Diocese of

Teano–Calvi

Italy Italy

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Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Teano–Calvi / Theanen(sis)–Calven(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Napoli

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Notes: United æque principaliter with Calvi 1818.06.27–1986.09.30

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: S. Paride (August 5), S. Casto (May 22)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: August 3 (Teano), August 14 (Calvi)

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History

Contact Info

Address: Piazza Duomo 1, 81057 Teano, Italy

Phone: 0823 875428

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.09.14 – ...):Bishop Giacomo Cirulli (72)Bishop Giacomo Cirulli (72)

Bishop of Sessa Aurunca (Italy)

Bishop of Alife–Caiazzo (Italy)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Teano–Calvi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Giacomo Cirulli (72)Bishop Giacomo Cirulli (72)
(2017.09.14 – ...)

Bishop of Sessa Aurunca (Italy)
Bishop of Alife–Caiazzo (Italy)
Bishop of Teano–Calvi (Italy)

Superimpendar animabus vestris

Born:1952.09.25 (Cerignola, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1982.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:2017.12.07

Priest of Cerignola–Ascoli Satriano (Italy) (1982.12.07 – 2017.09.14)

Bishop of Teano–Calvi (Italy) (2017.09.14 – ...)

Bishop of Alife–Caiazzo (Italy) (2021.02.26 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Sessa Aurunca (Italy) (2022.12.03 – 2023.02.23)

Bishop of Sessa Aurunca (Italy) (2023.02.23 – ...)

Bishop Arturo Aiello (69)Bishop Arturo Aiello (69)
(2006.05.13 – 2017.05.06)

Bishop of Avellino (Italy)

Custos, quid de nocte

Born:1955.05.13 (Vico Equense, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1979.07.07
Consecrated Bishop:2006.06.30

Priest of Sorrento–Castellammare di Stabia (Italy) (1979.07.07 – 2006.05.13)

Bishop of Teano–Calvi (Italy) (2006.05.13 – 2017.05.06)

Bishop of Avellino (Italy) (2017.05.06 – ...)

Bishop Francesco Tommasiello
(1989.07.15 – 2005.10.25)

Born:1934.06.22 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1959.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:1989.10.07
Died:2005.10.25 († 71)

Bishop of Teano–Calvi (Italy) (1989.07.15 – 2005.10.25)

Bishop Felice Cece (later Archbishop)
(1986.09.30 – 1989.02.08)

Veritas liberabit vos

Born:1936.03.26 (Cimitile, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1959.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:1984.10.20
Died:2020.05.12 (Castellammare di Stabia, Italy † 84)

Bishop of Calvi (Italy) (1984.08.17 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1984.08.17 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Teano–Calvi (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1989.02.08)

Archbishop of Sorrento–Castellammare di Stabia (Italy) (1989.02.08 – 2012.03.10)

Bishops of Teano (Roman Rite)

Bishop Felice Cece (later Archbishop)
(1984.08.17 – 1986.09.30)

(see above)

Bishop Matteo Guido Sperandeo
(1954.09.05 – 1984.08.17)

Born:1908.10.02 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1932.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:1949.07.17
Died:1987.12.01 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Samos (1949.05.28 – 1952.02.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Nola (Italy) (1949.05.28 – 1952.02.23)

Bishop of Muro Lucano (Italy) (1952.02.23 – 1954.09.05)

Bishop of Calvi (Italy) (1954.09.05 – 1984.08.17)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1954.09.05 – 1984.08.17)

Bishop Giacomo Palombella (later Archbishop)
(1951.01.03 – 1954.07.02)

Born:1898.01.19 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1923.02.24
Consecrated Bishop:1946.05.19
Died:1977.01.31 († 79)

Bishop of Muro Lucano (Italy) (1946.02.14 – 1951.01.03)

Bishop of Calvi (Italy) (1951.01.03 – 1954.07.02)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1951.01.03 – 1954.07.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Matera (Italy) (1954.07.02 – 1974)

Bishop Vincenzo Bonaventura Medori
(1945.07.17 – 1950.08.12)

Born:1895.11.30 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1922.07.09
Consecrated Bishop:1945.09.30
Died:1950.08.12 († 54)

Bishop of Calvi (Italy) (1945.07.17 – 1950.08.12)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1945.07.17 – 1950.08.12)

Bishop Giacinto Tamburini
(1941.03.06 – 1944.01.08)

Born:1886.01.12 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1909.07.18
Consecrated Bishop:1941.04.27
Died:1944.01.08 († 57)

Bishop of Calvi (Italy) (1941.03.06 – 1944.01.08)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1941.03.06 – 1944.01.08)

