Roman Catholic Diocese of Pesto
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pesto (or Paëstum or Pæstum) was a bishopric and remains a Latin Catholic titular see.
History
The diocese was established around 400 AD in Pesto, the Italian name of the Ancient Greco-Roman city of Paestum.
It gained territory in 600 from the suppressed Diocese of Agropoli and again in 750 from the suppressed Diocese of Sala Consilina.
In 1100 it lost territory to establish the Roman Catholic Diocese of Capaccio (presently Vallo della Lucania).
As the city declined and was to be abandoned, the bishopric was suppressed in 1160, its territory being reassigned to its daughter, the Diocese of Capaccio.
Residential Bishops
(very incomplete; all Roman Rite)
- Fiorenzo (499? – 501?)
- Giovanni (649? – ?)
- Paolo (932? – ?)
- Giovanni (954? – 963?)
- Pando (977? – 989?)
- Giovanni (1019? – 1047), transferred to Salerno as Archbishop John III (died 1057)
- Amatus (1047–58), probably the historian Amatus of Montecassino
- Maraldo (fl. 1071)
- Celsus (fl. 1156)
Titular see
The diocese was nominally restored as a Latin Catholic titular bishopric in 1966.
It has had the following incumbents, both of the fitting lowest (episcopal) and intermediary (archiepiscopal) ranks :
- Titular Bishop Alfred Leo Abramowicz (1968.05.08 – 1999.09.12)
- Titular Bishop Anton Coşa (1999.10.30 – 2001.10.27)
- Titular Archbishop Giovanni D’Aniello (2001.12.15 – ...), Apostolic Nuncio (papal ambassador) to Brazil.