The Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti (Latin: Dioecesis Cerretana-Thelesina-Sanctae Agathae Gothorum) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Campania, Italy, has existed since 1986, when the Diocese of Sant'Agata de' Goti was suppressed, and its territory and Catholic population united to the Diocese of Telese-Cerreto Sannita. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Benevento.[1][2]
Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de' Goti Dioecesis Cerretana-Thelesina-Sanctae Agathae Gothorum | |
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Cathedral in Cerreto Sannita | |
Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Benevento |
Statistics | |
Area | 583 km2 (225 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 88,322 86,289 (97.7%) |
Parishes | 60 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 5th Century |
Cathedral | SS. Trinità e Beata Vergine Maria Madre della Chiesa (Cerreto Sannita) |
Co-cathedral | Santissima Trinità (Telese Terme) S. Maria Assunta (Sant’Agata de’ Goti) |
Secular priests | 53 (diocesan) 14 (Religious Orders) 2 Permanent Deacons |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Giuseppe Mazzafaro |
Bishops emeritus | Michele De Rosa |
Website | |
www.diocesicerreto.it |
The cathedral of the diocese, the Cattedrale di SS. Trinità e Beata Vergine Maria Madre della Chiesa, dedicated to the Holy Trinity and, in a late-20th century addition, to Mary Mother of the Church, is located in Cerreto Sannita.
History
editThe first bishop of Telese mentioned is Florentius (465). Having fallen into decay, the town was rebuilt in the ninth century. From the tenth century it was subject to the Archbishop of Benevento.
In 1612, since Telese was almost completely depopulated, Bishop Gian Francesco Leoni transferred the episcopal residence to Cerrito (which came to be called Cerreto vecchio).[3] That Cerreto was completely destroyed in the great earthquake of 5 June 1688, with a death toll at around 4,000 in the city and county.[4] The survivors relocated to a new site, also called Cerreto or Cerreto Sannita.[5] Bishop de Belli reported that the cathedral and the episcopal palace of Cerreto vecchio were destroyed, that the cathedral Chapter lost eight of its members, the collegiate church of S. Martino lost its archpriest and two canons, and the larger part of the priests were killed. Thirty-eight nuns were killed, and fifteen Conventual Franciscans.[6]
Among its bishops were:
- Angelo Massarelli (1567), secretary of the Council of Trent, of which he wrote the acts and a diary;
- Vincenzo Lupoli (1792), a jurist.[7]
Cathedrals and important churches
editThe former Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Cerreto antiquo is in a ruined state.[8]
The diocese now has its episcopal seat in the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity and S. Leonardo in Cerreto Sannita.[9] The cathedral was administered by a corporation called the Chapter, which was composed of four dignities (the Archdeacon, the Primicerius major, the Primicerius minor, and the Archpriest) and ten canons. Due to the insalubrious state of Telese, the canons were non-residential.[10] In 1675, after the entire ecclesiastical establishment had moved to Cerreto, there were four dignities and twelve canons.[11] In 1747, there were four dignities and eleven canons.[12]
There is also a Co-Cathedral, the Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta, in Sant’Agata de’ Goti.[13]
There is also a minor basilica, the Basilica-Santuario di S. Maria Assunta e S. Filippo Neri, in Guardia Sanframondi, which had been rebuilt on earlier foundations and consecrated in 1465, and then again rebuilt after the great earthquake of 1688. The Oratorians of S. Philip Neri had been granted the use of the church by Pope Alexander VII in 1655.[14]
