Roman Catholic Diocese of Nusco

Cathedral in Nusco

Diocese of Nusco was a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Campania, southern Italy, existing until 1986. In that year it was united into the archdiocese of Conza-Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, to form the Archdiocese of Conza-Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Nusco-Bisaccia.[1][2] It was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Salerno.

History

Nusco is in the province of Avellino. The diocese dates from the eleventh century. Among its bishops were

  • Guido (1004);
  • St. Amatus of Nusco (1167), author of a history of the Normans in Apulia and Calabria;
  • Roger (1198), who restored the cathedral;
  • Cardinal Pietro Paolo Parisio (1538), who presided at the Council of Trent;
  • Francesco Arcudio (1639), a Theatine;
  • Fulgenzio Arminio Monforte (1669), an Augustinian.

In 1820 the diocese of Montemartino was united to Nusco. St. John, a Benedictine (1084) was the first Bishop of Montemartino; forty of his successors are known.[3]

Ordinaries

Diocese of Nusco

References

  1. "Diocese of Nusco". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. GCatholic.org: "Diocese of Nusco" retrieved February 17, 2016
  3. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Nusco
  4. "Diocese of Nusco". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
Attribution
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Nusco". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton. The entry cites:
  • Cappelletti, Le Chiese d'Italia, XX.

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