Roman Catholic Diocese of Caiazzo

The Diocese of Caiazzo is a former Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in the province of Caserta, southern Italy, abolished in 1986, when it was united into the Diocese of Alife-Caiazzo. It was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Capua.

History

According to legend, Christianity was introduced by St. Priscus, first Bishop of Capua. The first known bishop of Caiazzo was Arigisus, the exact time of whose episcopate is uncertain; however, as the name indicates, it could not have been before the beginning of the seventh century, when the Lombards settled in that region.

Others were:

• Stefano, who had been Abbot of S. Salvatore in Capue (died 1025), and his successor Ferdinando;
• Jacopo (died 1253), exiled by Emperor Frederick II;
• Giuliano Frangipane, elected in 1472;
• Vincio Maffa, elected in 1507, theologian at the Fifth Lateran Council (1512);
• Ascanio Parisani, elected in 1528
• Fabio Mirto, elected in 1537, who took part in the Council of Trent, and was Apostolic nuncio to Paris at the time of his death (1587);
• Ottavio Mirto Frangipani, elected in 1572;
• Orazio Acquaviva, who was captured by the Turks at the battle of Lepanto;
• Taddeo, elected in 1641.

Ordinaries

Diocese of Caiazzo

Erected: 9th Century
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Capua

• Giacomo de Luciis (16 Jun 1480 – 23 Oct 1506 Died)
• Oliviero Carafa (1506 – 9 Jul 1507 Resigned)

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• Andrea della Valle (2 Dec 1517 – 10 Dec 1518 Resigned)

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• Ascanio Parisani (3 Jan 1528 – 24 May 1529 Appointed, Bishop of Rimini)
• Antonio Maria Ciocchi del Monte (24 May 1529 – 18 Jun 1529 Resigned)
• Alexander Mirto Frangipani (28 Jun 1529 – 10 Jul 1537 Resigned)
• Fabio Mirto Frangipani (10 Jul 1537 – 5 Nov 1572 Resigned)
• Ottavio Mirto Frangipani (19 Nov 1572 – 9 Mar 1592 Appointed, Bishop of Tricarico)
• Horatius Acquaviva d'Aragona, O. Cist. (19 Jun 1592 – 13 Jun 1617 Died)
• Paolo Filomarino, C.R. (18 Sep 1617 – 27 May 1623 Died)
• Filippo Benedetto de Sio, O.F.M. Conv. (8 Dec 1623 – 21 Oct 1641 Appointed, Diocese of Boiano)
• Sigismondo Taddei (27 Nov 1641 – 2 Oct 1647 Died)
• Franciscus Perrone (23 Nov 1648 – 2 Oct 1656 Died)
• Giuseppe Petagna (15 Jan 1657 – 12 Sep 1679 Died)
• Giacomo Villani (27 Nov 1679 – 5 Nov 1690 Died)
• Francesco Giambattista Bonesana, C.R. (24 Mar 1692 – 14 Nov 1695 Appointed, Bishop of Como)
• Maioranus Figlioli (20 Feb 1696 – 27 May 1712 Died)
• Giacomo Falconi (14 Mar 1718 – 28 Aug 1727 Died)
• Costantino Vigilante (26 Nov 1727 – 27 Apr 1754 Died)
• Giuseppe Antonio Piperni (22 Jul 1754 – 14 Oct 1780 Died)
• Filippo d’Ambrogio (27 Feb 1792 – 3 Apr 1799 Died)
• Gabriele Ventriglia (15 Mar 1852 – 10 Dec 1859 Died)
• Luigi Riccio (23 Mar 1860 – 9 Nov 1873 Died)
• Giuseppe Spinelli (15 Jun 1874 – 14 Nov 1883 Died)
• Raffaele Danise, M.I. (24 Mar 1884 – 8 Jan 1898 Died)
• Felice de Siena (24 Mar 1898 – 26 Jan 1902 Died)
• Federico de Martino (20 Jun 1902 – 1907 Resigned)
• Adolfo Turchi (30 Jun 1909 – 8 Sep 1914 Resigned)
• Luigi Ermini (4 Dec 1914 – 13 Jun 1921 Appointed, Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica)
• Nicola Maria di Girolamo (16 Aug 1922 – 5 Jul 1963 Died)
• Angelo Campagna (8 Apr 1978 – 30 Sep 1986 Appointed, Bishop of Alife-Caiazzo)

References

• Cappelletti, Le chiese d'Italia (Venice, 1844); Ann. eccl. (Rome, 1907), 353.

External links

• Catholic Hierarchy page

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Caiazzo". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.