Roman Catholic Diocese of Caserta

Diocese of Caserta Dioecesis Casertana
Caserta Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Naples
Statistics
Area	185 km^2 (71 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 200,000 190,000 (95%)
Parishes	66
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	12th Century
Cathedral	Cattedrale di S. Michele Arcangelo
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Vacant
Emeritus Bishops	Raffaele Nogaro
Website
www.diocesicaserta.it

The Diocese of Caserta (Latin: Dioecesis Casertana) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Campania, southern Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples.^[1]

History

It is not known when Caserta became an episcopal see. The first-known bishop was Ranulfo whose election in 1113 was confirmed by Senne, Archbishop of Capua. Other were:

• Andrea (1234), who finished the beautiful belfry of the cathedral;
• Secondo (1285) and Azzone (1200), champions of ecclesiastical liberty;
• Antonio Bernardo della Mirandola (1552), a famous student of Aristotle;
• Benedetto Mandina (1594), a zealous promoter of an alliance of Christian princes against the Turks;
• the Franciscan Bonaventura Cavallo (1669), renowned for his piety and his preaching.

In 1818 Pope Pius VII united this see with the diocese of Caiazzo, but Pope Pius IX made them separate sees.^[2]

Bishops

• Raffaele Nogaro
• Pietro Farina

Notes

1. Catholic Hierarchy page
2. Catholic Encyclopedia article

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