Archdiocese of Naples
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The archdiocese of Naples is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in southern Italy, the see being in Naples. It was founded in the first century AD and was raised to the level of an Archdiocese in the 10th century. Two of Archbishops of Naples have been elected Pope, these include Paul IV and Innocent XII.
In 2004 it counted c. 1,600,000 baptized people.
The current titular is Crescenzio Sepe.
[edit] Suffragan dioceses
- Acerra
- Alife-Caiazzo
- Aversa
- Capua
- Caserta
- Ischia
- Nola
- Pompei
- Pozzuoli
- Sessa Aurunca
- Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia
- Teano-Calvi
[edit] List of bishops and archbishops
| Bishops of Naples | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Years | ||
| Asprenus | c. 79 ? | ||
| Patrobus | |||
| Epitimitus | |||
| Maro Severinus | |||
| Probus | |||
| Paulus I | |||
| Agrippinus | |||
| Eustachius | |||
| Euphebius | |||
| Marcianus | |||
| Zosimus | |||
| Calepodius | c. 326 – c. 347 | ||
| Fortunatus I | c. 347 – c. 359 | ||
| Maximus | c. 359 – c. 368 | ||
| Severus | |||
| Ursus | |||
| John I | c. 416 – c. 432 | ||
| Nostrianus | c. 432 – c. 445 | ||
| Timasius | c. 445 – c. 455 | ||
| Felix | c. 455 – c. 464 | ||
| Soter | c. 464 – c. 486 | ||
| Victor I | c. 492 – c. 496 | ||
| Stephen I | c. 499 – c. 501 | ||
| Pomponius | c. 515 – c. 537 | ||
| John II | c. 537 – c. 558 | ||
| Vincent | c. 558 – c. 581 | ||
| Renducis | c. 581 – c. 583 | ||
| Demetrius | c. 583 – c. 593 | ||
| Fortunatus II | c. 593 – c. 600 | ||
| Paschasius | c. 601 – c. 615 | ||
| John III | c. 615 – ca. 635 | ||
| Caesarius | c. 635 – ca. 639 | ||
| Gratiosus | c. 639 – ca. 646 | ||
| Eusebius | c. 646 – 649 | ||
| Leontius | 649 – 652 | ||
| Adeodatus | 653 – 673 | ||
| Agnellus | 673 – c. 694 | ||
| Julianus | c. 694 – c. 702 | ||
| Laurentius | ca. 703 – 717 | ||
| Sergius I | 717 – 747 | ||
| Cosmas | 747 – 749 | ||
| Calvus | 749 – 762 | ||
| Paul II | 762 – 767 | ||
| Stephen II | 767 – 800 | ||
| Paul III | 800 – 821 | ||
| Tiberius | c. 823 – c. 843 | ||
| John IV | c. 843 – 849 | ||
| Athanasius I | 849 – 872 | ||
| Athanasius II | 876 – 898 | ||
| Stephen III | 898 – ? | ||
| Athanasius III | 937 – ? | ||
| Archbishops of Naples | |||
| Nicetas | 962 – ? | ||
| unknown (Gregory I ?) | |||
| Sergius II | 1005 – 1033 | ||
| John V | 1033 – 1045 | ||
| Victor II | 1045 – 1059 | ||
| Sergius III | 1059 – 1071 | ||
| John VI | 1071 – 1080 | ||
| Landulf | 1080 – 1094 | ||
| Peter I | 1094 – 1100 | ||
| Gregory II | 1116 – 1118 | ||
| Marinus | 1118 – 1151 | ||
| Sergius IV | 1176 – 1190 | ||
| Anselm | 1191 – 1214 | ||
| Thomas of Capua | 1215 – 1216 | ||
| Peter II of Sorrento | 1217 – 1247 | ||
| Bernadino Caracciolo dei Rossi | 1252 – 1262 | ||
| Delfino | 1262 – 1266 | ||
| Aiglerio de Borgogna | 1266 – 1281 | ||
| Filippo Minutolo | 1288 – 1301 | ||
| Beato Giacomo da Viterbo | 1302 – 1307 | ||
| Umberto di Montauro | 1308 – 1320 | ||
| Matteo Filomarino | 1322 – 1323 | ||
| Bertoldo Orsini | 1323 – 1326 | ||
| Annibale di Ceccano | 1326 – 1328 | ||
| Giovanni Orsini | 1328 – 1359 | ||
| Bertrando de Meisonesto | 1359 – 1363 | ||
| Pietro de Grazia | 1363 – 1365 | ||
| Bernardo de Bosqueto | 1365 – 1368 | ||
| Bernardo de Rutena | 1368 – 1379 | ||
| Tommaso de Ammanati | 1379 – 1388 | ||
| Ludovico Bozzuto | 1378 – 1384 | ||
| Nicola Zanasio | 1384 – 1389 | ||
| Guglielmo Guindazzo | 1388 – 1399 | ||
| Enrico Capece Minutolo | 1389 | ||
| Nicola Pagano | 1399 – 1401 | ||
| Giordano Orsini | 1401 – 1405 | ||
| Giovanni Bozzutto | 1407 – 1415 | ||
| Giacomo dei Rossi | 1418 – 1435 | ||
| Nicola de Diano | 1418 – 1435 | ||
| Gaspare de Diano | 1438 – 1451 | ||
| Rinaldo Piscicelli | 1451 – 1457 | ||
| Oliviero Carafa | 1458 – 1484 | ||
| Alessandro Carafa | 1484 – 1505 | ||
| Vincenzo Carafa | 1505 – 1530 | ||
| Francesco Carafa | 1530 – 1544 | ||
| Rainuccio Farnese | 1544 – 1549 | ||
| Gian Pietro Carafa | 1549 – 1555 | ||
| Alfonso Carafa | 1557 – 1565 | ||
| Mario Carafa | 1565 – 1576 | ||
| Beato Paolo Burali d'Arezzo, C.R. | 1576 – 1578 | ||
| Annibale di Capua | 1578 – 1595 | ||
| Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) | 1596 – 1603 | ||
| Ottavio Acquaviva d'Aragona | 1605 – 1612 | ||
| Decio Carafa | 1613 – 1626 | ||
| Francesco Boncompagni | 1626 – 1641 | ||
| Ascanio Filomarino | 1641 – 1666 | ||
| Innico Caracciolo | 1667 – 1685 | ||
| Antonio Pignatelli del Rastrello | 1686 – 1691 | ||
| Giacomo Cantelmo | 1691 – 1702 | ||
| Francesco Pignatelli | 1703 – 1734 | ||
| Giuseppe Spinelli | 1734 – 1754 | ||
| Giuseppe M. Capece Zurlo | 1802 – 1832 | ||
| Luigi Ruffo Scilla | 1802 – 1832 | ||
| Filippo Giudice Caracciolo | 1833 – 1844 | ||
| Sisto Riario Sforza | 1845 – 1877 | ||
| Guglielmo Sanfelice D'Acquavella | 1878 – 1897 | ||
| Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco | 1898 – 1923 | ||
| Michele Zezza di Zapponeta | 1923 – 1923 | ||
| Alessio Ascalesi, C.PP.S. | 1924 – 1952 | ||
| Marcello Mimmi | 1952 – 1958 | ||
| Alfonso Castaldo | 1958 – 1966 | ||
| Corrado Ursi | 1966 – 1987 | ||
| Michele Giordano | 1987 – 2006 | ||
| Crescenzio Sepe | incumbent | ||
