Roman Catholic Diocese of Alife-Caiazzo

Diocese of Alife-Caiazzo
Dioecesis Aliphana-Caiacensis o Caiatina
Alife Cathedral
Location
Country  Italy
Ecclesiastical province Naples
Statistics
Area 580 km2 (220 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2015)
70,800 (est.)
68,500 (est.) (96.8%)
Parishes 44
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 5th Century
Cathedral Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Alife)
Co-cathedral Concattedrale di Maria SS. Assunta (Caiazzo)
Secular priests 53 (diocesan)
9 (Religious Orders)
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Valentino Di Cerbo
Website
www.diocesi-alife-caiazzo.it

The Diocese of Alife-Caiazzo (Latin: Dioecesis Aliphana-Caiacensis o Caiatina) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Campania, southern Italy, created in 1986. In that year the historic Diocese of Alife was united with the Diocese of Caiazzo. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples.[1][2]

In 2014 the diocese had one priest for every 1,104 Catholics.

History

The old diocese of Alife was made up of twelve communes in the province of Caserta, Archbishopric of Benevento. The name of a Bishop of Alife appears for the first time among the signatories of the Roman Synod of 499, in the time of Pope Symmachus (Clarus episcopus Ecclesiœ Allifanœ subscripsi); see "Monumenta Germaniæ Historica," auct. Antiquiss., XII, 400.[3]

Bishops

Diocese of Alife

Erected: 5th Century
Latin Name: Aliphanus
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Benevento

Diocese of Alife-Caiazzo

United: 30 September 1986 with the Diocese of Caiazzo
Latin Name: Aliphanus-Caiacensis o Caiatinus

  • Nicola Comparone (10 Dec 1990 - 5 Jan 1998 Died)
  • Pietro Farina (16 Feb 1999 - 25 Apr 2009 Appointed, Bishop of Caserta)
  • Valentino Di Cerbo (6 Mar 2010 - )

Notes

  1. ↑ "Diocese of Alife-Caiazzo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 9, 2016
  2. ↑ "Diocese of Alife-Caiazzo GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved March 29, 2016
  3. ↑ Catholic Encyclopedia article
  4. ↑ "Bishop Giovanni Zefra" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 25, 2016
  5. ↑ "Bishop Angelo Sacco" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 25, 2016
  6. ↑ "Bishop Ippolito Marsigli" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 25, 2016
  7. ↑ "Bishop Diego Gilberto Nogueras" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 25, 2016
  8. ↑ "Bishop Angelo Rossi" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 25, 2016
  9. ↑ "Bishop Giovanni Battista Santorio" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 29, 2016
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. p. 78.
  11. ↑ "Bishop Modesto Gavazzi, O.F.M. Conv." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 25, 2016
  12. ↑ "Bishop Pietro Paolo Medici" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2017
  13. ↑ "Bishop Henri Borghi, O.S.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  14. ↑ "Bishop Domenico Caracciolo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 25, 2016

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

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