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

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

See also

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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