Roman Catholic Diocese of Sessa Aurunca

Diocese of Sessa Aurunca
Dioecesis Suessana

Sessa Aurunca Cathedral
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Naples
Statistics
Area 338 km2 (131 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2014)
90,300 (est.)
88,300 (est.) (97.8%)
Parishes 42
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 5th Century
Cathedral Basilica-Cattedrale di Ss. Pietro e Paolo
Secular priests 43 (diocesan)
12 (Religious Orders)
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Orazio Francesco Piazza
Emeritus Bishops Antonio Napolitano
Website
www.diocesisessa.it

The Diocese of Sessa Aurunca (Latin: Dioecesis Suessana) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in southern Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples.[1][2] In 2014, in the diocese of Sessa there was one priest for every 1,605 Catholics.

History

The inhabitants of Sessa Aurunca venerate as patron saint their Bishop, St. Castus, a martyr at the end of the third century. There still remain ruins of the ancient basilica dedicated to him, with which catacombs are still connected.[3] The first bishop of certain date was Fortunatus (499); but until the end of the tenth century the names of the bishops are unknown.

In 985 Pope John XIV confirmed the right of the Archbishop of Benevento to consecrate a number of suffragan bishops, including the Bishop of Sessa (Sessula). The right was confirmed by Pope Gregory V in 998, by Pope Benedict VIII in 1018, by Pope Leo IX in 1054.[4] In the twelfth century, under the Normans, Suessa was part of the ecclesiastical province of Capua.[5] The new cathedral was consecrated in 1113.[6]

Bishops of Sessa (Suessa)

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to 1100

...

1100 to 1400

  • Jacobus, O.S.B.
  • Joannes
  • Godofredus
  • Robertus
  • Riso
  • Hervaeus (Erveo) (1171)
  • Pandulfus (1224)[11]
  • Joannes (1259–1283)
  • Robertus d'Asprello (1297– )
  • Guido
  • Deodatus Peccini, O.P.
  • Robertus (1301–1309)
  • Bertrand[12] (1309–1326)
  • Jacques Matrizio[13] (1326–ca. 1330)
  • Joannes de Paulo (1330– )
  • Hugo de S. Francisco, O. Min. (1340–ca. 1344)
  • Alexander de Miro (1344–1350)
  • Giacomo Petrucci, O.F.M. (24 May 1350 - 1356 Died)
  • Enrico de Grandonibus de Florentia, O.P. (1356–1363)
  • Matteo Bruni, O.P. (1363–ca. 1383[14])
  • Filippo Toraldi (1383–1392)
  • Antonio, O.Cist. (1392–1402)[15]
...

1400 to 1700

  • Alessandro Geraldini (15 Apr 1463 - 1486 Died)
  • Pietro Ajosa (4 Aug 1486 - 1492 Died)[16]
  • Martino Zapata (27 Nov 1499 - 1505 Died)
  • Francesco Guastaferro (22 Nov 1505 - 11 May 1543 Died)
  • Tiberio Crispo (6 Jul 1543 - 7 Jun 1546 Resigned)
  • Bartolomeo Albani (7 Jun 1546 - 22 Oct 1552 Appointed, Archbishop of Sorrento)
  • Galeazzo Florimonte (22 Oct 1552 - 1565 Resigned)
  • Tiberio Crispo (1565 - 27 Jun 1566 Resigned)
  • Giovanni Placido (27 Jun 1566 - 20 Jan 1591 Died)
  • Alessandro Riccardi (6 Mar 1591 - 16 May 1604 Died)
  • Faustus Rebaglio (30 Aug 1604 - Feb 1624 Died)
  • Ulysses Gherardini della Rosa (1 Jul 1624 - 9 Jan 1670 Died)
  • Tommaso d'Aquino, C.R. (30 Jun 1670 - 26 Sep 1705 Died)

