Roman Catholic Diocese of Caiazzo

The Diocese of Caiazzo is a former Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in the province of Caserta, southern Italy, abolished in 1986, when it was united into the Diocese of Alife-Caiazzo. It was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Capua.^[1][2]

History

According to legend, Christianity was introduced by St. Priscus, first Bishop of Capua. The first known bishop of Caiazzo was Arigisus, the exact time of whose episcopate is uncertain; however, as the name indicates, it could not have been before the beginning of the seventh century, when the Lombards settled in that region.

Others were:

• Stefano, who had been Abbot of S. Salvatore in Capue (died 1025), and his successor Ferdinando;
• Jacopo (died 1253), exiled by Emperor Frederick II;
• Giuliano Frangipane, elected in 1472;
• Vincio Maffa, elected in 1507, theologian at the Fifth Lateran Council (1512);
• Ascanio Parisani, elected in 1528
• Fabio Mirto, elected in 1537, who took part in the Council of Trent, and was Apostolic nuncio to Paris at the time of his death (1587);
• Ottavio Mirto Frangipani, elected in 1572;
• Orazio Acquaviva, who was captured by the Turks at the battle of Lepanto;
• Taddeo, elected in 1641.

Ordinaries

Diocese of Caiazzo

Erected: 9th Century
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Capua

• Giacomo de Luciis (16 Jun 1480 - 23 Oct 1506 Died)
• Oliviero Carafa (1506 - 9 Jul 1507 Resigned)

...

• Andrea della Valle (2 Dec 1517 - 10 Dec 1518 Resigned)^[3]

...

• Ascanio Parisani (3 Jan 1528 - 24 May 1529 Appointed, Bishop of Rimini)
• Antonio Maria Ciocchi del Monte (24 May 1529 - 18 Jun 1529 Resigned)
• Alexander Mirto Frangipani (28 Jun 1529 - 10 Jul 1537 Resigned)^[4]
• Fabio Mirto Frangipani (10 Jul 1537 - 5 Nov 1572 Resigned)^[5]
• Ottavio Mirto Frangipani (19 Nov 1572 - 9 Mar 1592 Appointed, Bishop of Tricarico)^[6]
• Horatius Acquaviva d'Aragona, O. Cist. (19 Jun 1592 - 13 Jun 1617 Died)^[7]
• Paolo Filomarino, C.R. (18 Sep 1617 - 27 May 1623 Died)^[8]
• Filippo Benedetto de Sio, O.F.M. Conv. (8 Dec 1623 - 21 Oct 1641 Appointed, Diocese of Boiano)^[9]
• Sigismondo Taddei (27 Nov 1641 - 2 Oct 1647 Died)
• Franciscus Perrone (23 Nov 1648 - 2 Oct 1656 Died)
• Giuseppe Petagna (15 Jan 1657 - 12 Sep 1679 Died)
• Giacomo Villani (27 Nov 1679 - 5 Nov 1690 Died)^[10]
• Francesco Giambattista Bonesana, C.R. (24 Mar 1692 - 14 Nov 1695 Appointed, Bishop of Como)
• Maioranus Figlioli (20 Feb 1696 - 27 May 1712 Died)
• Giacomo Falconi (14 Mar 1718 - 28 Aug 1727 Died)
• Costantino Vigilante (26 Nov 1727 - 27 Apr 1754 Died)
• Giuseppe Antonio Piperni (22 Jul 1754 - 14 Oct 1780 Died)
• Filippo d’Ambrogio (27 Feb 1792 - 3 Apr 1799 Died)
• Gabriele Ventriglia (15 Mar 1852 - 10 Dec 1859 Died)
• Luigi Riccio (23 Mar 1860 - 9 Nov 1873 Died)
• Giuseppe Spinelli (15 Jun 1874 - 14 Nov 1883 Died)
• Raffaele Danise, M.I. (24 Mar 1884 - 8 Jan 1898 Died)
• Felice de Siena (24 Mar 1898 - 26 Jan 1902 Died)
• Federico de Martino (20 Jun 1902 - 1907 Resigned)
• Adolfo Turchi (30 Jun 1909 - 8 Sep 1914 Resigned)
• Luigi Ermini (4 Dec 1914 - 13 Jun 1921 Appointed, Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica)
• Nicola Maria di Girolamo (16 Aug 1922 - 5 Jul 1963 Died)
• Angelo Campagna (8 Apr 1978 - 30 Sep 1986 Appointed, Bishop of Alife-Caiazzo)

References

• Cappelletti, Le chiese d'Italia (Venice, 1844); Ann. eccl. (Rome, 1907), 353.

External links

• Catholic Hierarchy page

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