| Type: | bishop |
| Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency, The Most Reverend |
| Felice Accrocca | |
| Archbishop of Benevento | |
| Archdiocese: | Benevento |
| Appointed: | 18 February 2016 |
| Enthroned: | 12 June 2016 |
| Predecessor: | Andrea Mugione |
| Ordination: | 12 July 1986 |
| Consecration: | 15 May 2016 |
| Consecrated By: | Mariano Crociata |
| Birth Date: | 2 December 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Cori, Latina, Lazio |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Religion: | Roman Catholic |
| Motto: | Latin: Nisi dominus ædificaverit |
| Felice Accrocca | |
| Dipstyle: | |
| Offstyle: | Your Excellency |
| Relstyle: | Bishop |
Felice Accrocca (born 2 December 1959) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Archbishop of Benevento since 2016.
Felice Accrocca was born on 2 December 1959 in Cori in the province of Latina, Lazio. He studied at the seminary of the in Anagni. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno on 12 June 1986. Following ordination, he became an associate pastor at the Church of the Assumption of Mary in Cisterna di Latina. In 1989, he became a parish priest at the Church of Saint Luke in Latina, where he remained until 2004. He was then transferred to the Church of Saint Pius X, also in Latina. Finally, he was appointed a parish priest at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Latina in 2012.
He was also the coordinator of the diocese's lay groups, managing editor of the monthly diocese magazine "Chiesa Pontina," and was the episcopal vicar for pastoral affairs.
Accrocca was also a professor of medieval history at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he furthered his studies of the medieval Franciscans, publishing numerous books and essays.
On 18 February 2016, Pope Francis appointed Accrocca Archbishop of Benevento, succeeding Andrea Mugione who retired due to age.[1] [2] On 15 May he was consecrated a bishop by Mariano Crociata, Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno and co-consecrators Archbishop Giuseppe Petrocchi and Archbishop Andrea Mugione in the Church of the Sacred Heart where he had been pastor.[3] He was installed on 12 June and received his pallium as metropolitan from Pope Francis on 29 June in St. Peter's Basilica. He chose as his episcopal motto Nisi dominus ædificaverit (Unless the Lord build the house), the opening verse of (Psalm 127).
On 5 December 2020, Pope Francis named him a member of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.[4]
Within the Italian Episcopal Conference he is a member of the commissions for evangelization and for interchurch cooperation.[5]