After the French
editFollowing the extinction of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, the Congress of Vienna authorized the restoration of the Papal States and the Kingdom of Naples. Since the French occupation had seen the abolition of many Church institutions in the Kingdom, as well as the confiscation of much Church property and resources, it was imperative that Pope Pius VII and King Ferdinand IV reach agreement on restoration and restitution. Ferdinand demanded the suppression of fifty dioceses.[15]
A concordat was finally signed on 16 February 1818, and ratified by Pius VII on 25 February 1818. Ferdinand issued the concordat as a law on 21 March 1818.[16] On 27 June 1818, Pius VII issued the bull De Ulteriore, in which the ecclesiastical province of Benevento was restored, including it suffragans, among them the united dioceses of Cerreto e Telese.[17] The decision was also made to suppress permanently the diocese of Alife, and to incorporate its territory into the diocese of Cerreto e Telese.[18]
On 15 January 1820, after numerous protests, Pope Pius VII issued the bull "Adorandi Servatoris", by which he revoked and annulled the provisions of the bull "De Ulteriore" so far as they commanded the suppression of the diocese of Alife.[19] There was, however, an additional provision: that one and the same bishop would be the bishop of Alife and the bishop of Telese at the same time. aeque personaliter. He was to be called the bishop of "Alife e Telese".[20]
On 6 July 1852, in the bull "Compertum Nobis", Pope Pius IX made the decision to reverse the judgment of Pope Pius VII and restore the independence of the diocese of Alife, thereby separating its territory again from the power of the bishop of Cerreto e Telese.[21]
Diocesan Reorganization
editFollowing the Second Vatican Council, and in accordance with the norms laid out in the council's decree, Christus Dominus chapter 40,[22] Pope Paul VI ordered a reorganization of the ecclesiastical provinces in southern Italy, beginning with consultations among the members of the Congregation of Bishops in the Vatican Curia, the Italian Bishops Conference, and the various dioceses concerned.
On 18 February 1984, the Vatican and the Italian State signed a new and revised concordat. Based on the revisions, a set of Normae was issued on 15 November 1984, which was accompanied in the next year, on 3 June 1985, by enabling legislation. According to the agreement, the practice of having one bishop govern two separate dioceses at the same time, aeque personaliter, was abolished. The Vatican continued consultations which had begun under Pope John XXIII for the merging of small dioceses, especially those with personnel and financial problems, into one combined diocese.
On 30 September 1986, Pope John Paul II ordered that the dioceses of Diocese of Telese-Cerreto Sannita and S. Agatha Gothorum be merged into one diocese with one bishop, with the Latin title Dioecesis Cerretana-Thelesina-Sanctae Agathae Gothorum. The seat of the diocese was to be in Cerreto, whose cathedral was to serve as the cathedral of the merged diocese. The cathedral in S. Agatha Gothorum was to have the honorary title of "co-cathedral"; the Chapter was to be a Capitulum Concathedralis. There was to be only one diocesan Tribunal, in Molfetta, and likewise one seminary, one College of Consultors, and one Priests' Council. The territory of the new diocese was to include the territory of the suppressed diocese. The new diocese was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Benevento.[23]
Bishops of Telese
editDiocese erected: 5th Century
- ...
- [Mennas][26]
- ...
- Tommaso (attested 1080)[27]
- ...
- Petrus (attested 1178– after 1189)[28]
- ...
- Lucianus (1214?–?)
- ...
- R(- - -)[29]
- ...
- Rao (28 March 1240 – death 1286)[30]
- Salernus (16 July 1286 – 1296?)
