Roman Catholic Diocese of Nola

Diocese of Nola
Dioecesis Nolana
Nola Cathedral
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Naples
Statistics
Area 450 km2 (170 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2010)
525,000 (est.)
500,000 (est.) (95.2%)
Parishes 115
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 2nd Century
Cathedral Basilica Cattedrale di Maria SS. Assunta
Secular priests 144 (diocesan)
78 (Religious Orders)
23 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Francesco Marino
Emeritus Bishops Beniamino Depalma
Website
www.diocesinola.it

The Diocese of Nola (Latin: Dioecesis Nolana) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Italy, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples.[1][2] Its seat is the Campanian city of Nola, now a suburb of Naples. Its cathedral is dedicated to Mary of the Assumption (Italian: Basilica Cattedrale di Maria SS Assunta). It is traditionally credited with the introduction of the use of bells into Christian worship.

History

Antiquity

The diocese was founded in the late 2nd or early 3rd century by St Felix. He was martyred, as were St Januarius's companions Reparatus, Faustillus, and Acacius. The early center of worship was at Cimitile, outside Nola proper and now named for its cemetery. The basilica of St Felix Martyr was built by Bishop Paulinus in the late 4th or early 5th century. Paulinus is traditionally credited with the introduction of bells into Christian ritual, whence two major medieval forms became known as nolas and campanas.[3] Felix's relics, and then Paulinus's own, made the site a major focus of Christian pilgrimage. (Paulinus's body was removed to the neighboring diocese of Benevento in 839, traded to the emperor Otto III in 1000, and finally restored to Nola in 1909.) St Adeodatus was a 5th-century archpresbyter within the diocese; his metrical epitaph has been preserved.

Middle Ages

John, the exiled pope of Alexandria, became bishop of Nola in 484. Around 505, Bishop Paulinus III supposedly enslaved himself to free a widow's son. Several buildings were restored under Bishop Lupicinus around 786. In 1370, Francis Scacciani began construction of the present Gothic cathedral, which was completed by Gian Antonio Boccarelli in 1469. The seminary was founded by Antonio Scarampi in 1549, introducing the reforms of the Council of Trent. In 1585, Fabrizio Gallo founded several charitable institutions. G.B. Lancellotti, who served as bishop for much of the first half of the 17th century, also served as papal nuncio to Poland from 1622 to 1627. Francis M. Carafa devoted great attention to the education of the local clergy and Traiano Caracciolo constructed a new seminary in 1738.

Bishops

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  • St Felix (c. 200)
  • ...
  • St Marinus (c. 300)
  • ...
  • St Priscus (d. 328 or 523)
  • ...
  • St Quodvultdeus (d. 387)
  • St Paulinus (387–?)
  • ...
  • John Talaia (484–?), formerly pope of Alexandria
  • ...
  • St Paulinus III (c. 505)
  • ...
  • Lupicinus (c. 786)
  • ...
  • Robert (1158–c. 1173)[2]
  • Rufino (1173–1175)[2]
  • Bernard (1175–c. 1190)[2]
  • ...
  • Peter (c. 1215–1225)[2]
  • Marco Perrone (1225–c. 1236)[2]
  • Peter II (December 1239 – c. 1256)[2]
  • Giovanni Montefuscolo (1259–1288)[2]
  • Francesco Fontana, apostolic administrator 29 January 1289 – 23 August 1296[2]
  • Pietro Gerra, apostolic administrator 23 August 1296 – 6 January 1298[2]
  • Landone (22 April 1298 – 1304)[2]
  • Antonio Carafa (c. 1305 – ?)[2]
  • Giacomo (14 May 1311 – ?)[2]
  • ...
  • Pietro Sparano (9 September 1328 – 1331)[2]
  • Nicolò de Acerno (22 October 1331 – 1340)[2]
  • Ligo di Orvieto (6 November 1340 – 1349)[2]
  • Nicola d’Offerio (19 January 1349 – 1349)[2]
  • Francesco Rufolo (25 May 1349 – 5 July 1370)[2]
  • Francesco Scaccano[2] or Scacciani (21 June 1370 – 15 July 1400)
  • Flaminio Minutolo (26 July 1400 – 1442)[2]
  • Leone dei Simeoni (23 March 1442 – July 1469)[2]
  • Giovanni Antonio or Gian Antonio Boccarelli (9 August 1469 – 1475)[2]
  • Marco Vigerio (July 1475 – 1475)[2]
  • Orlando Orsini (15 December 1475 – 1503)[2]
  • Gianfrancesco Bruno (4 July 1505 – 1549)[2]
  • Antonio Scarampi (1549 – 9 March 1569)[2]
  • Filippo Spinola (9 March 1569 – 1 July 1585),[2] also cardinal of Santa Sabina
  • Fabrizio Gallo (15 July 1585 – 6 November 1614)[2][4]
  • Giambattista Lancellotti (26 January  – 23 July 1656),[2] papal nuncio to Poland during his term
  • Francesco Gonzaga (17 December 1657 – 18 December 1673)[2][5]
  • Filippo Cesarini (1 May 1674 – 6 July 1683)[2]
  • Francesco Maria Moles (18 March 1684 – January 1695)[2][6]
  • Daniele Scoppa (16 May 1695 – 13 May 1703)[2]
  • Francesco Maria Federico Carafa (7 April 1704 – 6 January 1737)[2]
  • Traiano Caracciolo (21 March 1738 – 16 February 1764)[2]
  • Nicola Sanchez de Luna (13 May 1764 – 23 April 1768)[2]
  • Filippo Lopez y Royo (16 May 1768 – 17 June 1793)[2]
  • Giovanni Vincenzo Monforte (29 January 1798 – 24 May 1802)[2]
  • Vincenzo Torrusio (29 October 1804 – 24 March 1823)[2]
  • Nicola Coppola (17 November 1823 – 14 April 1828)[2]
  • Gennaro Pasca (23 June 1828 – 2 October 1855)[2]
  • Giuseppe Formisano (28 September 1855 – 7 January 1890)[2]
  • Agnello Renzullo (22 June 1890 – 11 April 1924)[2]
  • Egisto Domenico Melchiori (2 May 1924 – 5 December 1934)[2]
  • Michele Raffaele Camerlengo (5 May 1935 – 9 September 1951)[2]
  • Adolfo Binni (14 February 1952 – 7 January 1971)[2]
  • Guerino Grimaldi (19 March 1971 – 2 July 1982)[2]
  • Giuseppe Costanzo (6 August 1982 – 7 December 1982)[2]
  • Umberto Tramma (23 June 1990 – 25 March 1999)[2]
  • Beniamino Depalma (15 July 1999 – 11 November 2016)[2]
  • Francesco Marino (11 November 2016 – present)[2]

References

Citations

  1. ↑ "Diocese of Nola" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 "Diocese of Nola" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. ↑ "Bell", Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. III, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1878, pp. 536–7 .
  4. ↑ "Bishop Fabrizio Gallo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  5. ↑ "Bishop Francesco Gonzaga, C.R." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 24, 2016
  6. ↑ "Bishop Francesco Maria Moles, C.R." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 21, 2016

Bibliography

  • "Nola", Catholic Encyclopedia, New York: Encyclopedia Press, 1907 .
  • "Diocese of Nola", GCatholic .
  • Butler, Alban (1866), The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, Dublin: Duffy .

Coordinates: 40°56′00″N 14°32′00″E / 40.9333°N 14.5333°E / 40.9333; 14.5333

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