1700 to 1900

  • Raffaele Maria Filamondo, O.P. (14 Dec 1705 - 15 Aug 1706 Died)
  • Francesco Gori (4 Oct 1706 - 1708 Died)
  • Luigi Maria Macedonio, C.M. (8 Jun 1718 - 9 Dec 1727 Died)
  • Francesco Caracciolo, O.F.M. (24 Apr 1728 - 11 Aug 1757 Died)
  • Francesco Antonio Granata (26 Sep 1757 - 11 Jan 1771 Died)
  • Baldassarre Vulcano, O.S.B. (29 Jul 1771 - 20 Mar 1773 Died)
  • Antonio de Torres, O.S.B. (14 Jun 1773 - 29 Oct 1779 Died)
  • Emanuele Maria Pignone del Carretto, O.S.A. (27 Feb 1792 - 27 Sep 1796 Died)
  • Pietro De Felice[17] (18 Dec 1797 - Nov 1814 Died)
  • Bartolomeo Varrone (6 Apr 1818 - 27 Feb 1832 Died)
  • Paolo Garzilli (2 Jul 1832 - 24 Jul 1845 Died)
  • Giuseppe Maria d’Alessandro (24 Nov 1845 - 15 Mar 1848 Died)
  • Ferdinando Girardi, C.M..[18] (11 Sep 1848 - 8 Dec 1866 Died)
  • Raffaele Gagliardi (23 Feb 1872 - 18 Aug 1880 Died)
  • Carlo de Caprio (13 Dec 1880 - 14 Dec 1887 Died)
  • Giovanni Maria Diamare (1 Jun 1888 - 9 Jan 1914 Died)

Since 1900

References

  1. ↑ "Diocese of Sessa Aurunca" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. ↑ "Diocese of Sessa Aurunca" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. ↑ Cf. a brief report by Prof. D. Cosimo Sternaioli, announcing the discovery of their tombs: Nuovo bullettino di archeologia cristiana. Vol. 3. 1897. p. 140.. Diamare, pp. 59-64.
  4. ↑ Nicolò Lettieri (1772). Istoria dell'antichissima città di Suessola e del vecchio, e nuovo castello d'Arienzo di Nicolo' Lettieri figlio di Clemente. (in Italian). Parte prima. Napoli: Giuseppe Di Domenico. pp. 157–160.
  5. ↑ G. A. Loud (2007). The Latin Church in Norman Italy. Cambridge University Press. p. 525. ISBN 978-1-107-32000-0.
  6. ↑ Loud, p. 129.
  7. ↑ Bishop Fortunatus attended the Roman Synods of 499, 501, and 502, under Pope Symmachus: Ughelli, VI, p. 535. Giovan Domenico Mansi (1762). Sacrorum conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio (in Latin). Tomus octavus (8). Venice-Florence: A. Zatta. pp. 234, 252. Paul Fridolin Kehr, Italia Pontificia Vol. VIII (Berlin: Weidmann 1935), p. 268.
  8. ↑ Bishop Joannes was present at the Roman Council of 998: Ughelli, p. 535.
  9. ↑ Benedictus was consecrated in 1032 by Archbishop Adenulf of Capua: Ughelli, pp. 535-537. Gams, p. 921. Diamare, pp. 17-19.
  10. ↑ Milo had been Provost of the monastery of monks of Montecassino at Capua: Laud, p. 368.
  11. ↑ Pandulfus donated the pulpit, adorned with mosaics, in the cathedral. Eubel, I, p. 467.
  12. ↑ Bertrand had been the rector of a parish in the diocese of Toulouse and Canon of Aix. Eubel, I, p. 467, note 1.
  13. ↑ Jacques had been Canon of Aix.
  14. ↑ Bishop Matteo was removed from office, Eubel, I, p. 467, presumably because of his support of the Avignon Obedience.
  15. ↑ Bishop Antonio was appointed by Boniface IX of the Roman Obedience: Eubel, I, p. 468.
  16. ↑ "Bishop Pietro Ajosa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  17. ↑ imprisoned by the revolutionists Biography of Pietro de Felice;
  18. ↑ Girardi went into exile in 1860. Umberto Benigni (1912). "Sessa-Aurunca". In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved 2016-10-14.

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Coordinates: 41°14′00″N 13°56′00″E / 41.2333°N 13.9333°E / 41.2333; 13.9333

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