Roman Catholic Diocese of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno

The Italian Catholic diocese of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno was created in 1986, merging the historic diocese of Nocera de' Pagani with parts of the diocese of Cava e Sarno. The diocese is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno.[1]

List of bishops

Bishops of Nuceria, Sarno and Cava
Bishops of Nuceria (3rd century - 1260)
  • Priscus[2], 3rd/4th century
  • Felix, 402
  • Caelius Laurentius, Antipope to Pope Symmachus (498-506) was offered the vacant see in 499 but never took possession.
  • Aprilis, 502
  • Leo, 510
  • Aurelius Priscanus, 530
  • Numerius, 593
  • Primerius, 598
  • Amantius, 743
  • Liutard 826
  • Rampertus (Ranipertus), 861
  • Lando, 1061-1073
  • Valerio Orsini, 1228
  • unknown, possibly Matthew, 1260, assassinated

Diocese suppressed in 1260

 
Bishops of Nuceria Paganorum (1386-1818)

Diocese restored by Pope Urban VI

  • Fra Francesco, 1386–1402
  • Angelo da Castellaneta, 1402–1429
  • Gabriele de Garofalis, 1429–1433
  • Giuliano de Angrisani, 1433–1436
  • Giacomo Benedetti o d’Atri, 1436-1443
  • Bartolomeo de Micheli, 1443-1455
  • Fra Pietro da Nocera, 1455-1478
  • Giovanni Cerretani, 1478-1479
  • Giovanni de Cerretanis, 1478-1479
  • Pietro Strambone, 1479-1503
  • Bernardino Orsini, 1503-1511
  • Domenico Giacobazzi, 1511-1517
  • Andrea Giacobazzi, 1517-1528
  • Paolo Giovio the older, 1528-1552
  • Giulio Giovio, 1552–1560
  • Paolo Giovio the younger, 1560–1582
  • Sulpizio Costantino, 1582–1601
  • Simone Lunadoro, 1602-1610
  • Fra Stefano de Vicari, 1610–1620
  • Francesco Trivulzio, 1621-1631
  • Ippolito Francone, 1632-1653
  • Fra Bonaventura D’Avalos, 1653-1659
  • Fra Felice Gabrielli, 1659-1684
  • Emiddio Lenti, 1685-1691
  • Sebastiano Perissi, 1692-1700
  • Giovanbattista Carafa, 1700-1715
  • Niccolò de Dominicis, 1718-1744
  • Gherardo Antonio Volpe, 1744-1768
  • Benedetto dei Monti Sanfelice, 1768-1806
 
Bishops of Sarno 1066-1818)
  • Risus[3], 1066
  • John I, 1111-1118
  • John II, 1119-1134
  • Peter, 1134-1156
  • John III, 1156-1180
  • Unfrido, 1180-1202
  • Tibaldo, 1201-1208
  • Ruggiero I, 1209-1216
  • John IV, 1216-1224
  • John V, 1224-1258
  • Angelo D'Aquino, 1258-1265
  • John VI, 1265-1296
  • William, 1296-1309
  • Ruggiero II De Canalibus, 1310-1316
  • Ruggiero III 1316
  • Ruggiero De Miramonte, 1316-1324
  • Fra Antonio da Ancona, 1324-1326
  • Fra Napoleone I, 1326-1330
  • Fra Nicola, 1330-1333
  • Fra Francesco de Perugia[4], 1333-1340
  • Fra Napoleone II, 1340-1370
  • Teobaldo, 1350-1370
  • John VII, 1372-1404
  • John VIII, 1404-1407
  • Francesco Mormile 1407
  • John IX, 1408-1414
  • Francesco Anconitano, 1414-1419
  • Fra Marco da Sarno, 1419-1439
  • Fra Andrea da Nola, 1439-1454
  • Ludovico Cardinal Dell'Aquila, 1454-1470
  • Fra Antonio D. Dei Pazzi, 1475-1478
  • John X, 1478-1481
  • Andrea De Ruggiero, 1481-1482
  • Andrea Dei Pazzi, 1482-1498
  • Agostino Tuttavilla, 1499-1501
  • Giorgio Maccafano de' Pireto, 1501-1516
Non-resident bishops
  • Francesco Cardinal Remelino, 1516-1517
  • Ludovico Platamone, 1517-1518
  • Silvio Cardinal Passerino, 1518-1519
  • Guglielmo Beltrando, 1519-1524
  • Andrea Matteo Cardinal Colonna, 1527-1530
  • Pompeo Cardinal Colonna, 1531-1532
  • Luis Gómez, 1534-1540
  • Francesco Cardinal Sorrentino, 1540-1543
 
