Roman Catholic Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de' Goti
Latin:Dioecesis Cerretana-Thelesina-Sanctae Agathae Gothorum
Country:Italy
Province:Benevento
Area Km2:583
Population:88,322
Population As Of:2021
Catholics:86,289
Catholics Percent:97.7
Parishes:60
Denomination:Catholic Church
Rite:Roman Rite
Established:5th Century
Cathedral:SS. Trinità e Beata Vergine Maria Madre della Chiesa (Cerreto Sannita)
Cocathedral:Santissima Trinità (Telese Terme)
S. Maria Assunta (Sant’Agata de’ Goti)
Priests:53 (diocesan)
14 (Religious Orders)
2 Permanent Deacons
Bishop Title:Bishop
Bishop:Giuseppe Mazzafaro
Emeritus Bishops:Michele De Rosa
Website:www.diocesicerreto.it

The Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti (Latin: Dioecesis Cerretana-Thelesina-Sanctae Agathae Gothorum) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Campania, Italy, has existed since 1986, when the Diocese of Sant'Agata de' Goti was suppressed, and its territory and Catholic population united to the Diocese of Telese-Cerreto Sannita. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Benevento.[1] [2]

The cathedral of the diocese, the Cattedrale di SS. Trinità e Beata Vergine Maria Madre della Chiesa, dedicated to the Holy Trinity and, in a late-20th century addition, to Mary Mother of the Church, is located in Cerreto Sannita.

History

The first bishop of Telese mentioned is Florentius (465). Having fallen into decay, the town was rebuilt in the ninth century. From the tenth century it was subject to the Archbishop of Benevento.

In 1612, since Telese was almost completely depopulated, Bishop Gian Francesco Leoni transferred the episcopal residence to Cerrito (which came to be called Cerreto vecchio).[3] That Cerreto was completely destroyed in the great earthquake of 5 June 1688, with a death toll at around 4,000 in the city and county.[4] The survivors relocated to a new site, also called Cerreto or Cerreto Sannita.[5] Bishop de Belli reported that the cathedral and the episcopal palace of Cerreto vecchio were destroyed, that the cathedral Chapter lost eight of its members, the collegiate church of S. Martino lost its archpriest and two canons, and the larger part of the priests were killed. Thirty-eight nuns were killed, and fifteen Conventual Franciscans.[6]

Among its bishops were:

Cathedrals and important churches

The former Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Cerreto antiquo is in a ruined state.[8]

The diocese now has its episcopal seat in the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity and S. Leonardo in Cerreto Sannita.[9] The cathedral was administered by a corporation called the Chapter, which was composed of four dignities (the Archdeacon, the Primicerius major, the Primicerius minor, and the Archpriest) and ten canons. Due to the insalubrious state of Telese, the canons were non-residential.[10] In 1675, after the entire ecclesiastical establishment had moved to Cerreto, there were four dignities and twelve canons.[11] In 1747, there were four dignities and eleven canons.[12]

There is also a Co-Cathedral, the Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta, in Sant’Agata de’ Goti.[13]

There is also a minor basilica, the Basilica-Santuario di S. Maria Assunta e S. Filippo Neri, in Guardia Sanframondi, which had been rebuilt on earlier foundations and consecrated in 1465, and then again rebuilt after the great earthquake of 1688. The Oratorians of S. Philip Neri had been granted the use of the church by Pope Alexander VII in 1655.[14]

After the French

Following the extinction of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, the Congress of Vienna authorized the restoration of the Papal States and the Kingdom of Naples. Since the French occupation had seen the abolition of many Church institutions in the Kingdom, as well as the confiscation of much Church property and resources, it was imperative that Pope Pius VII and King Ferdinand IV reach agreement on restoration and restitution. Ferdinand demanded the suppression of fifty dioceses.[15]

A concordat was finally signed on 16 February 1818, and ratified by Pius VII on 25 February 1818. Ferdinand issued the concordat as a law on 21 March 1818.[16] On 27 June 1818, Pius VII issued the bull De Ulteriore, in which the ecclesiastical province of Benevento was restored, including it suffragans, among them the united dioceses of Cerreto e Telese.[17] The decision was also made to suppress permanently the diocese of Alife, and to incorporate its territory into the diocese of Cerreto e Telese.[18]

