Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naples
| Archdiocese of Naples Archidioecesis Neapolitana Arcidiocesi di Napoli | |
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 Naples Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Naples |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 274 km2 (106 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 1,744,000 1,715,000 (98.3%) |
| Parishes | 287 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1st Century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di Maria SS. Assunta |
| Patron saint |
Aspren Januarius |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Crescenzio Sepe |
| Auxiliary Bishops |
Lucio Lemmo Gennaro Acampa Salvatore Angerami (Seminary Rector; Auxiliary Bishop-elect)[1] |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naples (Italian: Arcidiocesi di Napoli; Latin: Archidioecesis Neapolitana) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese in southern Italy, the see being in Naples. A Christian community was founded there in the 1st century AD and the diocese of Naples was raised to the level of an Archdiocese in the 10th century.[2][3] Two of Archbishops of Naples have been elected Pope, Paul IV and Innocent XII.[4][5]
In 2004 it counted c. 1,600,000 baptized people.[2]
The current ordinary of the Archdiocese of Naples is Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe. Lucio Lemmo and Gennaro Acampa are auxiliary bishops.[2]
In the foreword to the Summa Theologica, the famous theological summary of the Catholic Church's doctrines, where a biography of the author, Saint Thomas Aquinas, is found, it is mentioned that he was offered the post of Archbishop of Naples (in the 1200s), which even then was one of the most prominent archdioceses, but turned it down.
Bishops
- Enrico Minutoli (1389–1400 Resigned)
- Giordano Orsini (iuniore) (1400–1405 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti)
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- Gaspard de Diano (1438–1451 Died)
- Rinaldo Piscicello (1451–1457 Died)
- Giacomo Tebaldi (1458–1458 Resigned)
- Oliviero Carafa (1458–1484 Resigned)
- Alessandro Carafa (1484–1503 Died)
- Oliviero Carafa (1503–1505 Resigned)
- Gianvincenzo Carafa (1505–1530 Resigned)
- Francesco Carafa (1530–1544 Died)
- Ranuccio Farnese, O.S.Io.Hieros. (1544–1549 Resigned)
- Gian Pietro Carafa (1549–1555 Elected, Pope)
- Alfonso Carafa (1557–1565 Died)
- Mario Carafa (1565–1576 Died)
- Bl. Paul Burali d'Arezzo, C.R. (1576–1578 Died)
- Annibale de Capua (1578–1595 Died)
- Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) (1596–1603 Died)
- Ottavio Acquaviva d'Aragona (seniore) (1605–1612 Died)
- Decio Carafa (1613–1626 Died)
- Francesco Boncompagni (1626–1641 Died)
- Ascanio Filomarino (1641–1666 Died)
- Innico Caracciolo (seniore) (1667–1685 Died)
- Antonio Pignatelli del Rastrello (1686–1691 Elected, Pope)
- Giacomo Cantelmo (1691–1702 Died)
- Giambattista Patrizi (1702–1703 Resigned)
- Francesco Pignatelli (seniore), C.R. (1703–1734 Died)
- Giuseppe Spinelli (1734–1754 Resigned)
- Antonio Sersale (1754–1775 Died)
- Serafino Filangeri (Filangieri), O.S.B. (1776–1782 Died)
- Giuseppe Maria Capece Zurlo, C.R. (1782–1801 Died)
- Giovanni Vincenzo Monforte (1802–1802 Died)
- Luigi Ruffo Scilla (1802–1832 Died)
- Filippo Giudice Caracciolo, C.O. (1833–1844 Died)
- Sisto Riario Sforza (1845–1877 Died)
- Guglielmo Sanfelice D'Acquavella, O.S.B. (1878–1897 Died)
- Vincenzo Maria Sarnelli (1897–1898 Died)
- Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco (1898–1923 Died)
- Michele Zezza di Zapponeta (1923–1923 Retired)
- Alessio Ascalesi, C.Pp.S. (1924–1952 Died)
- Marcello Mimmi (1952–1958 Appointed, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto)
- Alfonso Castaldo (1958–1966 Died)
- Corrado Ursi (1966–1987 Retired)
- Michele Giordano (1987–2006 Retired)
- Crescenzio Sepe (20 May 2006–)
Suffragan dioceses
- Acerra
- Alife-Caiazzo
- Aversa
- Capua
- Caserta
- Ischia
- Nola
- Pompei
- Pozzuoli
- Sessa Aurunca
- Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia
- Teano-Calvi[2]
See also
References
- ↑ http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2014/09/27/0679/01510.html
- 1 2 3 4 "Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ↑ "Metropolitan Diocese of Napoli" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ↑ Loughlin, James (1911). "Pope Paul IV". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ↑ Ott, Michael (1910). "Pope Innocent XII". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
Coordinates: 40°51′09″N 14°15′34″E / 40.85250°N 14.25944°E
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