Diocese of Cerreto Sannita–Telese–Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.05.07 – ...):

Bishop Giuseppe Mazzafaro (69)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Cerreto Sannita–Telese–Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Roman Rite)

Bishop Giuseppe Mazzafaro (69)
(2021.05.07 – ...)

Bishop of Cerreto Sannita–Telese–Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Italy)

Born:	1955.02.11 (Napoli, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	2000.10.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.06.12

Priest of Napoli (Italy) (2000.10.11 – 2021.05.07)

Bishop of Cerreto Sannita–Telese–Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Italy) (2021.05.07 – ...)

Archbishop Domenico Battaglia (61)
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.12.12 – 2021.05.07)

Bishop Domenico Battaglia (61) (later Archbishop)
(2016.06.24 – 2020.12.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy)

Confide surge vocat te

Born:	1963.01.20 (Satriano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1988.02.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.09.03

Priest of Catanzaro–Squillace (Italy) (1988.02.06 – 2016.06.24)

Bishop of Cerreto Sannita–Telese–Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Italy) (2016.06.24 – 2020.12.12)

Apostolic Administrator of Cerreto Sannita–Telese–Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Italy) (2020.12.12 – 2021.05.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy) (2020.12.12 – ...)

Bishop Michele De Rosa (83)
(1998.05.23 – 2016.06.24)

Bishop emeritus of Cerreto Sannita–Telese–Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Italy)

Dominum et vivificantem

Born:	1940.11.17 (Acerno, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1964.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.07.12

Priest of Salerno–Campagna–Acerno (Italy) (1964.06.29 – 1998.05.23)

Bishop of Cerreto Sannita–Telese–Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Italy) (1998.05.23 – 2016.06.24)

Bishop Mario Paciello (86)
(1991.07.20 – 1997.08.06)

Bishop emeritus of Altamura–Gravina–Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy)

Veritatem facientes in caritate

Born:	1937.10.26 (Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1963.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.09.29

Priest of Foggia–Bovino (Italy) (1963.06.30 – 1991.07.20)

Bishop of Cerreto Sannita–Telese–Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Italy) (1991.07.20 – 1997.08.06)

Bishop of Altamura–Gravina–Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1997.08.06 – 2013.10.15)

Bishop Felice Leonardo
(1986.09.30 – 1991.07.20)

Born:	1915.03.09 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1938.07.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.09.29
Died:	2015.04.15 († 100)

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1957.07.22 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Italy) (1984.03.21 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Cerreto Sannita–Telese–Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1991.07.20)

Bishops of Telese (Roman Rite)

Bishop Felice Leonardo
(1957.07.22 – 1986.09.30)

(see above)

Bishop Salvatore Del Bene
(1928.12.15 – 1957.04.06)

Born:	1880.06.01 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1902.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1929.04.14
Died:	1957.04.06 († 76)

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1928.12.15 – 1957.04.06)

Bishop Giuseppe Signore
(1918.06.20 – 1928.12.01)

Born:	1872.01.31 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1894.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1918.08.24
Died:	1944.08.11 († 72)

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1918.06.20 – 1928.12.01)

Titular Bishop of Emmaüs (1928.12.01 – 1944.08.11)

Bishop Angelo Michele Jannachino
(1895.11.29 – 1918.01.12)

Born:	1839.05.08 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1863.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1895.12.01
Died:	1920.01.26 († 80)

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1895.11.29 – 1918.01.12)

Titular Bishop of Lorea (1918.01.12 – 1920.01.26)

Venerable Bishop Luigi Sodo
(1853.06.27 – 1895.07.30)

Born:	1811.05.26 (Napoli, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1834.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1852.03.28
Died:	1895.07.30 (Cerreto Sannita, Italy † 84)

Bishop of Crotone (Italy) (1852.03.18 – 1853.06.27)

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1853.06.27 – 1895.07.30)

Bishop.

