Former Diocese of

Cava de’ Tirreni

Italy Italy

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Cava de’ Tirreni / Caven(sis) (Latin)

Suppressed

Notes: United æque principaliter with Sarno 1818.06.27–1972.09.25

History

Past Ordinaries

Bishops of Cava de’ Tirreni (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Ferdinando Palatucci
(1982.01.30 – 1986.09.30)

Born:1915.04.12 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1938.07.24
Consecrated Bishop:1968.12.22
Died:2005.04.30 († 90)

Bishop of Nicastro (Italy) (1968.10.12 – 1982.01.30)

Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy) (1982.01.30 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy) (1982.01.30 – 1986.09.30)

Archbishop of Amalfi–Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1990.07.28)

Bishop Jolando Nuzzi
(1972.09.25 – 1982.01.30)

In humilitate veritas et justitia

Born:1911.02.02 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1935.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:1959.10.18
Died:1986.12.27 († 75)

Titular Bishop of Emmaüs (1959.08.08 – 1961.05.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (Italy) (1959.08.08 – 1961.05.20)

Bishop of Campagna (Italy) (1961.05.20 – 1971.01.04)

Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani (Italy) (1971.01.04 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy) (1972.09.25 – 1982.01.30)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1972.09.25 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Nocera Inferiore–Sarno (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1986.12.27)

Bishops of Cava (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alfredo Vozzi (later Archbishop)
(1953.09.25 – 1972.09.25)

Born:1905.12.21 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1928.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:1953.11.30
Died:1988.02.20 († 82)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1953.09.25 – 1972.09.25)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1953.09.25 – 1972.09.25)

Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy) (1972.09.25 – 1982)

Bishop Gennaro Fenizia
(1948.07.21 – 1952.11.15)

Born:1889.07.10 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1914.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:1938.10.30
Died:1952.11.15 († 63)

Bishop of Nardò (Italy) (1938.08.17 – 1948.07.21)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1948.07.21 – 1952.11.15)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1948.07.21 – 1952.11.15)

Bishop Francesco Marchesani
(1939.01.30 – 1948.04.22)

Born:1889.04.16 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1914.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:1939.03.19
Died:1971.07.04 († 82)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1939.01.30 – 1948.04.22)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1939.01.30 – 1948.04.22)

Bishop of Chiavari (Italy) (1948.04.22 – 1971.07.04)

Bishop Pasquale Dell’Isola
(1928.09.20 – 1938.01.14)

Born:1868.07.30 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:1928.11.11
Died:1938.01.14 († 69)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1928.09.20 – 1938.01.14)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1928.09.20 – 1938.01.14)

Bishop Pasquale Ragosta
(Apostolic Administrator 1925 – 1928)

Bishop Luigi Lavitrano (later Cardinal)
(1914.05.25 – 1924.07.16)

Per crucem ad astra

Born:1874.03.07 (Forio, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1898.03.21
Consecrated Bishop:1914.06.21
Created Cardinal:1929.12.16
Died:1950.08.02 (Villini, Italy † 76)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1914.05.25 – 1924.07.16)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1914.05.25 – 1924.07.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento (Italy) (1924.07.16 – 1928.09.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy) (1928.09.29 – 1944.12)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite (1929.12.19 – 1950.08.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1937.10.26 – 1946.12.20)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious (1945.05.14 – 1950.08.02)

Bishop Giuseppe Izzo
(1890.12.03 – 1914.01.15)

Born:1848.03.19 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1872.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:1889.06.09
Died:1914.01.15 († 65)

Titular Bishop of Etalonia (1889.05.24 – 1890.12.03)

Coadjutor Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1889.05.24 – 1890.12.03)

Coadjutor Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1889.05.24 – 1890.12.03)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1890.12.03 – 1914.01.15)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1890.12.03 – 1914.01.15)

Bishop Giuseppe Carrano
(1874.06.15 – 1890.12.03)

Born:1809.03.19 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1831.12.17
Died:1890.12.03 († 81)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1874.06.15 – 1890.12.03)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1874.06.15 – 1890.12.03)

Bishop Salvatore Fertitta
(1844.01.26 – 1873.10.31)

Born:1786.01.19 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1811.03.09
Consecrated Bishop:1844.03.31
Died:1873.10.31 († 87)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1844.01.26 – 1873.10.31)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1844.01.26 – 1873.10.31)

Bishop Tommaso Bellacosa
(1834.06.23 – 1843)

Ordained Priest:1803.12.31
Consecrated Bishop:1834.06.30
Died:1855.03.17

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1834.06.23 – 1843)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1834.06.23 – 1843)

Bishop Silvestro Granito
(1816 – 1832.12.18)

Born:1756.10.19
Consecrated Bishop:1818.04.12
Died:1832.12.18 († 76)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1816 – 1832.12.18)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1818.06.27 – 1832.12.18)

Bishop Michele Tafuri
(1778.06.01 – 1796.10.06)

Born:1712.09.26
Ordained Priest:1743.04.13
Consecrated Bishop:1765.08.18
Died:1796.10.06 († 84)

Bishop of Ravello (Italy) (1765.08.05 – 1778.06.01)

Bishop of Scala (Italy) (1765.08.05 – 1778.06.01)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1778.06.01 – 1796.10.06)

Bishop Pietro Di Gennaro
(1765 – 1778)

Born:1705.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1765.08.11

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1765 – 1778)

Bishop Niccolò Borgia
(1751 – 1765.03.27)

