Roman Catholic Diocese of Caserta

Diocese of Caserta Dioecesis Casertana
Caserta Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Naples
Statistics
Area	185 km^2 (71 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 214,000 (est.) 202,700 (est.) (94.7%)
Parishes	66
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	12th Century
Cathedral	Cattedrale di S. Michele Arcangelo
Secular priests	75 (diocesan) 44 (Religious Orders)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Giovanni d'Alise
Emeritus Bishops	Raffaele Nogaro
Website
www.diocesicaserta.it

The Diocese of Caserta (Latin: Dioecesis Casertana) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Campania, southern Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples.^[1][2] In 1818 Pope Pius VII united this see with the diocese of Caiazzo, but Pope Pius IX made them separate sees.^[3] In 2013 in the diocese of Caserta there was one priest for every 1,703 Catholics.

History

It is not known when Caserta became an episcopal see. The first-known bishop was Ranulfo whose election in 1113 was confirmed by Senne, Archbishop of Capua.

Bishops

Diocese of Caserta

Erected: 12th Century
Latin Name: Casertanus

• Andrea (1234), who finished the belfry of the cathedral;
• Secondo (1285) and Azzone (1200);

...

• Antonio Cicco da Pontecorvo, O.F.M. (5 Nov 1459 - 21 Apr 1477 Died)^[4]

...

• Giovanni Battista Petrucci (Petruzzi) (18 Oct 1493 - 1514 Died)
• Giambattista Boncianni (29 Oct 1514 - 1532 Died)
• Pietro Lamberti (10 Feb 1533 - 1541 Died)
• Girolamo Verallo (14 Nov 1541 - 14 Nov 1544 Appointed, Archbishop of Rossano)
• Girolamo Dandini (14 Nov 1544 - 17 May 1546 Appointed, Bishop of Imola)
• Marzio Cerboni (17 May 1546 - 1549 Died)
• Bernardino Maffei (7 Jun 1549 - 9 Nov 1549 Appointed, Archbishop of Chieti)
• Federico Cesi (9 Nov 1549 - 12 Feb 1552 Resigned)
• Antonio Bernardo de Mirandola (12 Feb 1552 - 1554 Resigned)
• Agapito Bellomo (5 Dec 1554 - 1594 Died)
• Benedetto Mandina, C.R. (31 Jan 1594 - 2 Jul 1604 Died)
• Diodato Gentile, O.P. (9 Jul 1604 - 1616 Died)
• Antonio Díaz (bishop) (18 May 1616 - 31 Mar 1626 Resigned)
• Giuseppe della Corgna (Cornea), O.P. (27 May 1626 - 22 Sep 1636 Appointed, Bishop of Squillace)
• Alessandro Suardi ((Fabrizio Suardi) (9 Feb 1637 - Apr 1638 Died)
• Antonio Ricciulli (7 Feb 1639 - 27 Nov 1641 Appointed, Archbishop of Cosenza)
• Bruno Sciamanna (10 Mar 1642 - 1647 Died)
• Bartolomeo Cresconi (6 May 1647 - 16 Apr 1660 Died)
• Giambattista Ventriglia (20 Sep 1660 - 23 Dec 1662 Died)
• Giuseppe de Auxilio (2 Jul 1663 - 28 Jul 1668 Died)
• Bonaventura Cavalli, O.F.M. (10 Dec 1668 - 10 Jun 1689 Died)
• Ippolito Berarducci, O.S.B. (8 May 1690 - 25 Sep 1695 Died)
• Giuseppe Schinosi (20 Feb 1696 - 14 Sep 1734 Died)
• Ettore Quarti (del Quarto) (17 Nov 1734 - 10 May 1747 Died)
• Antonio Falangola (29 May 1747 - 25 Mar 1761 Died)
• Gennaro Maria Albertini, C.R. (13 Jul 1761 - 26 May 1767 Died)
• Nicola Filomarini (Filomarino), O.S.B. (31 Aug 1767 - 4 Sep 1781 Died)
• Domenico Pignatelli di Belmonte, C.R. (25 Feb 1782 - 29 Mar 1802 Appointed, Archbishop of Palermo)
• Vincenzo Rogadei, O.S.B. (26 Jun 1805 - 15 Mar 1816 Died)
• Francesco Saverio Gualtieri (6 Apr 1818 - 15 Jun 1831 Died)
• Domenico Narni Mancinelli (24 Feb 1832 - 17 Apr 1848 Died)
• Vincenzo Rozzolino (28 Sep 1849 - 10 Nov 1855 Died)
• Enrico de Rossi (16 Jun 1856 - 12 Jun 1893 Resigned)
• Gennaro Cosenza (12 Jun 1893 - 4 Mar 1913 Appointed, Archbishop of Capua)
• Mario Palladino (4 Jun 1913 - 17 Oct 1921 Died)
• Gabriele Natale Moriondo, O.P. (19 May 1922 - 1 Jun 1943 Resigned)
• Bartolomeo Mangino (18 Feb 1946 - 26 May 1965 Died)
• Vito Roberti (15 Aug 1965 - 6 Jun 1987 Retired)
• Francesco Cuccarese (6 Jun 1987 - 21 Apr 1990 Appointed, Archbishop of Pescara-Penne)
• Raffaele Nogaro (20 Oct 1990 - 25 Apr 2009 Retired)
• Pietro Farina (25 Apr 2009 - 24 Sep 2013 Died)
• Giovanni D'Alise (21 Mar 2014 - )

Notes

1. "Diocese of Caserta" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
2. "Diocese of Caserta" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
3. Umberto Benigni. "Caserta." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. Retrieved: 2016-10-13.
4. "Bishop Antonio Cicco da Pontecorvo, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016

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