Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno

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Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno

Archidioecesis Salernitana-Campaniensis-Acernensis
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Salerno Cathedral
Location
CountryItaly
Ecclesiastical provinceSalerno-Campagna-Acerno
Statistics
Area1,398 km2 (540 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2010)
552,000
540,000 (97.8%)
Parishes163
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established6th century
CathedralCattedrale-Basilica di S. Matteo (Salerno)
Co-cathedralConcattedrale-Basilica di S. Maria della Pace (Campagna)
Concattedrale di S. Donato (Acerno)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopLuigi Moretti
Bishops emeritusGerardo Pierro
Website
www.diocesisalerno.it
Co-cathedral in Campagna (left) Co-cathedral in Acerno

The Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno (Latin: Archidioecesis Salernitana-Campaniensis-Acernensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Campania, southern Italy, created in 1986. The historic Archdiocese of Salerno was in existence from the tenth century, having been elevated from a sixth-century diocese. The Diocese of Acerno was combined with the archdiocese in 1818.[1][2]

On Thursday, June 10, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Archbishop Luigi Moretti, until then the vice-gerent of the Vicariate of Rome, as Archbishop, succeeding Archbishop Gerardo Pierro.

History[]

Gaudentius was bishop in 499. Other bishops were: Asterius, who went to Constantinople with Pope Agapitus in 534; St Gaudiosus (eighth century); Petrus (834), formerly , who took refuge at Salerno when the Saracens destroyed his capital, and built the Church of San Giovanni Battista; Bernardus (850), who restored several buildings.

In the eighth century the city of Salerno was in the power of the Lombard dukes of Benevento. In 984 Salerno became an archiepiscopal see, the first archbishop being Amato. Other archbishops were:

  • San Alfano (1058–85), who received the exiled Pope Gregory VII
  • Romualdo I (1121)
  • Romualdo II Guarna (1153)
  • Nicolo Agello (1181)
  • Caesarius of Alagno (1225–63)
  • (1298), chancellor of the Duke of Calabria, whose successors, to (1330), resided at Avignon
  • (1441), who restored the cathedral
  • (d. 1482)
  • Giovanni Vera (1500), later a cardinal, who was sent on several pontifical legations to France and to England
  • Girolamo Seripando (1554), theologian and former general of the Augustinians, whose doctrines on justification, akin to those of Luther, were rejected at the Council of Trent, and who afterwards became a cardinal
  • Gaspar Cervantes de Gaeta (1564), who founded the seminary
  • (1568), who established another college for clerics
  • his nephew, (1574), the author
  • Mario Bolognini (1591), who distinguished himself in France in the controversies with the Huguenots;
  • (1658), who reformed the lives of the clergy;
  • (1664), a Theatine and reformer;
  • , who, after the annexation of the kingdom of Naples, was imprisoned without reason (1886), and at the beginning of the war with Austria was sent into exile.

From 1818 Salerno had for suffragans the diocese of Capaccio e Vallo, diocese of Policastro, diocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, and diocese of Nusco.

The See of Acerno, which appears a diocese since 1136, is united with it; among its bishops was the Franciscan (1493).\

Ordinaries[]

Diocese of Salerno[]

Latin Name: Salernitana
Erected: 6th Century

Archdiocese of Salerno[]

