Roman Catholic Diocese of Pozzuoli

The Diocese of Pozzuoli (Latin: Dioecesis Puteolanus) is a Roman Catholic bishopric in Campania, southern Italy. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naples, ^[1] like its other neighbor dioceses, Aversa and Ischia.

History

It was founded around 100 AD.

Proculus, Acutius, Eutyches and Artemas were martyrs of Pozzuoli, and St. Januarius of Benevento and his companions suffered martyrdom here.

In 1207, it gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Cuma (Italy).

Major churches

Its cathedral episcopal see is a Minor Basilica in Pozzuoli, Basilica Cattedrale di S. Procolo Martire, devoted to the local martyr Proculus of Pozzuoli.

Its Co-Cathedral in Monterusciello is the Concattedrale di S. Paolo Apostolo, devoted to St. Paul the Apostle.

It also has a Pro-Cathedral in Pozzuoli, Procattedrale di Santa Maria della Consolazione, devoted to Our Lady of Consolation, and a ruined former cathedral, also in Pozzuoli, which was devoted to regional saint S. Maximo di Cuma.

Episcopal ordinaries

(incomplete) The bishops St. Celsus and St. Joannes did govern the diocese before the fourth century. In the 4th century the bishop of this see was Florentius, against whom Pope Damasus was compelled to seek the assistance of the emperors. Bishop St. Theodorus died in 435; Julianus was pontifical legate to the Robber Council of Ephesus in 449. The Bishop Stephanus, whom Cappelletti names at this period, should be referred to the 7th century, or later.

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Notes

1. ↑ Catholic Hierarchy page

Sources and External links

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton. 
• GigaCatholic with incimbent biography links

Coordinates: 40°49′00″N 14°07′00″E / 40.8167°N 14.1167°E / 40.8167; 14.1167