Titular Episcopal See of

Capo della Foresta

Italy

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Titular Episcopal See

Name: Capo della Foresta (Italiano) / Buxentum (latine) / Buxentin(us) (Latin)

Location: Policastro Bussentino, pr. Salerno, Italy

History

500: Established as Diocese of Bussento (Italiano) / Buxentum (latine) / Buxentin(us) (Latin)
700: Suppressed
1058.03.24: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Policastro
1966: Restored as Titular Episcopal See of Capo della Foresta (Italiano) / Buxentum (latine) / Buxentin(us) (Latin)

Titular Bishop

Titular Bishop:

vacant

Past Ordinaries

Bishops of Bussento (Roman Rite)

Bishop Sabbazio
(649? – ?)

Bishop of Bussento (Italy) (649? – ?)

Bishop Rustico
(501? – 502?)

Bishop of Bussento (Italy) (501? – 502?)

Former Titular Bishops

Titular Bishop: Bishop Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán (56) (later Archbishop) (2016.12.14 – 2024.10.18)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Eugenio Andrés Lira Rugarcía (60) (2011.02.24 – 2016.09.22)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Joseph Karikkassery (79) (2006.11.25 – 2010.12.18)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Dominic J. Khumalo, O.M.I. (1978.02.27 – 2006.04.27)
Titular Bishop: Bishop José María Márquez Bernal, C.M.F. (1973.10.10 – 1977.11.03)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Desiderio Elso Collino (1972.01.21 – 1972.11.07)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Francisco Cedzich, S.V.D. (1968.05.11 – 1971.12.23)

Last updated on 2025.11.23

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