Diocese of Alife-Caiazzo

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The Italian Catholic diocese of Alife-Caiazzo, in the Campagna, has existed since 1986. In that year the historic diocese of Alife was united with the diocese of Caiazzo. The diocese is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Naples.^[1]

[edit] History

The old diocese of Alife was made up of twelve communes in the province of Caserta, Archbishopric of Benevento. The name of a Bishop of Alife appears for the first time among the signatories of the Roman Synod of 499, in the time of Pope Symmachus (Clarus episcopus Ecclesiœ Allifanœ subscripsi); see "Monumenta Germaniæ Historica," auct. Antiquiss., XII, 400.^[2]

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Catholic Hierarchy page
2. ^ Catholic Encyclopedia article

This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.