On 15 January 1820, after numerous protests, Pope Pius VII issued the bull "Adorandi Servatoris", by which he revoked and annulled the provisions of the bull "De Ulteriore" so far as they commanded the suppression of the diocese of Alife.[19] There was, however, an additional provision: that one and the same bishop would be the bishop of Alife and the bishop of Telese at the same time. aeque personaliter. He was to be called the bishop of "Alife e Telese".[20]

On 6 July 1852, in the bull "Compertum Nobis", Pope Pius IX made the decision to reverse the judgment of Pope Pius VII and restore the independence of the diocese of Alife, thereby separating its territory again from the power of the bishop of Cerreto e Telese.[21]

Diocesan Reorganization

Following the Second Vatican Council, and in accordance with the norms laid out in the council's decree, Christus Dominus chapter 40,[22] Pope Paul VI ordered a reorganization of the ecclesiastical provinces in southern Italy, beginning with consultations among the members of the Congregation of Bishops in the Vatican Curia, the Italian Bishops Conference, and the various dioceses concerned.

On 18 February 1984, the Vatican and the Italian State signed a new and revised concordat. Based on the revisions, a set of Normae was issued on 15 November 1984, which was accompanied in the next year, on 3 June 1985, by enabling legislation. According to the agreement, the practice of having one bishop govern two separate dioceses at the same time, aeque personaliter, was abolished. The Vatican continued consultations which had begun under Pope John XXIII for the merging of small dioceses, especially those with personnel and financial problems, into one combined diocese.

On 30 September 1986, Pope John Paul II ordered that the dioceses of Diocese of Telese-Cerreto Sannita and S. Agatha Gothorum be merged into one diocese with one bishop, with the Latin title Dioecesis Cerretana-Thelesina-Sanctae Agathae Gothorum. The seat of the diocese was to be in Cerreto, whose cathedral was to serve as the cathedral of the merged diocese. The cathedral in S. Agatha Gothorum was to have the honorary title of "co-cathedral"; the Chapter was to be a Capitulum Concathedralis. There was to be only one diocesan Tribunal, in Molfetta, and likewise one seminary, one College of Consultors, and one Priests' Council. The territory of the new diocese was to include the territory of the suppressed diocese. The new diocese was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Benevento.[23]

Bishops of Telese

Diocese erected: 5th Century

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[Mennas][26]

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Bishops of Telese o Cerreto Sannita

Latin name: Thelesina seu Cerretana

Sede vacante (1800 – 1818)[58]

