed with an incorrect rank, notably Philip Rastelli, the Family's official Boss since early 1974. (CW Joseph Massino later testified that Galante had apparently declared himself Boss around mid-1977, and most contemporary informants identify him as such.)

Both Nicholas DiStefano and Matteo Valvo, named as Soldiers, were Captains since at least the previous year.

 

Joseph Buccellato, listed as a Possible Captain, reportedly stepped down years prior and was then believed to be under Salvatore Catalano. (FBI and Senate Charts from 1980 and 1983 respectively also identify Buccellato as a Captain).