Roman Catholic Diocese of Scala

The Diocese of Scala was a former diocese in the Roman Catholic Church, centred on Scala in Italy. It was established as a diocese in 987. On 31 July 1603 it was merged aeque principaliter with the diocese of Ravello. On 27 June 1818 the Diocese of Scala was suppressed in the enaction of pope Pius VII's bull De utiliiori and all its territories were incorporated into the archdiocese of Amalfi (now the Archdiocese of Amalfi-Cava de' Tirreni. It is now the seat of a titular archbishopric, currently held by monsignor Edward Joseph Adams, apostolic nuncio to the Philippines.

List of holders

Bishops

• Sergio † (987 - ?)
• Alessandro † (1118 - ?)
• Orso D'Afflitto † (1144 - ?)
• Alessandro II † (1171 - after 1191)
• Costantino D'Afflitto † (1207 - after 1223)
• Matteo D'Afflitto † (1227 - 1269)
• Anonimo † (mentioned in 1313)
• Teodoro Scacciavento † (1328 - ?)
• Guglielmo Lombardo, O.P. † (circa 1335 - 1342 died)
• Guglielmo II, O.F.M. † (1342 - 1349 died)
• Giacomo Sazali, O.P. † (23 June 1349 - 1369)
  • Guillaume Vaysserie, O.P. † (7 August 1384 - ?) (anti-bishop)
• Andrea Fusco † (January 1390 - 29 May 1397 made bishop of Ravello)
• Pietro † (circa 1394 - 1395 made bishop of Termoli)
• Petruccio da Penne, O.P. † (1 December 1395 - 1418 died)
• Natale Mastini D'Afflitto † (23 November 1418 - 1450 died)
• Evangelista Frioli, Betl. † (31 July 1450 - 1465 died)
• Matteo Doti † (20 February 1469 - 1499 died)
• Giacomo Pisanelli † (13 January 1500 - 1511 died)
• Ferdinando de Castro † (17 September 1511 - 1515 dimesso)
• Baldassarre Del Rio † (22 October 1515 - 1 January 1540 died)
• Ludovico Vanino de Theodoli, C.R.S.A. † (19 January 1541 - 7 May 1548 made bishop of Bertinoro)
• Gaspare De Fossa, O.M. † (17 May 1548 - 22 April 1551 made bishop of Calvi)
• Alfonso Romero, O.F.M. † (10 July 1551 - 1551 died) (elected bishop)
• Costantino Piccioni, O.E.S.A. † (27 April 1552 - 25 February 1577 made bishop of Cortona)
• Feliciano Ninguarda, O.P. † (25 February 1577 - 31 January 1583 made bishop of Sant'Agata de' Goti)
• Francesco D'Afflitto † (27 June 1583 - 11 October 1593 died)
• Giovanni Battista Serignano, O.P. † (7 January 1594 - October 1594 died)
• Floriano Nanni, C.R.L. † (7 November 1594 - 19 September 1598 died)
• Francesco Bennio De Butrio, O.S.M. † (25 November 1598 - 31 July 1603 made bishop of Ravello and Scala)

Titular archbishops

• Joseph Alphonse McNicholas † (31 January 1969 - 22 July 1975 made bishop of Springfield in Illinois)
• João Alves (5 September 1975 - 8 September 1976 made bishop of Coimbra)
• Marion Francis Forst † (16 October 1976 - 23 December 1986 retired)
• George Pell (30 March 1987 - 16 July 1996 made archbishop of Melbourne)
• Edward Joseph Adams, since 24 August 1996

External links

• Diocese of Scala on www.catholic-hierarchy.org