Roman Catholic Diocese of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno

The Italian Catholic diocese of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno was created in 1986, merging the historic diocese of Nocera de' Pagani with parts of the diocese of Cava e Sarno. The diocese is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno.^[1]

List of bishops

Bishops of Nuceria, Sarno and Cava

Bishops of Nuceria (3rd century - 1260) Priscus[2], 3rd/4th century Felix, 402 Caelius Laurentius, Antipope to Pope Symmachus (498-506) was offered the vacant see in 499 but never took possession. Aprilis, 502 Leo, 510 Aurelius Priscanus, 530 Numerius, 593 Primerius, 598 Amantius, 743 Liutard 826 Rampertus (Ranipertus), 861 Lando, 1061-1073 Valerio Orsini, 1228 unknown, possibly Matthew, 1260, assassinated Diocese suppressed in 1260   Bishops of Nuceria Paganorum (1386-1818) Diocese restored by Pope Urban VI Fra Francesco, 1386–1402 Angelo da Castellaneta, 1402–1429 Gabriele de Garofalis, 1429–1433 Giuliano de Angrisani, 1433–1436 Giacomo Benedetti o d’Atri, 1436-1443 Bartolomeo de Micheli, 1443-1455 Fra Pietro da Nocera, 1455-1478 Giovanni Cerretani, 1478-1479 Giovanni de Cerretanis, 1478-1479 Pietro Strambone, 1479-1503 Bernardino Orsini, 1503-1511 Domenico Giacobazzi, 1511-1517 Andrea Giacobazzi, 1517-1528 Paolo Giovio the older, 1528-1552 Giulio Giovio, 1552–1560 Paolo Giovio the younger, 1560–1582 Sulpizio Costantino, 1582–1601 Simone Lunadoro, 1602-1610 Fra Stefano de Vicari, 1610–1620 Francesco Trivulzio, 1621-1631 Ippolito Francone, 1632-1653 Fra Bonaventura D’Avalos, 1653-1659 Fra Felice Gabrielli, 1659-1684 Emiddio Lenti, 1685-1691 Sebastiano Perissi, 1692-1700 Giovanbattista Carafa, 1700-1715 Niccolò de Dominicis, 1718-1744 Gherardo Antonio Volpe, 1744-1768 Benedetto dei Monti Sanfelice, 1768-1806

Bishops of Sarno 1066-1818) Risus[3], 1066 John I, 1111-1118 John II, 1119-1134 Peter, 1134-1156 John III, 1156-1180 Unfrido, 1180-1202 Tibaldo, 1201-1208 Ruggiero I, 1209-1216 John IV, 1216-1224 John V, 1224-1258 Angelo D'Aquino, 1258-1265 John VI, 1265-1296 William, 1296-1309 Ruggiero II De Canalibus, 1310-1316 Ruggiero III 1316 Ruggiero De Miramonte, 1316-1324 Fra Antonio da Ancona, 1324-1326 Fra Napoleone I, 1326-1330 Fra Nicola, 1330-1333 Fra Francesco de Perugia[4], 1333-1340 Fra Napoleone II, 1340-1370 Teobaldo, 1350-1370 John VII, 1372-1404 John VIII, 1404-1407 Francesco Mormile 1407 John IX, 1408-1414 Francesco Anconitano, 1414-1419 Fra Marco da Sarno, 1419-1439 Fra Andrea da Nola, 1439-1454 Ludovico Cardinal Dell'Aquila, 1454-1470 Fra Antonio D. Dei Pazzi, 1475-1478 John X, 1478-1481 Andrea De Ruggiero, 1481-1482 Andrea Dei Pazzi, 1482-1498 Agostino Tuttavilla, 1499-1501 Giorgio Maccafano de' Pireto, 1501-1516 Non-resident bishops Francesco Cardinal Remelino, 1516-1517 Ludovico Platamone, 1517-1518 Silvio Cardinal Passerino, 1518-1519 Guglielmo Beltrando, 1519-1524 Andrea Matteo Cardinal Colonna, 1527-1530 Pompeo Cardinal Colonna, 1531-1532 Luis Gómez, 1534-1540 Francesco Cardinal Sorrentino, 1540-1543   Francesco Sfrodato (Sfrondati), 1543-1544 Mario Ruffino, 1547-1548 Donato Martuccio, 1548-1569 Guglielmo Tuttavilla, 1548-1569 Vincenzo Ercolano, 1569-1573 Fra Vincenzo De Siena, 1573-1578 Paolo Fusco, 1578-1583 Girolamo Matteuccio, 1583-1594 Antonio D'Aquino, 1595-1618 Stefano Sole De Castelblanco, 1618-1657 Antonio De Matteis, 1659-1665 Sisto M. Pironti, 1666-1673 Nicola Antonio De Tura, 1673-1706 Marcantonio Attaffi, 1706-1718 Diego o Didaco Di Pace, 1718-1737 Francesco De Novellis, 1738-1760 Giansaverio De Pirellis, 1760-1792 Lorenzo Potenza, 1792-1807

Bishops of Cava (1394-1818) established in 1394 Angelotto Fosco[5][6], 1426-1444 Ludovico Trevisan[7], 1444-1465 César Alamagna Cardona, 1572-1606 Giovanni Battista Giberti, 1693-1696

 

Bishops of Sarno and Cava (1818-1986)

In 1818, the diocese of Nuceria, Sarno and Cava were merged into the diocese of Sarno and Cava.^[8]

• Silvestro Granito, 1818-1832

 

Bishops of Nuceria Pagani (1834-1986) In 1834, the diocese of Nuceria was reestablished.[8] Tommaso Bellacosa, 1834-1843 Angelo Giuseppe D’Auria, 1834-1860 Michele Adinolfi, 1860 Raffaele Ammirante, 1871 Luigi del Forno, 1885 - 1913 Giuseppe Romeo, 1913 - 1935 Teodorico de Angelis 1936 - 1951 Fortunato Zoppas, 1952 - 1964 Jolando Nuzzi, 1971-1986

Tommaso Bellacosa, 1834-1843 Salvatore Fertitta, 1844- 1873 Giuseppe Carrano (1874-1890 Giuseppe Izzo, 1890-1914 Luigi Lavitrano, 1914-1924 Pasquale Dell'Isola, 1928-1938 Francesco Marchesani[9], 1939 Gennaro Fenizia, 1948-1952 Alfredo Vozzi, 1953-1972 Jolando Nuzzi, 1972-1986 Ferdinando Palatucci, 1982-1986

 

Bishops of Nuceria Inferior and Sarno (since 1986)

In 1986, the diocese of Nuceria Pagani and parts of the diocesis of Cava and Sarno were merged into the diocese of Nuceria Inferior and Sarno.

• Gioacchino Illiano, since 1987

 

Portrait of Paolo Giovio the older.

Notes

1. ^ http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dnois.html
2. ^ Note that this is not the same as Priscus of Capua.
3. ^ Valerie Ramseyer, The Transformation of a Religious Landscape: Medieval Southern Italy, 850-1150, p. 153.
4. ^ http://users.bart.nl/~roestb/franciscan/franautf.htm#_Toc427588716
5. ^ http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/obit-xv.htm
6. ^ http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1431.htm#Fosco
7. ^ http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1440.htm#Trevisano
8. ^ ^{a b} Catholic Encyclopedia, Nocera dei Pagani (1913)
9. ^ http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmarc.html

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

External links

• http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/ds217.html
• http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/sarn0.htm