Roman Catholic Diocese of Caserta
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (October 2016) |
Diocese of Caserta Dioecesis Casertana | |
|---|---|
 Caserta Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Naples |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 185 km2 (71 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 214,000 (est.) 202,700 (est.) (94.7%) |
| Parishes | 66 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 12th Century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Michele Arcangelo |
| Secular priests | 75 (diocesan) 44 (Religious Orders) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Giovanni d'Alise |
| Bishops emeritus | Raffaele Nogaro |
| Website | |
| www.diocesicaserta.it | |
The Diocese of Caserta (Latin: Dioecesis Casertana) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Campania, southern Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples.[1][2] In 1818 Pope Pius VII united this see with the diocese of Caiazzo, but Pope Pius IX made them separate sees.[3] In 2013 in the diocese of Caserta there was one priest for every 1,703 Catholics.
History
![[icon]](/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (October 2016) |
It is not known when Caserta became an episcopal see. The first-known bishop was Ranulfo whose election in 1113 was confirmed by Senne, Archbishop of Capua.
Bishops
Diocese of Caserta
Erected: 12th Century
Latin Name: Casertanus
 |
- Andrea (1234), who finished the belfry of the cathedral;
- Secondo (1285) and Azzone (1200);
- ...
- Antonio Cicco da Pontecorvo, O.F.M. (5 Nov 1459 – 21 Apr 1477 Died)[4]
- ...
- Giovanni Battista Petrucci (Petruzzi) (18 Oct 1493 – 1514 Died)
- Giambattista Boncianni (29 Oct 1514 – 1532 Died)
- Pietro Lamberti (10 Feb 1533 – 1541 Died)
- Girolamo Verallo (14 Nov 1541 – 14 Nov 1544 Appointed, Archbishop of Rossano)
- Girolamo Dandini (14 Nov 1544 – 17 May 1546 Appointed, Bishop of Imola)
- Marzio Cerboni (17 May 1546 – 1549 Died)
- Bernardino Maffei (7 Jun 1549 – 9 Nov 1549 Appointed, Archbishop of Chieti)
- Federico Cesi (9 Nov 1549 – 12 Feb 1552 Resigned)
- Antonio Bernardo de Mirandola (12 Feb 1552 – 1554 Resigned)
- Agapito Bellomo (5 Dec 1554 – 1594 Died)
- Benedetto Mandina, C.R. (31 Jan 1594 – 2 Jul 1604 Died)
- Diodato Gentile, O.P. (9 Jul 1604 – 1616 Died)
- Antonio Díaz (bishop) (18 May 1616 – 31 Mar 1626 Resigned)
- Giuseppe della Corgna (Cornea), O.P. (27 May 1626 – 22 Sep 1636 Appointed, Bishop of Squillace)
- Alessandro Suardi ((Fabrizio Suardi) (9 Feb 1637 – Apr 1638 Died)
- Antonio Ricciulli (7 Feb 1639 – 27 Nov 1641 Appointed, Archbishop of Cosenza)
- Bruno Sciamanna (10 Mar 1642 – 1647 Died)
- Bartolomeo Cresconi (6 May 1647 – 16 Apr 1660 Died)
- Giambattista Ventriglia (20 Sep 1660 – 23 Dec 1662 Died)
- Giuseppe de Auxilio (2 Jul 1663 – 28 Jul 1668 Died)
- Bonaventura Cavalli, O.F.M. (10 Dec 1668 – 10 Jun 1689 Died)
- Ippolito Berarducci, O.S.B. (8 May 1690 – 25 Sep 1695 Died)
- Giuseppe Schinosi (20 Feb 1696 – 14 Sep 1734 Died)
- Ettore Quarti (del Quarto) (17 Nov 1734 – 10 May 1747 Died)
- Antonio Falangola (29 May 1747 – 25 Mar 1761 Died)
- Gennaro Maria Albertini, C.R. (13 Jul 1761 – 26 May 1767 Died)
- Nicola Filomarini (Filomarino), O.S.B. (31 Aug 1767 – 4 Sep 1781 Died)
- Domenico Pignatelli di Belmonte, C.R. (25 Feb 1782 – 29 Mar 1802 Appointed, Archbishop of Palermo)
- Vincenzo Rogadei, O.S.B. (26 Jun 1805 – 15 Mar 1816 Died)
- Francesco Saverio Gualtieri (6 Apr 1818 – 15 Jun 1831 Died)
- Domenico Narni Mancinelli (24 Feb 1832 – 17 Apr 1848 Died)
- Vincenzo Rozzolino (28 Sep 1849 – 10 Nov 1855 Died)
- Enrico de Rossi (16 Jun 1856 – 12 Jun 1893 Resigned)
- Gennaro Cosenza (12 Jun 1893 – 4 Mar 1913 Appointed, Archbishop of Capua)
- Mario Palladino (4 Jun 1913 – 17 Oct 1921 Died)
- Gabriele Natale Moriondo, O.P. (19 May 1922 – 1 Jun 1943 Resigned)
- Bartolomeo Mangino (18 Feb 1946 – 26 May 1965 Died)
- Vito Roberti (15 Aug 1965 – 6 Jun 1987 Retired)
- Francesco Cuccarese (6 Jun 1987 – 21 Apr 1990 Appointed, Archbishop of Pescara-Penne)
- Raffaele Nogaro (20 Oct 1990 – 25 Apr 2009 Retired)
- Pietro Farina (25 Apr 2009 – 24 Sep 2013 Died)
- Giovanni D'Alise (21 Mar 2014 – )
Notes
- ^ "Diocese of Caserta" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "Diocese of Caserta" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ Umberto Benigni. "Caserta." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. Retrieved: 2016-10-13.
- ^ "Bishop Antonio Cicco da Pontecorvo, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Caserta". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