Bishop Gennaro di Giacomo
(1848.12.22 – 1852.07.06)

Born:	1796.09.17 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1820.03.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1849.03.04
Died:	1878.07.01 († 81)

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1848.12.22 – 1852.07.06)

Bishop of Alife (Italy) (1848.12.22 – 1875.07.31)

Archbishop Carlo Puoti
(1826.07.03 – 1848.03.14)

Born:	1763.06.12 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1818.04.12
Died:	1848.03.14 († 84)

Archbishop of Rossano (Italy) (1818.04.06 – 1826.07.03)

Archbishop-Bishop of Alife (Italy) (1826.07.03 – 1848.03.14)

Archbishop-Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1826.07.03 – 1848.03.14)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Di Martino
(1824.03.10 – 1826.05.01)

Born:	1758.04.22 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1781.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1824.05.09
Died:	1826.05.01 († 68)

Bishop of Alife (Italy) (1824.03.10 – 1826.05.01)

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1824.03.10 – 1826.05.01)

Bishop Emilio Gentile
(1820.12.14 – 1822.02.24)

Born:	1733.03.12 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1756.04.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1776.07.21
Died:	1822.02.24 († 88)

Bishop of Alife (Italy) (1776.07.15 – 1818.06.27)

Bishop of Alife (Italy) (1820.12.14 – 1822.02.24)

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1820.12.14 – 1822.02.24)

Bishop Raffaele Longobardi
(1818.12.21 – 1822.04.19)

Born:	1755.02.08 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1777.06.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1819.01.01
Died:	1822.09.23 († 67)

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1818.12.21 – 1822.04.19)

Bishop of Alife (Italy) (1822.04.19 – 1822.09.23)

Bishop Vincenzo Lupoli
(1792.02.27 – 1800.01.01)

Born:	1737.11.07
Ordained Priest:	1760.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1792.03.04
Died:	1800.01.01 († 62)

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1792.02.27 – 1800.01.01)

Bishop Filiberto Pascale
(1771.09.23 – 1788.02.20)

Born:	1722.01.11
Ordained Priest:	1745.04.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1771.09.29
Died:	1788.02.20 († 66)

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1771.09.23 – 1788.02.20)

Bishop Filippo Gentile
(1747.11.20 – 1771.06.25)

Born:	1692.06.10
Ordained Priest:	1716.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1747.11.26
Died:	1771.06.25 († 79)

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1747.11.20 – 1771.06.25)

Bishop Antonio Falangola
(1736.07.09 – 1747.05.29)

Born:	1699.12.30 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1722.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1736.07.15
Died:	1761.03.25 († 61)

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1736.07.09 – 1747.05.29)

Bishop of Caserta (Italy) (1747.05.29 – 1761.03.25)

Bishop Francesco Baccari
(1722.01.14 – 1736.05.13)

Ordained Priest:	1719.10.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1722.01.18
Died:	1736.05.13

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1722.01.14 – 1736.05.13)

Bishop Biagio Gambaro
(1693.12.22 – 1721.10)

Born:	1650.02.02
Ordained Priest:	1673.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1693.12.27
Died:	1721.10 († 71)

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1693.12.22 – 1721.10)

Bishop Giovanni Battista De Bellis
(1684.04.24 – 1693.09)

Died:

1693.09

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1684.04.24 – 1693.09)

Bishop Domenico Cito
(1675.05.06 – 1683.09.19)

Died:

1683.09.19

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1675.05.06 – 1683.09.19)

Bishop Pietro Francesco Moia, C.R.S.
(1659.09.01 – 1674.11.13)

Died:

1674.11.13

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1659.09.01 – 1674.11.13)

Bishop Pietro Marioni
(1644.04.18 – 1659)

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1644.04.18 – 1659)

Bishop Pietro Paolo De Rustici, O.S.B.
(1637.03.16 – 1643.12.14)

Died:

1652.10.28

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1637.03.16 – 1643.12.14)

Bishop of Isernia (Italy) (1643.12.14 – 1652.10.28)

Bishop Sigismondo Gambacorta
(1613.07.15 – 1636.10)

Died:

1636.10

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1613.07.15 – 1636.10)

Bishop Giovanni Francesco Leone
(1608.12.15 – 1613.04.14)

Died:

1613.04.14

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1608.12.15 – 1613.04.14)

Bishop Eugenio Cattaneo
(1606.02.13 – 1608)

Died:

1608

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1606.02.13 – 1608)

Bishop Placido Fava, O.S.B. Oliv.
(1604.11.17 – 1605.09.14)

Died:

1605.09.14

Bishop of Castro (1599 – 1604.11.17)

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1604.11.17 – 1605.09.14)

Bishop Eugenio Savino
(1596.03.27 – 1604.09)

Died:

1604.09

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1596.03.27 – 1604.09)

Bishop Cesare Bellocchio
(1587.10.12 – 1595.11.17)

Died:

1595.11.17

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1587.10.12 – 1595.11.17)

Bishop Giovanni Stefano de Urbieta, O.P.
(1584.12.17 – 1587)