- Giacomo (1296? – death 1325)
- Giovanni Arisio (21 May 1326 – death 1328)
- Tommaso (7 November 1328 – death 1340)
- Tommaso (6 November 1340 – death 1345)
- Matteo Guiliand, O.F.M. (15 July 1345 – death 1348)
- Domenico, O.F.M. (10 November 1348 – 1353)
- Giacomo da Cerreto (1353 – 1372)[31]
- Giacomo (14 July 1372 – 1398)[32]
- Giovanni Casalialbulo, O.F.M. (21 May 1386 – 1393) Avignon Obedience[33]
- Nicolas di Bettaro (1393 – ? ) Avignon Obedience[34]
- Clemente da Napoli, O.E.S.A. (1399 – ? ) Roman Obedience[35]
- Marcuzio Angelo Brancia (20 Jan 1413 – 1453 Died)[36]
- Fernandus Gimal (Gurre) (1454 – 1458)[37]
- Meolo de Mascabruni (1459 – 1464)[38]
- Matteo Giudici (8 Oct 1464 – 1483)[39]
- Troilo Agnesi (17 Dec 1483 – 1487)[40]
- Pietro Palagario, O.F.M. (12 Feb 1487 – 1505)
- Andrea Riccio (1505 – 1515)[41]
- Biagio Caropipe (1515 – 1524)[42]
- Giovanni Gregorio Peroschi (8 August 1524 – 1525 Resigned)[43]
- Mauro de Pretis (1525 – 1533)[44]
- Sebastiano de Bonfilii (14 Feb 1533 – 1540 Resigned)
- Alberico Giaquinto (1540 – 1548)[45]
- Giovanni Beraldo (1548 – 1557)[46]
- Angelo Massarelli (15 Dec 1557 – 17 July 1566 Died)[47]
- Cherubino Lavosio, O.S.A. (19 August 1566 – 23 April 1577 Died)
- Annibale Cattaneo (15 Oct 1578 – 1584 Died)
- Juan Esteban de Urbieta, O.P. (17 Dec 1584 – 1587 Resigned)
- Cesare Bellocchio (12 Oct 1587 – 15 Nov 1595)
- Eugenio Savino (27 March 1596 – Sep 1604)
- Placido Fava, O.S.B. (17 Nov 1604 – 19 Nov 1605)
- Eugenio Cattaneo, B. (13 Feb 1606 – 1608)
- Giovanni Francesco Leoni (15 Dec 1608 – see below)
Bishops of Telese o Cerreto Sannita
edit- Latin name: Thelesina seu Cerretana
- Giovanni Francesco Leoni (see above 15 Dec 1608 – 14 April 1613 Died)
- Sigismondo Gambacorta, C.R.S.A. (15 July 1613 – Oct 1636 Died)
- Pietro Paolo de' Rustici, O.S.B. (16 March 1637 – 14 Dec 1643)[48]
- Pietro Marioni (18 April 1644 – 1659 Resigned)
- Pietro Francesco Moia, C.R.S. (1 Sep 1659 – 1674)[49]
- Domenico Cito, O.P. (1675 – 1683)[50]
- Giovanni Battista de Belli (1684 – 1693)[51]
- Biagio Gambaro (22 Dec 1693 – Oct 1721 Died)[52]
- Francesco Baccari (14 Jan 1722 – 13 May 1736 Died)[53]
- Antonio Falangola (9 July 1736 – 29 May 1747)[54]
- Filippo Gentile (20 Nov 1747 – 25 June 1771 Died)[55]
- Filiberto Pascali (Pascale) (23 Sep 1771 – 20 Feb 1788 Died)[56]
- Vincenzo Lupoli (27 Feb 1792 – 1 Jan 1800 Died)[57]
- Sede vacante (1800 – 1818)[58]
Bishops of Telese o Cerreto e Alife
editBishops of Telese o Cerreto
edit- Luigi Sodo (27 June 1853 Confirmed – 30 July 1895 Died)[62]
- Angelo Michele Jannachino (29 Nov 1895 – 12 Jan 1918 Resigned)[63]
- Giuseppe Signore (20 June 1918 – 1 Dec 1928 Resigned)
- Salvatore Del Bene (17 Dec 1928 – 6 April 1957 Died)
- Felice Leonardo (22 July 1957 – 20 July 1991 Retired)
Bishops of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti
edit- United 30 September 1986 with Diocese of Sant’Agata de’ Goti
- Latin Name: Cerretana-Thelesina-Sanctae Agathae Gothorum
- Mario Paciello (20 July 1991 – 1997)[64]
- Michele De Rosa (23 May 1998 – 24 June 2016 Retired)[65]
- Domenico Battaglia (24 June 2016 – 2020)[66]
- Giuseppe Mazzafaro (2021 – present)[67]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti" Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti" Archived 2016-08-23 at the Wayback Machine GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ G. Moroni (ed.), "Telese," (in Italian), in: Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica, Vol. 73 (Venezia: Tip. Emiliana 1855), p. 265.