Latin Name: Salernitana
Elevated: 10th Century

  • Romualdo Guarna (1121 Appointed – 21 Jan 1136 Died)
...
  • , O.F.M. (3 Sep 1320 Appointed – 30 Apr 1321 Resigned)
  • , O.F.M. (30 Apr 1321 Appointed – 27 Jun 1330 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Sarlat)
...
  • (de Chateauneuf) (7 Jan 1349 Appointed – 8 Jan 1364 Appointed, Archbishop of Embrun)
...
  • (21 Apr 1449 Appointed – Apr 1471 Died)
  • (30 Aug 1471 Appointed – 18 Oct 1482 Died)
  • Giovanni d'Aragona (13 Jan 1483 Appointed – 17 Oct 1485 Died)
  • Juan de Vera (10 Jul 1500 Appointed – 4 May 1507 Died)
  • Federico Fregóso (5 May 1507 Appointed – 1529 Resigned)
  • Niccolò Ridolfi (7 Feb 1533 Appointed – 19 Dec 1548 Resigned)
  • (19 Dec 1548 Appointed – 13 Aug 1553 Died)
  • Girolamo Seripando, O.E.S.A. (30 Mar 1554 Appointed – 17 Apr 1563 Died)
  • Gaspar Cervantes de Gaeta (1 Mar 1564 Appointed – 23 Jul 1568 Appointed, Archbishop of Tarragona)
  • Marcantonio Colonna (seniore) (13 Oct 1568 Appointed – 25 Jun 1574 Resigned)
  • (25 Jun 1574 Appointed – 24 Apr 1589 Died)
  • Mario Bolognini (7 Jan 1591 Appointed – 25 Feb 1605 Died)[3]
  • Juan Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa (4 Dec 1606 Appointed – 28 Nov 1611 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Badajoz)[4]
  • Lucio Sanseverino (19 Nov 1612 Appointed – 25 Dec 1623 Died)
  • Gabriel Trejo y Paniagua (9 Jun 1625 Appointed – 12 Feb 1630 Died)
  • Giulio Savelli (28 Jan 1630 Appointed – 15 Sep 1642 Resigned)
  • Fabrizio Savelli (15 Sep 1642 Appointed – 1 Apr 1658 Resigned)
  • (1 Apr 1658 Appointed – Sep 1662 Died)
  • Gregorio Carafa (archbishop), C.R. (23 Jun 1664 Confirmed – 22 Feb 1675 Died)
  • , O. Carm. (22 Jun 1676 Confirmed – Oct 1688 Died)
  • (14 Nov 1689 Appointed – Nov 1690 Died)
  • , O. de M. (25 Jun 1692 Appointed – 19 Nov 1695 Died)
  • Bonaventura Poerio, O.F.M. Obs. (11 Nov 1697 Appointed – 18 Nov 1722 Died)
  • Pablo Vilana Perlas (12 May 1723 Confirmed – 6 May 1729 Died)
  • Giovanni Fabrizio de Capua (11 Dec 1730 Confirmed – 1 Mar 1738 Died)
  • Casimiro Rossi (5 May 1738 Appointed – 27 Dec 1758 Died)
  • Isidoro Sánchez de Luna, O.S.B. (28 May 1759 Confirmed – 13 May 1783 Resigned)
  • Giulio (Giovanni Michele) Pignatelli, O.S.B. (25 Jun 1784 Confirmed – 17 Aug 1796 Died)
  • Salvatore Spinelli, O.S.B. (18 Dec 1797 Confirmed – 8 Jan 1805 Died)
  • Fortunado Pinto (26 Jun 1805 Confirmed – 20 Nov 1825 Died)

Archdiocese of Salerno (-Acerno)[]

Latin Name: Salernitana (-Acernensis)
United: 27 June 1818 with the Diocese of Acerno

  • (19 Dec 1825 Confirmed – 30 Oct 1829 Died)
  • (30 Sep 1831 Confirmed – 28 Jul 1834 Died)
  • (6 Apr 1835 Confirmed – 5 Sep 1857 Died)
  • (21 Dec 1857 Confirmed – 9 Mar 1872 Died)
  • (6 May 1872 Appointed – 8 Mar 1877 Resigned)
  • (20 Mar 1877 Appointed – 22 Sep 1914 Died)
  • , O.S.B. (7 Apr 1915 Appointed – 30 Mar 1929 Died)
  • (5 Oct 1929 Appointed – 30 Mar 1944 Died)
  • (22 Jan 1945 Appointed – 22 Oct 1968 Died)
  • , P.I.M.E. (5 Feb 1969 Appointed – 20 Oct 1984 Resigned)
  • (20 Oct 1984 Succeeded – 12 Apr 1992 Died)

Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno[]

Latin Name: Salernitana-Campaniensis-Acernensis
 United: 30 September 1986 with the Diocese of Campagna

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salerno–Campagna–Acerno" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. ^ "Archbishop Mario Bolognini" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  4. ^ "Archbishop Juan Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016

Bibliography[]

  • Cappelletti, Le Chiese d'Italia, XX (Venice, 1857);

External links[]

  • "Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

Coordinates: 40°41′00″N 14°46′00″E / 40.6833°N 14.7667°E / 40.6833; 14.7667

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