Former Diocese of

Sarno

Italy Italy

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Sarno / Sarnen(sis) (Latin)

Suppressed

Notes: United æque principaliter with Cava de’ Tirreni 1818.06.27–1972.09.25

History

Past Ordinaries

Bishops of Sarno (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jolando Nuzzi
(1972.09.25 – 1986.09.30)

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)

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
(1818.06.27 – 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 Lorenzo Potenza
(1792.03.26 – 1811.09.01)

Born:1722.01.16
Ordained Priest:1745.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:1778.06.07
Died:1811.09.01 († 89)

Bishop of Ariano (Italy) (1778.06.01 – 1792.03.26)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1792.03.26 – 1811.09.01)

Bishop Giovanni Saverio Pirelli
(1760.08.19 – 1792.03.26)

Born:1726.05.24
Ordained Priest:1754.04.13
Consecrated Bishop:1760.07.27

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1760.08.19 – 1792.03.26)

Bishop of Ariano (Italy) (1792.03.26 – ?)

Bishop Francesco de Novellis
(1738.01.27 – 1760.05.11)

Born:1695.03.14
Ordained Priest:1718.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:1735.12.04
Died:1760.05.11 († 65)

Bishop of Nicotera (Italy) (1735.12.02 – 1738.01.27)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1738.01.27 – 1760.05.11)

Bishop Diego Di Pace
(1718.05.10 – 1737.11.28)

Born:1661.04.23
Consecrated Bishop:1718.05.29
Died:1737.11.28 († 76)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1718.05.10 – 1737.11.28)

Bishop Marcantonio Attaffi
(1706.11.14 – 1718.02.11)

Ordained Priest:1680.03.16
Consecrated Bishop:1706.12.12
Died:1733.08.17

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1706.11.14 – 1718.02.11)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1718.02.11 – 1733.08.17)

Bishop Nicola Antonio De Tura
(1673.09 – 1706.05)

Ordained Priest:1673.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:1673.12.21
Died:1706.05

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1673.09 – 1706.05)

Bishop Sisto Maria Pironti, O.P.
(1666.06.20 – 1673.08.12)

Born:1620.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:1666.05.09
Died:1673.08.12 († 53)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1666.06.20 – 1673.08.12)

Bishop Antonio De Matteis Corano
(1659.04.05 – 1665.10.08)

Died:1665.10.08

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1659.04.05 – 1665.10.08)

Bishop Stefano Sole De Castelblanco, C.R.
(1618 – 1657.10.21)

Consecrated Bishop:1618.11.04
Died:1657.10.21

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1618 – 1657.10.21)

Bishop Antonio d’Aquino (later Archbishop)
(1595.04.17 – 1618)

Consecrated Bishop:1595.05.01
Died:1627.08.27

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1595.04.17 – 1618)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1618 – 1627.08.27)

Archbishop Gerolamo Matteucci
(1583.08.08 – 1594.12.05)

Died:1609.01.21

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ragusa (Croatia) (1579.06.02 – 1583.08.08)

Archbishop-Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1583.08.08 – 1594.12.05)

Archbishop-Bishop of Tuscanella (Italy) (1594.12.05 – 1609.01.21)

Archbishop-Bishop of Viterbo (Italy) (1594.12.05 – 1609.01.21)

Bishop Paolo Fusco
(1578.02.17 – 1583.04.27)

Died:1583.04.27

Bishop of Ravello (Italy) (1570 – 1578.02.17)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1578.02.17 – 1583.04.27)

Bishop Vincenzo De Siena, O.P.
(1573.02.19 – 1577.01.10)

Died:1577.01.10

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1573.02.19 – 1577.01.10)

Bishop Vincenzo Ercolani, O.P.
(1569 – 1573)

Consecrated Bishop:1570.01.08
Died:1586.10.29

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1569 – 1573)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1573 – 1579.11.27)

Bishop of Perugia (Italy) (1579.11.27 – 1586.10.29)

Bishop Guglielmo Tuttavilla
(1548.04.27 – 1569)

Died:1569

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1548.04.27 – 1569)

Bishop Donato Martuccio
(1547.03.16 – 1548)

Died:1548

Bishop of Lavello (Italy) (1545.03.02 – 1547.03.16)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1547.03.16 – 1548)

Bishop Mario Ruffino
(1544.10.27 – 1547)

Consecrated Bishop:1545.03.21
Died:1548

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1544.10.27 – 1547)

Bishop of Melfi (Italy) (1547 – 1548)

Bishop of Rapolla (Italy) (1547 – 1548)

Bishop Francesco Sfondrati (later Cardinal)
(1543.10.12 – 1544.10.27)

Born:1493.10.26 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1543?
Created Cardinal:1544.12.19
Died:1550.07.31 († 56)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1543.10.12 – 1544.10.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy) (1544.10.27 – 1547.03.23)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1545.03.02 – 1547.10.10)