- ^ Mario Baratta, I terremoti d'Italia (Torino: Fratelli Bocca 1901), pp. 154-163, at p. 157: "Cerreto Sannita — quasi tutta rovinata: fra la città ed il contado 4000 morti."
- ^ Giovanni Rossi, in: D'Avino, p. 664, column 1.
- ^ Rossi, pp. 176-177.
- ^ Rossi, pp. 198-204.
- ^ Ughelli VIII, p. 367: "Cathedralis ecclesia, tit. S. Crucis, veteris structurae extra moenia civitatis ad 500 passus sita est. Reliquias Sanctorum insignes nullas habet, cum ob metum incursionum, in nobili oppodo Cerreti translatae sint."
- ^ Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica V, p. 374, note 1.
- ^ Ughelli VIII, p. 367.
- ^ Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica V, p. 374, note 1.
- ^ Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 401, note 1.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis 79 (Città del Vaticano 1987), pp. 803-805.
- ^ The title of minor basilica was granted by Pope John Paul II in an Apostolic Letter entitled "Pro Explorato", signed on 23 September 1989. Acta Apostolicae Sedis 82 (Città del Vaticano 1990), pp. 41-42.
- ^ Francesco Scaduto (1887). Stato e chiesa nelle due Sicilie dai Normanni ai giorni nostri (in Italian). Palermo: A. Amenta. pp. 42–58, 74–78.
- ^ F. Torelli (1848), La chiave del concordato dell'anno 1818 I, second edition (Naples: Fibreno 1848), pp. 1-19.
- ^ Pius VII, Bullarii Romani Continuatio Tomus 25 (Rome 1853), p. 58 § 15: "Ecclesia archiepiscopalis Beneventana dominio Sedis apostolicae etiam in temporalibus subjecta suffraganeas habere perget episcopales in regia ditione citra Pharum existentes ecclesias Avellinam, Arianensem, Bovinensem, Lucerinam, sancti Severi, Cerretanam et Thelesinam unitas, Bojanensem, Thermularum, Larinensem, et sanctae Agathae Gothorum.."
- ^ "De Ulteriore", p. 58 § 11: "Praevia item suppressione episcopalis ecclesiae Aliphanae ex nunc pro tunc quando ex persona moderni antistitis Aliphani quomodocumque vacare contigerit, civitatem illam ac dioecesim adjungimus atque incorporamus episcopalibus ecclesiis unitis Cerretanae et Thelesinae."
- ^ Collezione degli atti emanati dopo la pubblicazione del Concordato dell'anno 1819, Parte terza (1820 a 1825) (Napoli: De Turchini 1830), pp. 30-43, at p. 36: "perpetuo revocamus et annullamus viribusque et effectu penitus, et vacuamus ac destituta et vacuata, illasque suum effectum in eventum praemissum minime habituras esse, et fore declaramus ac saepe dictam Ecclesiam Allifanam Archiepiscopalis Beneventanae Ecclesiae, ut praefertur, suffraganeam, ejusque sedem, et episcopalem cathedram et dignitatem cum distinctis et propriis illius majoris ecclesiae Capitulo, ac episcopali Curia, ac seminario puerorum ecclesiastico, nec non peculiari in spiritualibus generali Vicario in pristinum...."
- ^ Collezione degli atti..., pp. 36-40.
- ^ Collezione degli atti emanati dopo la pubblicazione del Concordato dell'anno 1818: da gennajo 1852 a tutto dicembre 1853. Parte 13 (Napoli: stamp. dell'Iride, 1854), pp. 134-156.
- ^ Christus Dominus 40. Therefore, in order to accomplish these aims this sacred synod decrees as follows: 1) The boundaries of ecclesiastical provinces are to be submitted to an early review and the rights and privileges of metropolitans are to be defined by new and suitable norms. 2) As a general rule all dioceses and other territorial divisions that are by law equivalent to dioceses should be attached to an ecclesiastical province. Therefore dioceses which are now directly subject to the Apostolic See and which are not united to any other are either to be brought together to form a new ecclesiastical province, if that be possible, or else attached to that province which is nearer or more convenient. They are to be made subject to the metropolitan jurisdiction of the bishop, in keeping with the norms of the common law. 3) Wherever advantageous, ecclesiastical provinces should be grouped into ecclesiastical regions for the structure of which juridical provision is to be made.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis 79 (Città del Vaticano 1987), pp. 803-805.