Bishop Giuseppe Marcozzi
(1926.08.14 – 1940.04.21)

Born:1873.03.24 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:1926.12.08
Died:1940.04.21 († 67)

Bishop of Calvi (Italy) (1926.08.14 – 1940.04.21)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1926.08.14 – 1940.04.21)

Bishop Calogero Licata
(1916.04.14 – 1924.08.25)

Born:1872.10.20 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1897.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:1916.06.29
Died:1924.08.25 († 51)

Bishop of Calvi (Italy) (1916.04.14 – 1924.08.25)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1916.04.14 – 1924.08.25)

Bishop Albino Pella
(1908.08.19 – 1915.04.02)

Born:1865.07.04 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1888.02.24
Consecrated Bishop:1908.10.11
Died:1940.05.17 († 74)

Bishop of Calvi (Italy) (1908.08.19 – 1915.04.02)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1908.08.19 – 1915.04.02)

Bishop of Casale Monferrato (Italy) (1915.04.02 – 1940.05.17)

Bishop Alfonso Maria Giordano, C.SS.R. (later Archbishop)
(1884.10.20 – 1907.12.16)

Born:1835.03.23 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1858.03.20
Consecrated Bishop:1881.05.15
Died:1908.02.10 († 72)

Titular Bishop of Domitiopolis (1881.05.06 – 1884.10.20)

Coadjutor Bishop of Calvi (Italy) (1881.05.06 – 1884.10.20)

Coadjutor Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1881.05.06 – 1884.10.20)

Bishop of Calvi (Italy) (1884.10.20 – 1907.12.16)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1884.10.20 – 1907.12.16)

Titular Archbishop of Proconnesus (1907.12.16 – 1908.02.10)

Bishop Nicola Sterlini
(1840.04.27 – 1860.04.03)

Born:1798.03.17 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1822.03.23
Consecrated Bishop:1840.10.04
Died:1860.04.03 († 62)

Bishop of Calvi (Italy) (1840.04.27 – 1860.04.03)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1840.04.27 – 1860.04.03)

Bishop Giuseppe Trama
(1834.01.20 – 1837.10.06)

Born:1790.06.14
Ordained Priest:1815.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:1834.01.26

Bishop of Calvi (Italy) (1834.01.20 – 1837.10.06)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1834.01.20 – 1837.10.06)

Bishop Giuseppe Pezzella, O.E.S.A.
(1830.03.15 – 1833.01.03)

Born:1763.11.05 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1787.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:1823.12.07
Died:1833.01.03 († 69)

Bishop of Teramo (Italy) (1823.11.24 – 1828.06.18)

Titular Bishop of Zela (1828.06.23 – 1830.03.15)

Coadjutor Bishop of Calvi (Italy) (1828.06.23 – 1830.03.15)

Coadjutor Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1828.06.23 – 1830.03.15)

Bishop of Calvi (Italy) (1830.03.15 – 1833.01.03)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1830.03.15 – 1833.01.03)

Bishop Andrea de Lucia
(1818.06.27 – ?)

Born:1742.11.29 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1765.11.03
Consecrated Bishop:1792.03.04

Bishop of Calvi (Italy) (1792.02.27 – ?)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1818.06.27 – ?)

Bishop Nicola Vecchi
(1797.12.18 – 1808)

Born:1749.02.10
Ordained Priest:1773.03.06
Consecrated Bishop:1792.03.04
Died:1808 († 59)

Bishop of Conversano (Italy) (1792.02.27 – 1797.12.18)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1797.12.18 – 1808)

Bishop-elect Raffaele Pasca, O.S.B. Cas.
(1792.03.26 – ?)

Ordained Priest:1751.07.29
Consecrated Bishop:1792.04.09
Died:1795?

Abbot Ordinary of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy) (1781 – 1787)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1792.03.26 – ?)

Bishop Filippo d’Aprile
(1777.06.23 – 1792.02.27)

Born:1732.03.29
Ordained Priest:1755.05.24
Consecrated Bishop:1777.06.24
Died:1811.04 († 79)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1777.06.23 – 1792.02.27)

Bishop of Melfi (Italy) (1792.02.27 – 1811)

Bishop of Rapolla (Italy) (1792.02.27 – 1811)

Bishop Giovanni Giacomo Onorati
(1768.01.25 – 1777.05.12)

Ordained Priest:1745.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:1768.01.31
Died:1797.11.27

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1768.01.25 – 1777.05.12)

Bishop of Troia (Italy) (1777.05.12 – 1797.11.27)

Bishop Aniello Broya
(1755.11.17 – 1767.11)