Born:1700.05.06
Ordained Priest:1723.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:1751.07.11
Died:1779.04.06 († 78)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1751 – 1765.03.27)

Bishop of Aversa (Italy) (1765.03.27 – 1779.04.06)

Bishop Domenico Maria Liguori, C.R.
(1730 – 1751)

Born:1679.02.19
Ordained Priest:1702.06.04
Consecrated Bishop:1718.01.16
Died:1751.05 († 72)

Bishop of Lucera (Italy) (1717.12.17 – 1730)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1730 – 1751)

Bishop Marino Carmignano
(1703 – 1729)

Ordained Priest:1696.12.22
Died:1729.12

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1703 – 1729)

Bishop Giuseppe Pignatelli
(1696 – 1703)

Consecrated Bishop:1696.12.21
Died:1703.03.22

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1696 – 1703)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Giberti
(1683.02.15 – 1696.12.17)

Consecrated Bishop:1683.02.21
Died:1720.11.26

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1683.02.15 – 1696.12.17)

Bishop of Fano (Italy) (1696.12.17 – 1720.11.26)

Bishop Gaetano D’Afflitto
(1669 – 1682)

Born:1615.04.27
Died:1682.04 († 67)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1669 – 1682)

Bishop Luigi De Gennaro
(1659 – 1669)

Consecrated Bishop:1660.04.11

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1659 – 1669)

Bishop Girolamo Lanfranchi
(1636 – 1659)

Consecrated Bishop:1637.01.25

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1636 – 1659)

Bishop Matteo Granito (later Archbishop)
(1623 – 1635)

Born:1579
Consecrated Bishop:1623.03.26
Died:1638.05.30 († 58)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1623 – 1635)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy) (1635 – 1638)

Bishop Cesare Lippi
(1606 – 1622)

Consecrated Bishop:1606.12.24
Died:1622.05

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1606 – 1622)

Bishop Gesare Alemagna
(1571 – 1606)

Consecrated Bishop:1572.10.19
Died:1606.09.28

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1571 – 1606)

Bishop Tommaso Caselli, O.P.
(1550.10.03 – 1571)

Bishop of San Leone (Italy) (1542.12.11 – 1544.10.27)

Bishop of Bertinoro (Italy) (1544.10.27 – 1548.05.07)

Bishop of Oppido Mamertina (Italy) (1548.05.07 – 1550.10.03)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1550.10.03 – 1571)

Bishop Giovanni Tommaso Sanfelice
(1520.03.14 – 1550)

Born:1494
Died:1585.03.06 († 90)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1520.03.14 – 1550)

Bishop of Venosa (Italy) (1584.05.04 – 1585.03.06)

Bishop Pietro Sanfelice
(1515 – 1519)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1515 – 1519)

Cardinal Luigi d’Aragona
(Apostolic Administrator 1511 – 1514.05.05)

Bishop Crisostomo D’Alessandro, O.S.B. Cas.
(1511 – 1513)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1511 – 1513)

Abbot Ordinary of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy) (1512 – 1517)

Bishop Paolo da Milano
(1507 – 1511)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1498 – 1499)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1507 – 1511)

Bishop Benedetto da Vicenza
(1506 – 1507)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1506 – 1507)

Bishop Michele Tarsia
(1504 – 1506)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1504 – 1506)

Bishop Giustino da Taderico-Harbès
(1503 – 1504)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1499 – 1501)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1503 – 1504)

Bishop Vincenzo De Riso
(1501 – 1503)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1501 – 1503)

Bishop Giustino da Taderico-Harbès
(1499 – 1501)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1499 – 1501)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1503 – 1504)

Bishop Paolo da Milano
(1498 – 1499)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1498 – 1499)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1507 – 1511)

Bishop Arsenio da Terracina
(1497 – 1498)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1497 – 1498)

Cardinal Oliviero Carafa
(Apostolic Administrator 1485 – 1497.04.15)

Cardinal Giovanni d’Aragona
(Apostolic Administrator 1465 – 1485.10.17)

Cardinal Ludovico Scarampi-Mezzarota Trevisano
(Apostolic Administrator 1444.09.03 – 1465.03.22)

Cardinal Angelotto Fosco
(Apostolic Administrator 1431 – 1444.09.12)

Bishop Angelotto Fosco (later Cardinal)
(1426.05.22 – 1431)

Born:1378 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1418.11.20
Created Cardinal:1431.09.19
Died:1444.09.12 († 65)

Bishop of Anagni (Italy) (1418.02.04 – 1426.05.22)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1426.05.22 [1428.07.11] – 1431)

Apostolic Administrator of Cava (Italy) (1431 – 1444.09.12)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco (1431.09.19 – 1444.09.12)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1437 – 1438)

Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (1437 – 1444.09.12)

Bishop Sagace dei Conti
(1419.11.13 – 1426.02.04)

Died:1448

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1419.11.13 – 1426.02.04)

Bishop of Carpentras (France) (1426.02.04 – 1446.05.30)

Bishop of Spoleto (Italy) (1446.05.30 – 1448)

Bishop Francesco Mormile
(1408 – 1419)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1407 – 1408)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1408 – 1419)

Bishop Francesco de Aiello (later Archbishop)
(1394 – 1407.12)

Died:1453

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1394 – 1407.12)

Bishop of Todi (Italy) (1407.12 – 1424)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bari e Canosa (Italy) (1424 – 1453)

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