- ^ Florentius: J.D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus 7 (Florence: A. Zatta 1762), p. 967. Francesco Lanzoni (1927), Le diocesi d'Italia dalle origini al principio del secolo VII (an. 604), (in Italian), (Faenza: F. Lega), p. 379.
- ^ Mansi, p. 1171 with note 3. Lanzoni, p. 379. Kehr IX, p. 119: "Telesinum episcopatum iam saec. V exstitisse patet ex subscriptionibus Florentii "Talesini" ep. in synodo Hilari pp. a. 465 et Agnelli ep. in concilio Felicis II a. 487 celebratis...."
- ^ Mennas (c. 590-600) was not a bishop of Telese, but of a French diocese: Kehr IX, p. 117: "potius Telonensi sive Tolonensi (Toulon) episcopatui in Gallia sito adscribendus est." The name is derived from a forged bull of Pope Gregory I, according to Lanzoni, p. 379.
- ^ Tommaso: Rossi, pp. 65-67.
- ^ Petrus was present at the consecration of Bishop Porphyrius of Caserta in 1178. He attended the Third Lateran Council of Pope Alexander III in March 1179. Ughelli VIII, p. 368, reports him as still in office in 1189. Rossi, pp. 68-71.
- ^ A bishop known only by his initial was appointed by Pope Gregory IV on 28 March 1240, after a contested election. He had been archdeacon of the Church of Telese, and was elected by the Chapter of the cathedral. Eubel I, p. 482.
- ^ Rao: Rossi, pp. 71-74. Eubel I, p. 482
- ^ Giacomo had previously been Bishop of Vulturara (12 January 1349 – 29 January 1353). He was appointed bishop of Telese by Pope Innocent VI on 29 January 1353. He died in 1372. Rossi, pp. 90-95. Eubel I, p. 483.
- ^ Bishop Giacomo had previously been Bishop of Lavello (5 January 1371 – 14 July 1372); later Bishop of Nicastro (1398–?)
- ^ Giovanni Casalialbulo was appointed by Pope Clement VII on 12 May 1386, in connection with the deposition of Bishop Giacomo. Eubel I, p. 483.
- ^ Nicholas was appointed by Pope Clement VII on 29 August 1393. Eubel I, p. 483.
- ^ Clemens was appointed by Pope Boniface IX on 26 August 1399. Rossi, pp. 96-97, mentioning the date 1407. Eubel I, p. 483.
- ^ Marcutius: Rossi, pp. 97-100. Eubel I, p. 483.
- ^ Fernandus: Rossi, pp. 100-103. Eubel II, p. 250.
- ^ Meolo had been a canon of the cathedral of Benevento. He was named bishop of Telese by Pope Pius II on 14 June 1459. He was appointed Bishop of Muro Lucano by Pope Paul II on 8 October 1464. He died in 1486. Rossi, pp. 103-105. Eubel II, p. 197, 250.
- ^ On 17 December 1483, Giudici was appointed Bishop of Penne e Atri by Pope Sixtus IV.
- ^ On 12 February 1487, Agnesi was appointed Bishop of Lavello vy Pope Innocent VIII. David M. Cheney."Bishop Troilo Agnesi" Archived 2016-09-13 at the Wayback Machine Catholic-Hierarchy.org [self-published source]. Retrieved: 4 September 2016.
- ^ Born in Naples of a family originating in Amalfi, Riccio had a brother, Michael, who had followed Louis XII to France, where he became senator in the Royal Council of Burgundy, and was appointed ambassador of Louis XII to Julius II. Andrea was appointed bishop of Telese by Pope Julius II on 24 October 1505. He died in 1515. Following his death, Cardinal Luigi d'Aragona held the diocese briefly in commendam. Rossi, pp. 111-114. Eubel III, p. 311.