  • Francesco Sfrodato (Sfrondati), 1543-1544
  • Mario Ruffino, 1547-1548
  • Donato Martuccio, 1548-1569
  • Guglielmo Tuttavilla, 1548-1569
  • Vincenzo Ercolano, 1569-1573
  • Fra Vincenzo De Siena, 1573-1578
  • Paolo Fusco, 1578-1583
  • Girolamo Matteuccio, 1583-1594
  • Antonio D'Aquino, 1595-1618
  • Stefano Sole De Castelblanco, 1618-1657
  • Antonio De Matteis, 1659-1665
  • Sisto M. Pironti, 1666-1673
  • Nicola Antonio De Tura, 1673-1706
  • Marcantonio Attaffi, 1706-1718
  • Diego o Didaco Di Pace, 1718-1737
  • Francesco De Novellis, 1738-1760
  • Giansaverio De Pirellis, 1760-1792
  • Lorenzo Potenza, 1792-1807
 
Bishops of Cava (1394-1818)

established in 1394

  • Angelotto Fosco[5][6], 1426-1444
  • Ludovico Trevisan[7], 1444-1465
  • César Alamagna Cardona, 1572-1606
  • Giovanni Battista Giberti, 1693-1696
 
 
Bishops of Sarno and Cava (1818-1986)

In 1818, the diocese of Nuceria, Sarno and Cava were merged into the diocese of Sarno and Cava.[8]

  • Silvestro Granito, 1818-1832
 
Bishops of Nuceria Pagani (1834-1986)
In 1834, the diocese of Nuceria was reestablished.[8]
  • Tommaso Bellacosa, 1834-1843
  • Angelo Giuseppe D’Auria, 1834-1860
  • Michele Adinolfi, 1860
  • Raffaele Ammirante, 1871
  • Luigi del Forno, 1885 - 1913
  • Giuseppe Romeo, 1913 - 1935
  • Teodorico de Angelis 1936 - 1951
  • Fortunato Zoppas, 1952 - 1964
  • Jolando Nuzzi, 1971-1986
 
  • Tommaso Bellacosa, 1834-1843
  • Salvatore Fertitta, 1844- 1873
  • Giuseppe Carrano (1874-1890
  • Giuseppe Izzo, 1890-1914
  • Luigi Lavitrano, 1914-1924
  • Pasquale Dell'Isola, 1928-1938
  • Francesco Marchesani[9], 1939
  • Gennaro Fenizia, 1948-1952
  • Alfredo Vozzi, 1953-1972
  • Jolando Nuzzi, 1972-1986
  • Ferdinando Palatucci, 1982-1986
 
Bishops of Nuceria Inferior and Sarno (since 1986)

In 1986, the diocese of Nuceria Pagani and parts of the diocesis of Cava and Sarno were merged into the diocese of Nuceria Inferior and Sarno.

  • Gioacchino Illiano, since 1987
 

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dnois.html
  2. ^ Note that this is not the same as Priscus of Capua.
  3. ^ Valerie Ramseyer, The Transformation of a Religious Landscape: Medieval Southern Italy, 850-1150, p. 153.
  4. ^ http://users.bart.nl/~roestb/franciscan/franautf.htm#_Toc427588716
  5. ^ http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/obit-xv.htm
  6. ^ http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1431.htm#Fosco
  7. ^ http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1440.htm#Trevisano
  8. ^ a b Catholic Encyclopedia, Nocera dei Pagani (1913)
  9. ^ http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmarc.html

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

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