Born:1712.04.08
Ordained Priest:1736.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:1755.11.23
Died:1767.11 († 55)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1755.11.17 – 1767.11)

Bishop Domenico Giordani (later Patriarch)
(1749.12.01 – 1755.07.07)

Born:1700.02.17 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1725.04.08
Consecrated Bishop:1749.12.08
Died:1781.02.24 († 81)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1749.12.01 – 1755.07.07)

Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia (1755.08.04 – 1766.12.22)

Patriarch of Antioch (1766.12.22 – 1781.02.24)

Bishop Angelo Longo, O.S.B.
(1746.03.09 – 1749.10.19)

Born:1700.02.14
Ordained Priest:1724.02.25
Consecrated Bishop:1746.03.13
Died:1749.10.19 († 49)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1746.03.09 – 1749.10.19)

Bishop Domenico Antonio Cirillo
(1724.02.14 – 1745.08)

Born:1675.02.04
Ordained Priest:1703.12.02
Consecrated Bishop:1718.01.16
Died:1745.08 († 70)

Bishop of Carinola (1718.01.10 – 1724.02.14)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1724.02.14 – 1745.08)

Bishop Giuseppe Del Pozzo
(1718.02.11 – 1723.08)

Born:1662.11.11
Ordained Priest:1687.12.27
Consecrated Bishop:1718.02.27
Died:1723.08 († 60)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1718.02.11 – 1723.08)

Bishop Domenico Pacifico
(1698.01.27 – 1717.09)

Born:1635.10.22
Ordained Priest:1671.01.04
Consecrated Bishop:1698.02.02
Died:1717.09 († 81)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1698.01.27 – 1717.09)

Bishop Giuseppe Nicola Giberti
(1681.05.12 – 1697.11.29)

Ordained Priest:1658.10.20
Consecrated Bishop:1681.05.18
Died:1699.10.06

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1681.05.12 – 1697.11.29)

Bishop Ottavio Boldoni, B.
(1660.11.15 – 1680.02)

Died:1680.02

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1660.11.15 – 1680.02)

Bishop Paolo Squillanti
(1654.12.07 – 1660.01.02)

Died:1660.01.02

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1654.12.07 – 1660.01.02)

Bishop Muzio de Rosis
(1642.07.14 – 1654.09)

Died:1654.09

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1642.07.14 – 1654.09)

Bishop Juan de Guevara, C.R.M.
(1627.03.22 – 1641.08)

Died:1641.08

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1627.03.22 – 1641.08)

Bishop Ovidio Lupari
(1623.01.09 – 1626)

Died:1626

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1623.01.09 – 1626)

Bishop Miguel Ángel Zaragoza Heredia
(1617.02.27 – 1622.08)

Died:1622.08

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1617.02.27 – 1622.08)

Bishop Angelo della Ciaia
(1616.02.24 – 1616.11)

Died:1616.11

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1616.02.24 – 1616.11)

Bishop Vincenzo Serafino
(1588.10.03 – 1615)

Died:1615

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1588.10.03 – 1615)

Bishop Vincenzo Brancaleoni
(1588.03.09 – 1588)

Died:1588

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1588.03.09 – 1588)

Bishop Giovanni Paolo Marincola
(1575.09.18 – 1588)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1575.09.18 – 1588)

Cardinal Archangelo de’ Bianchi, O.P.
(1566.09.16 – 1575.09)

Born:1516.10.04 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1566.09.21
Created Cardinal:1570.05.17
Died:1580.01.18 († 63)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1566.09.16 – 1575.09)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cesareo in Palatio pro hac vice Title (1570.07.03 – 1580.01.18)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Index (1575? – ?)

Bishop Girolamo Michele Nichesola, O.P.
(1557.01.11 – 1566.08)

Died:1566.08

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1557.01.11 – 1566.08)

Bishop Antonio Maria Sartori
(1535.04.30 – 1556)

Died:1556

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1535.04.30 – 1556)

Cardinal Giovanni Salviati
(Apostolic Administrator 1531.06.21 – 1535.04.30)

Bishop Francisco de Borja
(1508.06.05 – 1531)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1508.06.05 – 1531)

Cardinal Francisco de Borja
(Apostolic Administrator 1499.11.06 – 1508.07.05)

Bishop Francisco de Borja (later Cardinal)
(1495.08.19 – 1499.11.06)

Born:1441 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Created Cardinal in pectore:1500.09.28
Revealed as Cardinal:1500.10.02
Deposed as Cardinal:1511.10.24
Died:1511.11.04 († 69)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1495.08.19 – 1499.11.06)