- ^ Caropipe was a native of Carreto, and was Archpriest of the Terra della Cerreto (1508). He held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure (JUD). In Naples he was a canon of the cathedral. In Rome, he was a canon of S. Marco, S. Andrea, and the Lateran Basilica. He was Primicerius of S. Maria Rotonda and of S. Maria Maggiore. He was appointed bishop of Telese by Pope Leo X, on 1 June 1515, and took part in the Fifth Lateran Council. He died in Cerreto on 10 July 1524. Rossi, pp. 115-117. Eubel III, p. 311.
- ^ What his name actually was ("Gregorius (Jo. Georgius) de Peruscis", according to Eubel) is a matter of some confusion. He seems not to have visited the diocese. Rossi, pp. 118-120. Eubel III, p. 311.
- ^ De Pretis was a native of Mantua. He was acolyte and crossbearer of Pope Clement VII (1523–1534). He was appointed bishop of Telese by Pope Clement on 6 October 1525. He died in Rome at the beginning of 1533. Rossi, p. 121 ("Non abbiamo di lui altra memoria"). Eubel III, p. 311.
- ^ Born in Naples, Giaquinto (Jaquintus) belonged to a noble family of Caserta. He was a canon of the cathedral of Capua, and Vicar General of bishop of Capaccio. He was a canon of Telese, and Vicar General of Bishop Bonfilij. He was appointed bishop of Telese by Pope Paul III in the consistory of 30 April 1540. In 1544, he established the collegiate church of S. Martino in Cerreto. He died in 1548. Rossi, pp. 122-124. Eubel III, p. 311.
- ^ Beraldo was a native of Palermo. He held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure (JUD). He was named bishop of Telese by Pope Paul III on 14 March 1548. He was appointed Bishop of Sant'Agata de' Goti on 1 October 1557, by Pope Paul IV. Eubel III, p. 311.
- ^ Massarelli: He held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure (JUD).
- ^ De'Rustici: next Bishop of Isernia)
- ^ Bishop Moia died on 13 November 1674. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica V, p. 374, note 2.
- ^ Born in Lecce, Cito held the degree of master of theology from his Order, and had been Provincial of the Dominican Province of Apulia. He was appointed bishop of Cerreto o Telese by Pope Clement X on 7 January 1675, and was consecrated a bishop on 6 May 1675. He held diocesan synods 1676, 1679, and 1681. He died on 19 September 1683. Rossi, pp. 172-173. Ritzler & Sefrin V, p. 374, note 3.
- ^ De Belli was born in Rodio, a terra in the diocese of Capaccio (Salerno) in 1630. He held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure (JUD) (Roma, Sapienza 1684). He practiced law in the episcopal courts of Naples, and became an advocatus fisci in 1680. He was appointed bishop of Cerreto o Telese by Pope Innocent XI on 24 April 1684, and consecrated in Rome by Cardinal Alessandro Crescenzio. He held a diocesan synod in 1687. He endured the great earthquake of 1688, and reported on it in detail in his Ad Limina report of 1690. He died on 16 September 1693. Rossi, pp. 173-179. Ritzler & Sefrin V, p. 374, note 4.
- ^ Gambaro: He held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure (JUD) (Naples 1670). Ritzler & Sefrin V, p. 374, note 5.
- ^ Baccari: He held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure (JUD) (Macerata 1707). Ritzler & Sefrin V, p. 374, note 6.
- ^ Falangola was appointed Bishop of Caserta on 29 May 1749, by Pope Benedict XIV. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 401 with note 2.
- ^ Gentile: Ritzler & Sefrin VI, p. 401 with note 3.
- ^ Pascali: Ritzler & Sefrin VI, p. 401 with note 4.
- ^ Lupoli: Ritzler & Sefrin VI, p. 401 with note 5.
- ^ Due to the French occupation of Italy, the abolition of the Papal States, and the deportation of Pope Pius VII to France, no episcopal offices in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies were validly filled. The Vicar Capitular who administered the diocese during the vacancy was Canon Vincenzo di Paola. Russo, pp. 205-206.