Bishops of Telese o Cerreto e Alife

Bishops of Telese o Cerreto

Bishops of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti

United 30 September 1986 with Diocese of Sant’Agata de’ Goti

Latin Name: Cerretana-Thelesina-Sanctae Agathae Gothorum

See also

References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcerr.html "Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti"
  2. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/cerr0.htm "Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti"
  3. G. Moroni (ed.), "Telese,", in: Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica, Vol. 73 (Venezia: Tip. Emiliana 1855), p. 265.
  4. Mario Baratta, I terremoti d'Italia (Torino: Fratelli Bocca 1901), pp. 154-163, at p. 157: "Cerreto Sannita — quasi tutta rovinata: fra la città ed il contado 4000 morti."
  5. Giovanni Rossi, in: D'Avino, p. 664, column 1.
  6. Rossi, pp. 176-177.
  7. Rossi, pp. 198-204.
  8. Ughelli VIII, p. 367: "Cathedralis ecclesia, tit. S. Crucis, veteris structurae extra moenia civitatis ad 500 passus sita est. Reliquias Sanctorum insignes nullas habet, cum ob metum incursionum, in nobili oppodo Cerreti translatae sint."
  9. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica V, p. 374, note 1.
  10. Ughelli VIII, p. 367.
  11. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica V, p. 374, note 1.
  12. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 401, note 1.
  13. Acta Apostolicae Sedis 79 (Città del Vaticano 1987), pp. 803-805.
  14. The title of minor basilica was granted by Pope John Paul II in an Apostolic Letter entitled "Pro Explorato", signed on 23 September 1989. Acta Apostolicae Sedis 82 (Città del Vaticano 1990), pp. 41-42.
  15. Book: Francesco Scaduto. Stato e chiesa nelle due Sicilie dai Normanni ai giorni nostri. 1887. A. Amenta. Palermo. Italian. 42–58; 74–78.
  16. F. Torelli (1848), La chiave del concordato dell'anno 1818 I, second edition (Naples: Fibreno 1848), pp. 1-19.
  17. Pius VII, Bullarii Romani Continuatio Tomus 25 (Rome 1853), p. 58 § 15: "Ecclesia archiepiscopalis Beneventana dominio Sedis apostolicae etiam in temporalibus subjecta suffraganeas habere perget episcopales in regia ditione citra Pharum existentes ecclesias Avellinam, Arianensem, Bovinensem, Lucerinam, sancti Severi, Cerretanam et Thelesinam unitas, Bojanensem, Thermularum, Larinensem, et sanctae Agathae Gothorum.."
  18. "De Ulteriore", p. 58 § 11: "Praevia item suppressione episcopalis ecclesiae Aliphanae ex nunc pro tunc quando ex persona moderni antistitis Aliphani quomodocumque vacare contigerit, civitatem illam ac dioecesim adjungimus atque incorporamus episcopalibus ecclesiis unitis Cerretanae et Thelesinae."
  19. https://books.google.com/books?id=bG066Kabi4EC&pg=PA78 Collezione degli atti emanati dopo la pubblicazione del Concordato dell'anno 1819,
  20. Collezione degli atti..., pp. 36-40.
  21. https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2qm6npdLkEC&pg=PA134 Collezione degli atti emanati dopo la pubblicazione del Concordato dell'anno 1818
  22. https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decree_19651028_christus-dominus_en.html Christus Dominus
  23. Acta Apostolicae Sedis 79 (Città del Vaticano 1987), pp. 803-805.
  24. Florentius: J.D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus 7 (Florence: A. Zatta 1762), p. 967. Francesco Lanzoni (1927), Le diocesi d'Italia dalle origini al principio del secolo VII (an. 604),, (Faenza: F. Lega), p. 379.
  25. Mansi, p. 1171 with note 3. Lanzoni, p. 379. Kehr IX, p. 119: "Telesinum episcopatum iam saec. V exstitisse patet ex subscriptionibusFlorentii "Talesini" ep. in synodo Hilari pp. a. 465 et Agnelli ep. in concilio Felicis II a. 487 celebratis...."
  26. Mennas (c. 590-600) was not a bishop of Telese, but of a French diocese: Kehr IX, p. 117: "potius Telonensi sive Tolonensi (Toulon) episcopatui in Gallia sito adscribendus est." The name is derived from a forged bull of Pope Gregory I, according to Lanzoni, p. 379.
  27. Tommaso: Rossi, pp. 65-67.
  28. Petrus was present at the consecration of Bishop Porphyrius of Caserta in 1178. He attended the Third Lateran Council of Pope Alexander III in March 1179. Ughelli VIII, p. 368, reports him as still in office in 1189. Rossi, pp. 68-71.
  29. A bishop known only by his initial was appointed by Pope Gregory IV on 28 March 1240, after a contested election. He had been archdeacon of the Church of Telese, and was elected by the Chapter of the cathedral. Eubel I, p. 482.
  30. Rao: Rossi, pp. 71-74. Eubel I, p. 482
  31. Giacomo had previously been Bishop of Vulturara (12 January 1349 – 29 January 1353). He was appointed bishop of Telese by Pope Innocent VI on 29 January 1353. He died in 1372. Rossi, pp. 90-95. Eubel I, p. 483.
