Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno

Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno
Archidioecesis Salernitanus-Campaniensis-Acernensis

Salerno Cathedral
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Salerno-Campagna-Acerno
Statistics
Area 1,398 km2 (540 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2010)
552,000
540,000 (97.8%)
Parishes 163
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 6th century
Cathedral Cattedrale-Basilica di S. Matteo (Salerno)
Co-cathedral Concattedrale-Basilica di S. Maria della Pace (Campagna)
Concattedrale di S. Donato (Acerno)
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Luigi Moretti
Emeritus Bishops Gerardo Pierro
Website
www.diocesisalerno.it
Co-cathedral in Campagna (left) Co-cathedral in Acerno

The Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno (Latin: Archidioecesis Salernitanus-Campaniensis-Acernensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Campania, southern Italy, created in 1986. The historic Archdiocese of Salerno was in existence from the tenth century, having been elevated from a sixth-century diocese. The Diocese of Acerno was combined with the archdiocese in 1818.[1][2]

On Thursday, June 10, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Archbishop Luigi Moretti, until then the vice-gerent of the Vicariate of Rome, as Archbishop, succeeding Archbishop Gerardo Pierro.

History

Gaudentius was bishop in 499. Other bishops were: Asterius, who went to Constantinople with Pope Agapitus in 534; St Gaudiosus (eighth century); Petrus (834), formerly Bishop of Canusio, who took refuge at Salerno when the Saracens destroyed his capital, and built the Church of San Giovanni Battista; Bernardus (850), who restored several buildings.

In the eighth century the city of Salerno was in the power of the Lombard dukes of Benevento. In 984 Salerno became an archiepiscopal see, the first archbishop being Amato. Other archbishops were:

From 1818 Salerno had for suffragans the diocese of Capaccio e Vallo, diocese of Policastro, diocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, and diocese of Nusco.

The See of Acerno, which appears a diocese since 1136, is united with it; among its bishops was the Franciscan Antonio Bonito (1493).\

Ordinaries

Diocese of Salerno

Latin Name: Salernitanus
Erected: 6th Century

Archdiocese of Salerno

Latin Name: Salernitanus
Elevated: 10th Century

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Archdiocese of Salerno (-Acerno)

Latin Name: Salernitanus (-Acernensis)
United: 27 June 1818 with the Diocese of Acerno

Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno

Latin Name: Salernitanus-Campaniensis-Acernensis
 United: 30 September 1986 with the Diocese of Campagna

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ "Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. ↑ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salerno–Campagna–Acerno" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. ↑ "Archbishop Mario Bolognini" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  4. ↑ "Archbishop Juan Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016

External links

 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. 

Coordinates: 40°41′00″N 14°46′00″E / 40.6833°N 14.7667°E / 40.6833; 14.7667

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