Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Benevento
Archdiocese of Benevento Archidioecesis Beneventanus | |
|---|---|
 The cathedral of Benevento | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Benevento |
| Coordinates | 41°07′47″N 14°46′21″E / 41.1298°N 14.7725°E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,691 km2 (653 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2012) 272,000 270,000 (99.3%) |
| Parishes | 117 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1st Century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di Maria SS. Assunta in Cielo (Benevento) |
| Secular priests | 216 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Felice Accrocca |
| Bishops emeritus | Serafino Sprovieri |
| Website | |
| www.diocesidibenevento.it | |
The Italian Catholic archdiocese of Benevento (Latin: Archidioecesis Beneventana) has a long history; it now has as suffragan dioceses the diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, the diocese of Avellino, the diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti, the Territorial Abbey of Montevergine, and the archdiocese of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia.[1][2][3]
History
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Benevento was founded in the first century. During the persecution of Diocletian we find mentioned a bishop of this city Januarius who together with Proculus his deacon and two laymen was imprisoned and beheaded at Pozzuoli in 305. The see of Benevento was elevated in status to an archdiocese on 26 May 969.[1] The cathedral of Maria SS. Assunta in Cielo was founded in Lombard times, but was destroyed by Allied bombings in World War II; it has kept the medieval Romanesque façade and bell tower, and the 8th century crypt.
Leadership
Bishops
- Januarius I (until 305)
- Theophilus (313)
- Januarius II (343)
- Emilius (405)
- Marcianus (533)
- Barbatus I (602)
- Hildebrand (until 663)
- Barbatus II (663–682)
- Beatus Joannes (684–716)
- Toto (until 743)
- Monoald (743)
- Ursus (830)
- Petrus I (887)
- Joannes I (910–914)
- Joannes II (943–956)
Archbishops
- Landolfo I (956-983)
- Alone (983)
- Alfano I (985-1001)
- Alfano II (1001–1045)
- Maldefrido (1045–1053)
- Ouldarico (1053–1069)
- San Milone (1074–1075)
- Roffredo I (1076–1107)
- Landolfo II (1108–1119)
- Roffredo II (1120–1130)
- Landolfo III (1130–1132)
- Gregorio (1132–1145)
- Roseola (1145–1146)
- Pietro II (1146–1155)
- Enrico (1156–1170)
- Lombardo (1171–1179)
- Ruggiero (1179–1225)
- Ugolino (1225–1254)
- Capoferro (1254–1280)
- Giovanni Castrocoeli (1282–1295)
- Giovanni d'Alatri (1295–1300)
- Adenolfo (1300–1302)
- Giacomo (1302–1303)
- Monaldo (1303–1331)
- Arnaldo (1332–1344)
- Guglielmo (1344–1346)
- Stefano (1346–1350)
- Pietro III (1350–1360)
- Geraud (1360)
- Guillaume (1362)
- Ugone (1363)
- Ugone (1363)
- Francesco Uguccione (1365–1383)
- Niccolo (1383–1385)
- Donato (1385–1426)
- Paolo (1427–1429)
- Gaspare Colonna (1430–1435)[4]
- Astorgio Agnesi (1436–1451)
- Giacomo Della Ratta (1451–1460)
- Alessio de Cesari (1460–1464)
- Niccolò Piccolomini (1464–1467)
- Corrado Capece (1469–1482)
- Leonardo Grifo (1482–1485)
- Lorenzo Cibo de' Mari (1486–1502)
- Ludovico Podocataro (1503–1504)
- Galeotto Franciotti della Rovere (1504–1508)
- Sisto Gara della Rovere (1508–1513)
- Alessandro (1514–1530)
- Francesco della Rovere (1530–1544)
- Giovanni della Casa (1544–1556)
- Alessandro Farnese (1556-1560)
- Giacomo Savelli (1560–1574)
- Massimiliano Palumbara (1574–1607)
- Pompeio Arrigoni (1607–1616)
- Alessandro di Sangro (1616–1633)
- Agostino Oreggi (1633–1635)
- Vincenzo Maculani, O.P. (1642–1643)
- Giovan Battista Foppa (1643–1673)
- Giuseppe Bologna (1674–1680)
- Girolamo Gastaldi (1680–1685)
- Pietro Francesco Orsini de Gravina, O.P. (1686–1730)
- Niccolò Paolo Andrea Coscia (1730–1731)
- Sinibaldo Doria (1731–1733)
- Serafino Cenci (1733–1740)
- Francesco Landi Pietra (1741–1752)
- Francesco Pacca (1752–1763)
- Gianbattista Colombini, O.F.M. Conv. (1763–1774)
- Francesco Maria Banditi, C.R. (1775–1796)
- Domenico Spinucci (1796–1823)
- Giovanni Battista Bussi (1824–1844)
- Domenico Carafa della Spina di Traetto (1844–1879)
- Camillo Siciliano di Rende (1879–1897)
- Donato Maria Dell'Olio (1898–1902)
- Benedetto Bonazzi, O.S.B. (1902–1915)
- Alessio Ascalesi, C.Pp.S. (1915–1924)
- Luigi Lavitrano (1924–1928)
- Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D. (1930–1935)
- Agostino Mancinelli (1936–1962)
- Raffaele Calabria (1962–1982)
- Carlo Minchiatti (1982–1991)
- Serafino Sprovieri (1991–2006)
- Andrea Mugione (3 May 2006 – 18 February 2016)
- Felice Accrocca (18 February 2016 - Present)
Notes
- ^ a b "Archdiocese of Benevento" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. retrieved March 24, 2016
- ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Benevento" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved March 24, 2016
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Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Archdiocese of Benevento". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. gives suffragans the diocese of Alife, Ariano, diocese of Ascoli and Cerignola, Avellino, diocese of Boiano, diocese of Bovino, diocese of Larino, diocese of Lucera, diocese of San Severo, Sant' Agata de' Goti, diocese of Telese, and diocese of Termoli.
- ^ Full names and dates from G. Colonna until the present day are supplied by Catholic Hierarchy.com
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Archdiocese of Benevento". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