  32. Bishop Giacomo had previously been Bishop of Lavello (5 January 1371 – 14 July 1372); later Bishop of Nicastro (1398–?)
  33. Giovanni Casalialbulo was appointed by Pope Clement VII on 12 May 1386, in connection with the deposition of Bishop Giacomo. Eubel I, p. 483.
  34. Nicholas was appointed by Pope Clement VII on 29 August 1393. Eubel I, p. 483.
  35. Clemens was appointed by Pope Boniface IX on 26 August 1399. Rossi, pp. 96-97, mentioning the date 1407. Eubel I, p. 483.
  36. Marcutius: Rossi, pp. 97-100. Eubel I, p. 483.
  37. Fernandus: Rossi, pp. 100-103. Eubel II, p. 250.
  38. Meolo had been a canon of the cathedral of Benevento. He was named bishop of Telese by Pope Pius II on 14 June 1459. He was appointed Bishop of Muro Lucano by Pope Paul II on 8 October 1464. He died in 1486. Rossi, pp. 103-105. Eubel II, p. 197, 250.
  39. On 17 December 1483, Giudici was appointed Bishop of Penne e Atri by Pope Sixtus IV.
  40. On 12 February 1487, Agnesi was appointed Bishop of Lavello vy Pope Innocent VIII. David M. Cheney."Bishop Troilo Agnesi" Catholic-Hierarchy.org . Retrieved: 4 September 2016.
  41. Born in Naples of a family originating in Amalfi, Riccio had a brother, Michael, who had followed Louis XII to France, where he became senator in the Royal Council of Burgundy, and was appointed ambassador of Louis XII to Julius II. Andrea was appointed bishop of Telese by Pope Julius II on 24 October 1505. He died in 1515. Following his death, Cardinal Luigi d'Aragona held the diocese briefly in commendam. Rossi, pp. 111-114. Eubel III, p. 311.
  42. Caropipe was a native of Carreto, and was Archpriest of the Terra della Cerreto (1508). He held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure (JUD). In Naples he was a canon of the cathedral. In Rome, he was a canon of S. Marco, S. Andrea, and the Lateran Basilica. He was Primicerius of S. Maria Rotonda and of S. Maria Maggiore. He was appointed bishop of Telese by Pope Leo X, on 1 June 1515, and took part in the Fifth Lateran Council. He died in Cerreto on 10 July 1524. Rossi, pp. 115-117. Eubel III, p. 311.
  43. What his name actually was ("Gregorius (Jo. Georgius) de Peruscis", according to Eubel) is a matter of some confusion. He seems not to have visited the diocese. Rossi, pp. 118-120. Eubel III, p. 311.
  44. De Pretis was a native of Mantua. He was acolyte and crossbearer of Pope Clement VII (1523–1534). He was appointed bishop of Telese by Pope Clement on 6 October 1525. He died in Rome at the beginning of 1533. Rossi, p. 121 ("Non abbiamo di lui altra memoria"). Eubel III, p. 311.
  45. Born in Naples, Giaquinto (Jaquintus) belonged to a noble family of Caserta. He was a canon of the cathedral of Capua, and Vicar General of bishop of Capaccio. He was a canon of Telese, and Vicar General of Bishop Bonfilij. He was appointed bishop of Telese by Pope Paul III in the consistory of 30 April 1540. In 1544, he established the collegiate church of S. Martino in Cerreto. He died in 1548. Rossi, pp. 122-124. Eubel III, p. 311.
  46. Beraldo was a native of Palermo. He held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure (JUD). He was named bishop of Telese by Pope Paul III on 14 March 1548. He was appointed Bishop of Sant'Agata de' Goti on 1 October 1557, by Pope Paul IV. Eubel III, p. 311.
  47. Massarelli: He held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure (JUD).
  48. De'Rustici: next Bishop of Isernia)
  49. Bishop Moia died on 13 November 1674. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica V, p. 374, note 2.
  50. Born in Lecce, Cito held the degree of master of theology from his Order, and had been Provincial of the Dominican Province of Apulia. He was appointed bishop of Cerreto o Telese by Pope Clement X on 7 January 1675, and was consecrated a bishop on 6 May 1675. He held diocesan synods 1676, 1679, and 1681. He died on 19 September 1683. Rossi, pp. 172-173. Ritzler & Sefrin V, p. 374, note 3.
  51. De Belli was born in Rodio, a terra in the diocese of Capaccio (Salerno) in 1630. He held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure (JUD) (Roma, Sapienza 1684). He practiced law in the episcopal courts of Naples, and became an advocatus fisci in 1680. He was appointed bishop of Cerreto o Telese by Pope Innocent XI on 24 April 1684, and consecrated in Rome by Cardinal Alessandro Crescenzio. He held a diocesan synod in 1687. He endured the great earthquake of 1688, and reported on it in detail in his Ad Limina report of 1690. He died on 16 September 1693. Rossi, pp. 173-179. Ritzler & Sefrin V, p. 374, note 4.
  52. Gambaro: He held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure (JUD) (Naples 1670). Ritzler & Sefrin V, p. 374, note 5.
  53. Baccari: He held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure (JUD) (Macerata 1707). Ritzler & Sefrin V, p. 374, note 6.