Bishop of Capaccio (Italy) (1547.03.23 – 1549.11.09)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia (1547.10.10 – 1550.07.31)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1549.11.09 – 1550.07.31)

Bishop Ludovico Gomez
(1534.04.24 – 1543)

Died:1543

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1534.04.24 – 1543)

Cardinal Pompeo Colonna
(Apostolic Administrator 1530.08.24 – 1532.06.28)

Cardinal Andrea Matteo Palmieri
(Apostolic Administrator 1529.05.24 – 1530.08.24)

Cardinal Silvio Passerini
(Apostolic Administrator 1524 – 1529.04.20)

Fr. Guglielmo Beltrando
(Apostolic Administrator 1519.06.20 – 1524)

Cardinal Silvio Passerini
(Apostolic Administrator 1518.02.18 – 1519.06.20)

Bishop Ludovico Platamone
(1517 – 1518.02.18)

Died:1540.05.30

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1517 – 1518.02.18)

Bishop of Siracusa (Italy) (1518.02.18 – 1540.05.30)

Cardinal Francisco de Remolins
(Apostolic Administrator 1513.06.22 – 1517.02.11)

Bishop Giorgio Maccafani de’ Pireto
(1501 – 1516)

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1498.09.24 – 1501)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1498.09.24 – 1501)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1501 – 1516)

Fr. Agostino Tuttavilla
(1496.07.06 – ? not possessed)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1496.07.06 – ? not possessed)

Bishop Andrea Dei Pazzi
(1482.02.16 – 1498)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1482.02.16 – 1498)

Bishop Andrea De Ruggiero
(1481.02.16 – 1482)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1481.02.16 – 1482)

Bishop Giovanni da Viterbo
(1478.09.30 – 1481.02.16)

Died:1496.11.25

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1478.09.30 – 1481.02.16)

Bishop of Crotone (Italy) (1481.02.16 – 1496.11.25)

Bishop Antonio de’ Pazzi
(1475 – 1477.02.26)

Died:1479

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1475 – 1477.02.26)

Bishop of Mileto (Italy) (1477.02.26 – 1479)

Bishop Ludovico Dell’Aquila
(1454 – 1470)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1454 – 1470)

Bishop Andrea da Nola
(1439.10.23 – 1454)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1439.10.23 – 1454)

Bishop Marco da Teramo
(1418.12.29 – 1439)

Died:1439

Bishop of Monopoli (Italy) (1400.03.24 – 1404.12.15)

Bishop of Bertinoro (Italy) (1404.12.15 – 1418.12.29)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1418.12.29 – 1439)

Bishop Francesco Anconitano
(1414 – 1419)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1414 – 1419)

Bishop Giovanni
(1408 – 1414)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1408 – 1414)

Bishop Francesco Mormile
(1407 – 1408)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1407 – 1408)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1408 – 1419)

Bishop Giovanni
(1404 – 1407)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1404 – 1407)

Bishop Giovanni
(1372 – 1404)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1372 – 1404)

Bishop Teobaldo
(1350.04.25 – 1370)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1350.04.25 – 1370)

Bishop Napoleone
(1340 – 1350)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1340 – 1350)

Bishop Francesco, O.F.M.
(1333.03.13 – 1340)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1333.03.13 – 1340)

Bishop Nicola
(1330 – 1333)

Died:1333

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1330 – 1333)

Bishop Napoleone
(1326 – 1330)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1326 – 1330)

Bishop Antonio da Ancona
(1324 – 1326)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1324 – 1326)

Bishop Ruggiero De Miramonte
(1316 – 1324)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1316 – 1324)

Bishop Ruggiero
(1316 – 1316)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1316 – 1316)

Bishop Ruggiero De Canalibus
(1310 – 1316)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1310 – 1316)

Bishop Guglielmo
(1296 – 1309)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1296 – 1309)

Bishop Giovanni
(1265 – 1296)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1265 – 1296)

Bishop Angelo d’Aquino
(1258 – 1265)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1258 – 1265)

Bishop Giovanni
(1224 – 1258)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1224 – 1258)

Bishop Giovanni
(1216 – 1224)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1216 – 1224)

Bishop Ruggiero
(1209 – 1216)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1209 – 1216)

Bishop Tibaldo
(1201 – 1208)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1201 – 1208)

Bishop Unfrido
(1180 – 1202)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1180 – 1202)

Bishop Giovanni
(1156 – 1180)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1156 – 1180)

Bishop Pietro
(1134 – 1156)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1134 – 1156)

Bishop Giovanni
(1119 – 1134)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1119 – 1134)

Bishop Giovanni
(1111 – 1118)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1111 – 1118)

Bishop Riso
(1066? – ?)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1066? – ?)

Former Prelates

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