Roman Catholic Diocese of Avellino

Diocese of Avellino Dioecesis Abellinensis
Cathedral in Avellino
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Benevento
Statistics
Area	394 km^2 (152 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 162,500 159,500 (98.2%)
Parishes	64
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	2nd Century
Cathedral	Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Francesco Marino
Website
www.diocesi.avellino.it

The Italian Catholic Diocese of Avellino (Latin: Dioecesis Abellinensis) is in the Naples region. It is suffragan to the archdiocese of Benevento.^[1][2]

Avellino was founded by St. Sabinus at the beginning of the 2nd century. The list of bishops dates from 1124. The Diocese of Frigento, whose list runs from 1080 to 1455, was united with that of Avellino from 9 May 1466, until 27 June 1818, when it was suppressed. Avellino was vacant from 1782 to 1792.

Ordinaries

Diocese of Avellino

Latin Name: Avellinensis seu Abellinensis
Erected: 2nd Century
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Benevento

Diocese of Avellino e Frigento

Latin Name: Avellinensis seu Abellinensis et Frequentina
United: 9 May 1466 with the Diocese of Frigento
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Benevento

• Battista de Ventura (20 May 1465 - 1492 Died)

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• Bernardino López de Carvajal y Sande, Apostolic Administrator (28 Jul 1503 - 1505 Resigned)
• Antonio de Caro ( 1505 - 27 Oct 1507 Appointed, Bishop of Nardò)^[3]
• Gabriele Setario (27 Oct 1507 - 1510 Resigned)^[4]
• Giovanni Francesco Setario (11 Jan 1510 - 1516 Died)^[5]
• Arcangelo Madrignano (18 Aug 1516 - 28 Mar 1520 Resigned)^[6]
• Silvio Messaglia, O. Cist. (28 Mar 1520 - 1544 Died)^[7]
• Geronimo Albertini (19 Jan 1545 - 1548 Resigned)^[8]
• Bartolomé de la Cueva y Toledo (12 Sep 1548 - 10 Mar 1549 Resigned)
• Ascanio Albertini (10 May 1549 - 1580 Died)
• Pietrantonio Vicedomini (4 Nov 1580 - 1591 Resigned)
• Fulvio Passerini (21 Jun 1591 - 19 Apr 1599 Appointed, Bishop of Pistoia)
• Tommaso Vannini (21 May 1599 - 5 May 1609 Died)
• Muzio Cinquini (10 Jun 1609 - 15 Dec 1625 Resigned)
• Bartolomeo Giustiniani (9 Feb 1626 - 24 Apr 1653 Died)
• Lorenzo Pollicini (10 Nov 1653 - 7 Jul 1656 Died)
• Tommaso Brancaccio (16 Oct 1656 - 19 Aug 1669 Appointed, Bishop of Nardò)^[9]
• Giovanni Battista Lanfranchi, C.R. (30 Jun 1670 - 3 Jan 1673 Died)^[10]
• Carlo Pellegrini (bishop) (13 Mar 1673 - 3 May 1678 Died)^[11]
• Francesco Scannagatta (12 Jun 1679 - 18 Mar 1700 Died)
• Emanuele Cicatelli (28 May 1700 - 17 Dec 1703 Died)
• Pietro Alessandro Procaccini (15 Dec 1704 - 9 Jun 1722 Died)
• Francesco Antonio Finy (6 Jul 1722 - 29 Jul 1726 Resigned)
• Cherubino Tommaso Nobilione, O.P. (31 Jul 1726 - 16 Nov 1726 Resigned)
• Giovanni Paolo Torti Rogadei, O.S.B. (9 Dec 1726 - 19 Aug 1742 Died)
• Antonio Maria Carafa, C.R. (24 Sep 1742 - 4 May 1745 Died)
• Felice Leone, O.S.A. (19 Jul 1745 - 9 Jul 1754 Died)
• Benedetto Latilla, C.R.L. (16 Dec 1754 - 29 Feb 1760 Resigned)
• Gioacchino Martínez (21 Apr 1760 - 21 Feb 1782 Died)
• Sebastiano de Rosa (26 Mar 1792 - 14 May 1810 Died)

Diocese of Avellino

Name Changed: 27 June 1818

• Domenico Novi Ciavarria (6 Apr 1818 - 4 May 1841 Died)
• Giuseppe Palma, O. Carm. (3 Apr 1843 - 12 Oct 1843 Died)
• Giuseppe Maria Maniscalco, O.F.M. (17 Jun 1844 - 7 Apr 1854 Confirmed, Bishop of Caltagirone)
• Francesco Gallo (23 Mar 1855 - 16 Sep 1896 Died)
• Serafino Angelini (30 Nov 1896 - 4 Feb 1908 Died)
• Giuseppe Padula (2 Aug 1908 - 18 Nov 1928 Died)
• Francesco Petronelli (18 Jan 1929 - 25 May 1939 Appointed, Archbishop of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie))
• Guido Luigi Bentivoglio, S.O.C. (27 Jul 1939 - 30 Mar 1949 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Catania)
• Gioacchino Pedicini (22 Nov 1949 - 2 Jun 1967 Retired)
• Pasquale Venezia (2 Jun 1967 - 28 Feb 1987 Retired)
• Gerardo Pierro (28 Feb 1987 - 25 May 1992 Appointed, Archbishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno)
• Antonio Forte, O.F.M. (20 Feb 1993 - 13 Nov 2004 Retired)
• Francesco Marino (13 Nov 2004 - )

References

1. "Diocese of Avellino" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved December 4, 2015
2. "Diocese of Avellino" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
3. "Bishop Antonio de Caro" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
4. "Bishop Gabriele Setario" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
5. "Bishop Giovanni Francesco Setario" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
6. "Bishop Arcangelo Madrignano" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
7. "Bishop Silvio Messaglia, O. Cist." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
8. "Bishop Geronimo Albertini" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
9. "Bishop Tommaso Brancaccio" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
10. "Bishop Giovanni Battista Lanfranchi, C.R." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
11. "Bishop Carlo Pellegrini" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016

• Annuario Eccl. (Rome, 1907)
• Cappelletti, Chiese d'Italia (1884), xix
• Zingarelli, Storia della cattedra di Avelino e di suoi pastori, etc. (Naples, 1856)

External links

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Source

 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.