  54. Falangola was appointed Bishop of Caserta on 29 May 1749, by Pope Benedict XIV. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 401 with note 2.
  55. Gentile: Ritzler & Sefrin VI, p. 401 with note 3.
  56. Pascali: Ritzler & Sefrin VI, p. 401 with note 4.
  57. Lupoli: Ritzler & Sefrin VI, p. 401 with note 5.
  58. Due to the French occupation of Italy, the abolition of the Papal States, and the deportation of Pope Pius VII to France, no episcopal offices in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies were validly filled. The Vicar Capitular who administered the diocese during the vacancy was Canon Vincenzo di Paola. Russo, pp. 205-206.
  59. Longobardi was born in Naples in 1755. He had been Preposito Generale of the Congregazione dei pii opere. He was consecrated in Naples on 3 January 1819, by Cardinal Luigi Ruffo. On 19 April 1822, Bishop Longobardi was also appointed Bishop of Alife by Pope Pius VII. This was in accordance with the bull De Ulteriore of 27 June 1818, uniting the two dioceses. Bishop Longobardo issued a pastoral to the two dioceses as Bishop of "Telese e Alife". He died on 23 September 1823 (or 1822, according to web-based sources). Russo, pp. 205-207. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VII, pp. 68, 365. The date of death of 1823 is also given by A. Baudrillart (ed.), Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques, Volume 2 (Paris: Letouzey 1914), p. 452.
  60. Born in Naples in 1758, Giovanni Battista de Martino de' Duchi di Pietra d'Oro entered the Congregazione de'Pii Operarj at the age of 16. He eventually became Preposito Generale. He was nominated by King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, and appointed Bishop of Telese o Cerreto and Bishop of Alife on the same day, 3 May 1824, by Pope Leo XII, who granted him an exemption from the usual examination of an episcopal candidate. On 11 June he made his formal entry into his diocese at Cerreto. In April 1826, as he was about to set out for Naples on business, he was stricken with pneumonia, from which he died on 1 May 1826. Rossi, pp. 208-210. Ritzler & Sefrin VII, p. 68.
  61. Carlo Puoti was born of a family of the high aristocracy in Naples in 1763. His family owned the fief of Castelpuoti, which gave them the title of Duke; his mother belonged to the patrician nobility of Lecce. His great-uncle Antonio had been Archbishop of Amalfi. He was nominated Archbishop of Rossano by King Ferdinand on 20 March 1818, and confirmed by Pius VII on 6 April. On the nomination of the king, he was transferred by Pope Pius IX to the diocese of Telese o Cerreto and to the diocese of Alife on 3 July 1826. He was permitted to retain the title of archbishop. He died on 14 March 1848. Rossi, pp. 211-216. Ritzler & Sefrin VII, pp. 68, 325.
  62. Sodo: Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VIII, p. 546.
  63. Jannachino: Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VIII, pp. 228, 546.
  64. In August 1997, Paciello was appointed Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti by Pope John Paul II.
  65. De Rosa was born in Acerna (Salerno) in 1940. He attended seminary preparatory schools, obtaining a licensate in theology from the theological faculty "San Luigi" in Naples in 1964. In 1966 he obtained a degree in theology from the Gregorian University in Rome. His career was mostly spent in teaching and administration in local and regional seminaries in Salerno and Naples. He was also an assistant at Azione Cattolica from 1976. He was named bishop of Cerreto on 23 May 1998 by Pope John Paul II, and was consecrated a bishop on 12 July. He retired at the age of 75 on 24 June 2016. Diocesi di Cerreto S.-Telese-S. Agata de' Goti, "Vescovo Emerito, S.E.R. Mons. Michele De Rosa," ; retrieved: 12 December 2022.
  66. On 12 December 2020, Battaglia was appointed Archbishop of Naples by Pope Francis.
  67. Mazzafaro was born in Naples in 1955. After leaving school, he worked in commerce for twenty years, associating himself with the Community of Sant'Eligio, whose regional "Responsabile" he became in 2000. He decided to join the priesthood, and was ordained in 2000, at the age of 45. He served as an assistant parish priest, and then pastor. He became the private secretary of the archbishop of Naples in 2011. In 2019, he became the Prelate of the Chapel of the Treasure of San Gennaro. Pope Francis appointed him bishop of Cerreto Sannita–Telese–Snat'Agata de'Goti on 7 May 2021. He was consecrated a bishop on 12 June 2021 by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe. Diocesi di Cerreto S.-Telese-S. Agata de' Goti, "S.E.R. Mons. Giuseppe Mazzafaro" ; retrieved: 12 December 2022.

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