- ^ Longobardi was born in Naples in 1755. He had been Preposito Generale of the Congregazione dei pii opere. He was consecrated in Naples on 3 January 1819, by Cardinal Luigi Ruffo. On 19 April 1822, Bishop Longobardi was also appointed Bishop of Alife by Pope Pius VII. This was in accordance with the bull De Ulteriore of 27 June 1818, uniting the two dioceses. Bishop Longobardo issued a pastoral to the two dioceses as Bishop of "Telese e Alife". He died on 23 September 1823 (or 1822, according to web-based sources). Russo, pp. 205-207. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VII, pp. 68, 365. The date of death of 1823 is also given by A. Baudrillart (ed.), Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques, Volume 2 (Paris: Letouzey 1914), p. 452.
- ^ Born in Naples in 1758, Giovanni Battista de Martino de' Duchi di Pietra d'Oro entered the Congregazione de'Pii Operarj at the age of 16. He eventually became Preposito Generale. He was nominated by King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, and appointed Bishop of Telese o Cerreto and Bishop of Alife on the same day, 3 May 1824, by Pope Leo XII, who granted him an exemption from the usual examination of an episcopal candidate. On 11 June he made his formal entry into his diocese at Cerreto. In April 1826, as he was about to set out for Naples on business, he was stricken with pneumonia, from which he died on 1 May 1826. Rossi, pp. 208-210. Ritzler & Sefrin VII, p. 68.
- ^ Carlo Puoti was born of a family of the high aristocracy in Naples in 1763. His family owned the fief of Castelpuoti, which gave them the title of Duke; his mother belonged to the patrician nobility of Lecce. His great-uncle Antonio had been Archbishop of Amalfi. He was nominated Archbishop of Rossano by King Ferdinand on 20 March 1818, and confirmed by Pius VII on 6 April. On the nomination of the king, he was transferred by Pope Pius IX to the diocese of Telese o Cerreto and to the diocese of Alife on 3 July 1826. He was permitted to retain the title of archbishop. He died on 14 March 1848. Rossi, pp. 211-216. Ritzler & Sefrin VII, pp. 68, 325.
- ^ Sodo: Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VIII, p. 546.
- ^ Jannachino: Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VIII, pp. 228, 546.
- ^ In August 1997, Paciello was appointed Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti by Pope John Paul II.
- ^ De Rosa was born in Acerna (Salerno) in 1940. He attended seminary preparatory schools, obtaining a licensate in theology from the theological faculty "San Luigi" in Naples in 1964. In 1966 he obtained a degree in theology from the Gregorian University in Rome. His career was mostly spent in teaching and administration in local and regional seminaries in Salerno and Naples. He was also an assistant at Azione Cattolica from 1976. He was named bishop of Cerreto on 23 May 1998 by Pope John Paul II, and was consecrated a bishop on 12 July. He retired at the age of 75 on 24 June 2016. Diocesi di Cerreto S.-Telese-S. Agata de' Goti, "Vescovo Emerito, S.E.R. Mons. Michele De Rosa," (in Italian); retrieved: 12 December 2022.
- ^ On 12 December 2020, Battaglia was appointed Archbishop of Naples by Pope Francis.
- ^ Mazzafaro was born in Naples in 1955. After leaving school, he worked in commerce for twenty years, associating himself with the Community of Sant'Eligio, whose regional "Responsabile" he became in 2000. He decided to join the priesthood, and was ordained in 2000, at the age of 45. He served as an assistant parish priest, and then pastor. He became the private secretary of the archbishop of Naples in 2011. In 2019, he became the Prelate of the Chapel of the Treasure of San Gennaro. Pope Francis appointed him bishop of Cerreto Sannita–Telese–Snat'Agata de'Goti on 7 May 2021. He was consecrated a bishop on 12 June 2021 by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe. Diocesi di Cerreto S.-Telese-S. Agata de' Goti, "S.E.R. Mons. Giuseppe Mazzafaro" (in Italian); retrieved: 12 December 2022.
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