Roman Catholic Diocese of Lacedonia

The Italian Catholic diocese of Lacedonia, in Campania, existed until 1986. It was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Benevento.^[1][2]

History

The bishopric of Lacedonia, seated in Lacedonia Cathedral, dated from the eleventh century. The first known bishop is Desiderius, mentioned in 1082, but he is known to have had predecessors. Lacedonia suffered much from earthquakes, especially in 1694 and 1702. The diocese was earlier a suffragan of the archdiocese of Conza and Campagna.^[3] Other bishops were:

• Fra Guglielmo Neritono (1392)
• Antonio Dura (1506)
• Gianfrancesco Carducciof (1564)
• the mathematician Marco Pedacca 1584
• Giacomo Candido (1606)
• Giacomo Giordano (1651), who built the episcopal palace and planned a new cathedral
• Benedetto Bartolo, who was seized by the brigands and later redeemed by the Marquess of Carpi
• Giambattista Morea (1684), who suppressed certain festivities of pagan origin celebrated on the vigil of Epiphany
• Francesco Ubaldo Romanzi (1798), under whom the Diocese of Lacedonia was increased by union with the diocese of Trevico, a neighbouring diocese subject to the Metropolitan of Benevento, and which dated at least from the tenth century, when a Bishop Benedetto is mentioned (964)
• Diomede Falconio (1892)

Ordinaries

Diocese of Lacedonia

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

• Giacomo Porfida (11 Aug 1452 - 8 Apr 1463 Appointed, Bishop of Ariano)^[4]
• Petruccio de Migliolo (30 Jan 1463 - 1481 Died)
• Giovanni dei Porcari (27 Aug 1481 - 1486 Died)
• Niccolò de Rubini (2 Jun 1486 - 8 Aug 1505 Died)
• Antonio Dura (29 Jul 1506 - 1538 Resigned)
• Scipione Dura (23 Sep 1538 - 1551 Died)
• Paolo Cappelletto (24 Jul 1551 - 1565 Resigned)
• Gianfranco Carducci (26 May 1565 - 22 Feb 1584 Died)
• Marco Pedacca, O.S.B. (14 Mar 1584 - 27 Jan 1602 Died)
• Gian Paolo Palenteri, O.F.M. Conv. (27 Nov 1602 - 1606 Died)
• Giacomo Candido (bishop) (13 Nov 1606 - Aug 1608 Died)
• Gian Gerolamo Campanili (24 Dec 1608 - 27 Jan 1625 Appointed, Bishop of Isernia)
• Ferdinando Bruno, O.F.M. (6 Oct 1625 - 1648 Died)
• Gian Giacomo Cristoforo (12 Apr 1649 - 8 May 1649 Died)
• Ambrosio Viola, O.P. (11 Oct 1649 - 1651 Died)
• Giacomo Giordano, O.S.B. (28 Oct 1651 - 9 Nov 1661 Died)
• Pier Antonio Capobianco (12 Mar 1663 - 9 Sep 1672 Resigned)
• Benedetto Bartolo (12 Sep 1672 - 18 Sep 1684 Appointed, Bishop of Belcastro)
• Giambattista Morea (2 Oct 1684 - 11 Dec 1711 Died)^[5]
• Gennaro Scalea (24 Jan 1718 - 27 Feb 1736 Appointed, Bishop of San Severo)
• Claudio Domenico Albini (27 Feb 1736 - 25 Jul 1744 Died)
• Tommaso Aceti (Aoeti) (7 Sep 1744 - 8 Apr 1749 Died)
• Nicolò de Amato (21 Jul 1749 - 31 Aug 1789 Died)
• Francesco Ubaldo Maria Romanzi (29 Jan 1798 - 30 Oct 1816 Died)
• Vincenzo Ferrari, O.P. (4 Jun 1819 - 3 May 1824 Confirmed, Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla)
• Desiderio Mennone, C.SS.R. (24 May 1824 - 11 Apr 1825 Died)
• Giuseppe Maria Botticelli, O.F.M. (23 Jun 1828 - 25 Oct 1832 Died)
• Michele Lanzetta (20 Jan 1834 - 25 Apr 1842 Died)
• Luigi Giamporcaro (19 Jun 1843 - 17 Jun 1844 Confirmed, Bishop of Monopoli)
• Luigi Napolitano (20 Jan 1845 - 26 Nov 1857 Died)
• Francesco Antonio Maiorsini (20 Jun 1859 - 27 Oct 1871 Appointed, Archbishop of Amalfi)
• Benedetto Augusto (22 Dec 1871 Appointed - )
• Pietro Alfonso Jorio (Iorio) (27 Feb 1880 - 27 Mar 1885 Appointed, Archbishop of Taranto)
• Giovanni Maria Diamare (27 Mar 1885 - 1 Jun 1888 Appointed, Bishop of Sessa Aurunca)
• Francesco Niola (1 Jun 1888 - 14 Dec 1891 Appointed, Archbishop of Gaeta)
• Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M. (11 Jul 1892 - 29 Nov 1895 Appointed, Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera)
• Nicolo Zimarino (29 Nov 1895 - 6 Dec 1906 Appointed, Bishop of Gravina e Irsina)
• Gaetano Pizzi (27 Aug 1907 - 5 Nov 1912 Appointed, Bishop of San Severo)
• Cosimo Agostino (28 Jul 1913 - 1 Jun 1915 Appointed, Bishop of Ariano)
• Francesco Maffei (22 May 1916 - 24 Jun 1926 Resigned)
• Giulio Tommasi (20 Jan 1928 - 15 Aug 1936 Died)
• Cristoforo Domenico Carullo, O.F.M. (2 Feb 1940 - 31 Jan 1968 Died)
• Agapito Simeoni (9 May 1974 - 2 Jan 1976 Died)
• Nicola Agnozzi, O.F.M. Conv. (24 Mar 1976 - 30 Sep 1986 Appointed, Bishop of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia)

United: 30 September 1986 with the Diocese of Ariano to form the Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia

See also

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia

Notes

1. ↑ "Diocese of Lacedonia" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
2. ↑ "Diocese of Lacedonia" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
3. ↑ Catholic Encyclopedia article
4. ↑ "Bishop Giacomo Porfida" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 22, 2016
5. ↑ "Bishop Giambattista Morea" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 19, 2016

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