Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano

San Barolomeo Church, Campobasso.

The Italian Catholic Archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano (Latin: Archidioecesis Campobassensis-Boianensis) became an archdiocese in 1973 and a metropolitan see in 1976. The historical diocese of Boiano was renamed diocese of Boiano-Campobasso in 1927. It was suffragan to the archdiocese of Benevento.^[1]

History

The first recorded bishop of Boiano is Adalberto (1071). Others were:

• Poliziano (1215) who consecrated the cathedral;
• Giovanni (1226), who decorated the facade at his own expense, as recorded in an inscription;
• Silvio Pandoni (1489), who restored the work of Giovanni;
• Cardinals Franciotto Orsini (1519) and Carlo Carafa (1572), who adorned the cathedral with costly furnishings;
• Celestino Bruni (1653), theologian and preacher.

After the death of Bishop Nicolò Rosetti (elected in 1774), differences between the Holy See and the Kingdom of Naples prevented the appointment of a successor until 1836, when Giuseppe Riccardi was appointed.^[2]

Ordinaries

Diocese of Boiano

Latin Name: Boianensis
Erected: 11th Century
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Benevento

• Andrea Veroli (25 Sep 1439 - 11 Sep 1452 Appointed, Bishop of Urbino)

...

• Franciotto Orsini (18 Jan 1519 - 24 Jul 1523 Resigned)

...

• Carlo Carafa (bishop) (4 Jul 1572 - 29 Sep 1608 Died)
• Fabrizio Degli Afflitti (10 Nov 1608 - 1613 Died)
• Pietro Paolo Eustachi (15 Jul 1613 - 1622 Died)
• Ottaviano Garzadori (19 Dec 1622 - 11 Mar 1624 Appointed, Archbishop of Zadar)
• Fulgenzio Gallucci, O.S.A. (11 Mar 1624 - 9 Nov 1632 Died)
• Pietro Filippi (26 Sep 1633 - 8 Sep 1640 Died)
• Filippo Benedetto de Sio, O.F.M. Conv. (21 Oct 1641 - 16 Aug 1651 Died)
• Petronio Veroni, O.S.A. (8 Jan 1652 - 11 May 1653 Died)
• Celestino Bruni (Bruno), O.S.A. (18 Aug 1653 - 31 May 1664 Died)
• Giuseppe Protospatario (31 Mar 1664 - Sep 1665 Died)
• Antonio Graziani (15 Feb 1666 - May 1684 Died)
• Giovanni Riccanale (2 Oct 1684 - Mar 1685 Died)
• Francesco Antonio Giannone (10 Sep 1685 - Feb 1708 Died)
• Angelo Rendina (14 May 1708 - 15 Nov 1716 Died)
• Nunzio Baccari (14 Mar 1718 - 10 Jan 1738 Died)
• Domenico Antonio Manfredi (3 Mar 1738 - 10 Mar 1746 Died)
• Bernardo Cangiani (2 May 1746 - 26 Jan 1770 Resigned)
• Domenico Micillo (12 Mar 1770 - May 1774 Died)
• Nicolò Rossetti (27 Jun 1774 - 25 Jan 1819 Died)
• Gennaro Pasca (4 Jun 1819 - 23 Jun 1828 Confirmed, Bishop of Nola)
• Taddeo Garzilli (Garzillo) (23 Jun 1828 - 20 Jan 1834 Confirmed, Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti)
• Giuseppe Riccardi (11 Jul 1836 - 19 Dec 1854 Died)
• Lorenzo Donato Antonio Moffa, O.F.M. (23 Mar 1855 - 1863 Died)
• Anastasio Laterza, O.C.D. (22 Dec 1871 - 19 Mar 1879 Died)
• Francesco Macarone (19 Mar 1879 - 27 Feb 1897 Died)
• Felice Gianfelice (19 Apr 1897 - 10 Jun 1916 Died)
• Alberto Romita (22 Mar 1917 - 29 June 1927)

Diocese of Boiano-Campobasso

Latin Name: Boianensis-Campobassensis
Name Changed: 29 June 1927
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Benevento

• Alberto Romita (29 June 1927 - 14 Oct 1939 Died)
• Secondo Bologna (8 Jan 1940 - 11 Oct 1943 Died)
• Alberto Carinci (28 Apr 1948 - 11 February 1973)

Archdiocese of Boiano-Campobasso

Latin Name: Boianensis-Campobassensis
Elevated: 11 February 1973
Metropolitan See

• Alberto Carinci (11 February 1973 - 31 Jan 1977 Retired)
• Enzio d’Antonio (31 Jan 1977 - 24 Jun 1979 Resigned)
• Pietro Santoro (15 Oct 1979 - 28 Oct 1989 Retired)
• Ettore Di Filippo (28 Oct 1989 - 21 Nov 1998 Retired)
• Armando Dini (21 Nov 1998 - 8 Nov 2007 Retired)
• Giancarlo Maria Bregantini, C.S.S. (8 Nov 2007 - )

Suffragan sees

• Isernia-Venafro
• Termoli-Larino
• Trivento

Notes

1. ↑ Catholic Hierarchy article
2. ↑ Catholic Encyclopedia article, Boiano

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

Coordinates: 41°33′37″N 14°39′35″E / 41.5604°N 14.6597°E / 41.5604; 14.6597