Roman Catholic Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti

The Italian Catholic diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti, in Campania, Italy, has existed since 1986, when the diocese of Sant'Agata de' Goti was united into the historical diocese of Telese o Cerreto Sannita. The diocese is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Benevento.^[1]

History

The first bishop of Telese mentioned is Agnellus (487). Having fallen into decay, the town was rebuilt in the ninth century. From the tenth century it was subject to the Archbishop of Benevento.

In 1612 Bishop Gian Francesco Leoni (1508) transferred the episcopal residence to Cerreto Sannita. In 1818 the see was united to the diocese of Piedimonte d'Alife^[2], but it was re-established in 1852. Among its bishops were:

Alberico Giacquinto (1540);
Angelo Massarelli (1567), secretary of the Council of Trent, of which he wrote the acts and a diary;
Vincenzo Lupoli (1792), a jurist.^[3]

Ordinaries

Juan Esteban de Urbieta, O.P. † (17 Dec 1585 Appointed - 1587 Resigned)
Raffaele Longobardi † (7 Sep 1818 Appointed - 23 Sep 1822 Died)
Giovanni Battista de Martino di Pietradoro † (10 Mar 1824 Appointed - 1 May 1826 Died)
Carlo Puoti † (3 Jul 1826 Appointed - 14 Mar 1848 Died)
Gennaro di Giacomo † (22 Dec 1848 Appointed - Jul 1852 Resigned)
Luigi Sodo † (27 Jun 1853 Appointed - )
Angelo Michele Jannachino † (29 Nov 1895 Appointed - 1918 Died)
Joseph Signore † (20 Jun 1918 Appointed - 1 Dec 1928 Resigned)
Salvatore Del Bene † (15 Dec 1928 Appointed - 6 Apr 1957 Died)
Felice Leonardo (22 Jul 1957 Appointed - 20 Jul 1991 Retired)
Mario Paciello (20 Jul 1991 Appointed - 6 Aug 1997 Appointed, Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti)
Michele De Rosa (23 May 1998 Appointed - )

Notes

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