Apostolic Administrator of Teano (Italy) (1499.11.06 – 1508.07.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cosenza (Italy) (1499.11.06 – 1511.11.04)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia (1500.10.05 – 1506.08.11)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1503.01 – 1504)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1506.08.11 – 1511.10.24)

Bishop Orso Orsini
(1474.03.22 – 1495)

Died:1495

Bishop of Tricarico (Italy) (1471.10.18 – 1474.03.22)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1474.03.22 – 1495)

Cardinal Niccolò Fortiguerra
(1458.11.25 – 1473.12.21)

Born:1419.10.07 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Created Cardinal:1460.03.05
Died:1473.12.21 († 54)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1458.11.25 – 1473.12.21)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia (1460.03.19 – 1473.12.21)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1462 – 1463)

Bishop Martino de Belinzo, O. Cist.
(1443.02.25 – 1458)

Died:1458

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1443.02.25 – 1458)

Bishop Giovanni Cristoforo Crisponi
(1418.01.26 – 1443)

Died:1443

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1418.01.26 – 1443)

Bishop Gaspare de Diano (later Archbishop)
(1412.06.30 – 1418?)

Died:1451.04.29

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1412.06.30 – 1418?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Conza (Italy) (1422 – 1438.02.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy) (1438.02.23 – 1451.04.29)

Bishop Niccolò de Diano (later Archbishop)
(1393.10.23 – 1411.03.12)

Died:1435.06.03

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1393.10.23 – 1411.03.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy) (1411.03.12 – 1435.06.03)

Bishop Antonio Petrucci
(1383? – 1393.09.27)

Died:1411

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1383? – 1393.09.27)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1393.09.27 – 1411)

Bishop of Penne (Italy) (1393.09.27 – 1411)

Bishop Alessandro
(1372.01.19 – 1375?)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1372.01.19 – 1375?)

Bishop Tommaso della Porta (later Archbishop)
(1369.03.05 – 1372.01.19)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1369.03.05 – 1372.01.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Reggio Calabria (Italy) (1372.01.19 – 1381)

Bishop Francesco da Messina, O.P.
(1363.12.20 – 1369)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1363.12.20 – 1369)

Bishop Giovanni Muzio
(1361.08.11 – 1363)

Died:1363

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1361.08.11 – 1363)

Bishop Marino Giudice (later Archbishop)
(1353.05.24 – 1361.04.16)

Died:1374?

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1353.05.24 – 1361.04.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy) (1361.04.16 – 1374?)

Bishop Bartolomeo Papazzurri, O.P. (later Archbishop)
(1348.05.30 – 1353.05.24)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1348.05.30 – 1353.05.24)

Bishop of Chieti (Italy) (1353.05.24 – 1363.07.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Patrasso (1363.07.21 – ?)

Bishop Omodeo
(1342.07.16 – ?)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1342.07.16 – ?)

Bishop Pietro
(1338.03.23 – ?)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1338.03.23 – ?)

Bishop Goffredo Galluzzi
(1310 – 1338)

Died:1338

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1310 – 1338)

Bishop Adenolfo
(1305? – 1309)

Died:1309

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1305? – 1309)

Bishop Nicola
(1296.08.09 – 1304)

Died:1304

Bishop of Sora (Italy) (? – 1295)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1296.08.09 – 1304)

Bishop Guglielmo
(1274? – 1295)

Died:1295

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1274? – 1295)

Bishop Ugo
(1254 – ?)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1254 – ?)

Bishop Roffredo
(1229? – 1239.10.23)

Died:1239.10.23

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1229? – 1239.10.23)

Bishop Teodino
(1193.09 – 1227)

Died:1227

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1193.09 – 1227)

Bishop Pietro
(1171? – 1192?)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1171? – 1192?)

Bishop Raul
(1144 – ?)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1144 – ?)

Saint Bishop Urbano di Teano
(356? – ?)

Feast:12.07

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (356? – ?)

Bishop.

Saint Bishop Amasio di Teano
(346? – 356)

Died:356
Feast:01.23

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (346? – 356)

Bishop.

Saint Bishop Paride di Teano
(333? – 346)

Died:346
Feast:08.05

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (333? – 346)

Bishop.

Former Prelates

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Churches by City (75)

Sessa Aurunca (←), Sora–Cassino–Aquino–Pontecorvo (↖), Isernia–Venafro (↑), Alife–Caiazzo (→), Capua (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 663 km²

Population: 80,400 Catholics (97.2% of 82,700 total)

Pastoral Centres: 72 parishes

Personnel: 61 priests (51 diocesan, 10 religious), 11 deacons, 117 religious (10 brothers, 107 sisters), 19 seminarians

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