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1584.12.17 – 1587)

Bishop Annibale Cattaneo
(1578.10.15 – 1584)

Died:

1584

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1578.10.15 – 1584)

Bishop Cherubino Lavosio, O.E.S.A.
(1566.08.19 – 1577.04.23)

Died:

1577.04.23

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1566.08.19 – 1577.04.23)

Bishop Angelo Massarelli
(1557.12.15 – 1566.07.17)

Died:

1566.07.17

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1557.12.15 – 1566.07.17)

Bishop Giovanni Beroaldo
(1548.03.14 – 1557.10.01)

Died:

1566

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1548.03.14 – 1557.10.01)

Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Italy) (1557.10.01 – 1566)

Bishop Alberico Giaquinto
(1540.04.30 – 1548)

Died:

1548

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1540.04.30 – 1548)

Bishop Sebastiano De Bonfiliis
(1533.02.14 – 1540)

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1533.02.14 – 1540)

Bishop Mauro de Pretis
(1525.10.06 – 1533)

Died:

1533

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1525.10.06 – 1533)

Bishop Gregorio Perusco
(1524.08.08 – 1525)

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1524.08.08 – 1525)

Bishop Biagio Caropipe
(1515.06.01 – 1524.07.10)

Died:

1524.07.10

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1515.06.01 – 1524.07.10)

Cardinal Luigi d’Aragona
(Apostolic Administrator 1515 – 1515)

Bishop Andrea Riccio
(1505.10.24 – 1515)

Died:

1515

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1505.10.24 – 1515)

Bishop Pietro Palagario, O.F.M.
(1487.02.12 – 1505)

Died:

1505

Bishop of Lavello (1482.06.21 – 1487.02.12)

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1487.02.12 – 1505)

Bishop Troilo Agnesi
(1483.12.17 – 1487.02.12)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1482.10.30 – 1483.12.17)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1482.10.30 – 1483.12.17)

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1483.12.17 – 1487.02.12)

Bishop of Lavello (1487.02.12 – 1498.07.04)

Bishop of Guardialfiera (1498.07.04 – ?)

Bishop Matteo Giudici
(1464.10.08 – 1483.12.17)

Died:

1495

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1464.10.08 – 1483.12.17)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1483.12.17 – 1495)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1483.12.17 – 1495)

Bishop Meolo de Mascabruni
(1459.06.14 – 1464.10.08)

Died:

1486

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1459.06.14 – 1464.10.08)

Bishop of Muro Lucano (Italy) (1464.10.08 – 1486)

Bishop Ferdinando Gimel
(1454.01.11 – 1458)

Died:

1458

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1454.01.11 – 1458)

Bishop Marcuccio Brancia
(1413.01.20 – 1452)

Died:

1452

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1413.01.20 – 1452)

Bishop Clemente da Napoli, O.E.S.A.
(1399.08.26 – 1413)

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1399.08.26 – 1413)

Bishop Giacomo
(1372.07.14 – 1398)

Bishop of Lavello (1371.01.05 – 1372.07.14)

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1372.07.14 – 1398)

Bishop of Nicastro (Italy) (1398 – ?)

Bishop Giacomo da Cerreto
(1353.01.29 – 1372)

Died:

1372

Bishop of Vulturara (1349.01.12 – 1353.01.29)

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1353.01.29 – 1372)

Bishop Domenico, O.F.M.
(1348.11.10 – 1353)

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1348.11.10 – 1353)

Bishop Matteo Guiliand, O.F.M.
(1345.07.15 – 1348)

Died:

1348

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1345.07.15 – 1348)

Bishop Tommaso
(1340.11.06 – 1345)

Died:

1345

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1340.11.06 – 1345)

Bishop Tommaso
(1328.11.07 – 1340)

Died:

1340

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1328.11.07 – 1340)

Bishop Giovanni Arisio
(1326.05.21 – 1328)

Died:

1328

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1326.05.21 – 1328)

Bishop Giacomo
(1296? – 1325)

Died:

1325

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1296? – 1325)

Bishop Salerno
(1286.07.16 – 1296?)

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1286.07.16 – 1296?)

Bishop Rao
(1240.03.28 – 1286)

Died:

1286

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1240.03.28 – 1286)

Bishop Luciano
(1214? – ?)

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (1214? – ?)

Saint Bishop Palerio di Telese
(? – IX century)

Died:

IX century (San Martino Valle Caudina, Italy)

Bishop of Telese (Italy) (? – IX century)

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