Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia

Archdiocese of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia Archidioecesis Surrentina-Castri Maris o Stabiensis
File:Cattedrale dei Santi Filippo e Giacomo 1.JPG Sorrento Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Naples
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 240,900 240,000 (99.6%)
Parishes	87
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	5th Century
Cathedral	Cattedrale di Ss. Filippo e Giacomo (Sorrento)
Co-cathedral	Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Castellammare di Stabia)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Francesco Alfano
Emeritus Bishops	Felice Cece
Website
www.diocesisorrentocmare.it

File:Cattedrale di Castellammare di Stabia.jpg

Co-cathedral in Castellammare di Stabia

The Italian Catholic Archdiocese of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia (Latin: Archidioecesis Surrentina-Castri Maris o Stabiensis) in Campania, has existed since 1986. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples, having lost its status as a metropolitan in 1979. The Diocese of Castellammare di Stabia was united into the historic Archdiocese of Sorrento, in 1986.

History

Among the known bishops of Sorrento the first is St. Renatus, at the beginning of the fifth century. His successor was St. Valerius, who died in 453; Rosarius was present at Rome in 499. The Sorrentines venerate other bishops of the see:

• St. Athanasius
• St. Johannes (about 594)
• St. Amandus (d. 617)
• St. Baculus (seventh century)
• St. Hyacinthus (679).

In the tenth century it became a metropolitan see, the first archbishop being Leo Parus. Among its bishops were Francesco Remolino (1501), who was made a prisoner by the Turks and ransomed with the treasures of the church (in part his own donations), and Filippo Strozzi (1525), said to have been three times rescued from prison in the sack of Rome in 1527.

In 1558 the Turks under Piyale Pasha effected a landing at Salerno, and plundered and burned the city, on which occasion the archives perished. The new bishop, Giulio Pavesi, sought to repair the damages. Diego Pietra (1680) founded the seminary, afterwards enlarged by Filippo Anastasi (1699); the latter defended the immunities of the Church and was forcibly exiled to Terracina. In 1861 Francesco Apuzzo was, by order of the new Government, exiled to France.

In 1818 the diocese of Massa Lubrense, diocese of Vico Equense, a suffragan of the archdiocese of Amalfi, and the diocese of Capri were united with Sorrento.

Ordinaries

Diocese of Sorrento

Erected: 5th Century
Latin Name: Surrentinus

Archdiocese of Sorrento

Elevated: 1068
Latin Name: Surrentinus

• Francesco (27 Feb 1306 - 1318 Died)
• Ricardo (8 Jun 1319 - 1320 Died)

...

• Antonio Bretone (Ferrier) (18 Apr 1440 - 23 Jul 1442 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Orange)
• Domizio Falangola (17 Oct 1442 - 8 Jan 1470 Died)
• Scipione Cicinelli (15 Jan 1470 - 22 Mar 1474 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Tricarico)
• Giacomo de Sanctis (22 Jun 1474 - Aug 1479 Died)
• Nardo Mormile (12 May 1480 - 1493 Died)
• Menelao Gennari (28 Aug 1493 - 1499 Died)
• Francisco de Remolins (31 Mar 1501 Confirmed - 23 Jan 1512 Appointed, Administrator of Palermo)
• Gilberto Remolón (22 Oct 1512 - 1525 Died)
• Filippo Strozzi (bishop), O.P. (18 Aug 1525 - 20 Jun 1530 Resigned)
• Florent Coquerelle (20 Jun 1530 - 1544 Died)
• Bernardino Silverii-Piccolomini (13 Apr 1545 - Oct 1552 Died)
• Bartolomeo Albani (22 Oct 1552 - May 1558 Died)
• Giulio Pavesi, O.P. (20 Jul 1558 - 11 Feb 1571 Died)
• Lelio Brancaccio (bishop) (20 Jun 1571 - 15 Nov 1574 Appointed, Archbishop of Taranto)
• Giuseppe Donzelli, O.P. (14 Jul 1574 - 22 Apr 1588 Died)
• Muzio Bongiovanni (27 Apr 1588 - 27 Nov 1590 Died)
• Carlo Baldini (18 Feb 1591 - Mar 1598 Died)
• Gerolamo Provenzale (1 Jun 1598 - 22 Mar 1612 Died)
• Giovanni Antonio Angrisani, C.R. (4 Jun 1612 - 29 Aug 1641 Died)
• Antonio del Pezzo (27 Nov 1641 - 12 Mar 1659 Died)
• Paolo Suardo, C.O. (10 Nov 1659 - 29 Jul 1679 Died)
• Diego Petra (29 Apr 1680 - 1 Feb 1699 Died)
• Filippo Anastasio (11 Apr 1699 - 13 Dec 1724 Resigned)
• Ludovico Agnello Anastasio (20 Dec 1724 - 19 Feb 1758 Died)
• Giuseppe Sersale (13 Mar 1758 - 10 Jan 1759 Died)
• Silvestro Pepe (4 Apr 1759 - 23 Jun 1803 Died)
• Vincenzo Calà (26 Jun 1805 - 1 May 1817 Died)

Territory Added: 1818 from the suppressed Diocese of Massa Lubrense, the suppressed Diocese of Vico Equense, and the suppressed Diocese of Capri

• Michele Spinelli, C.R. (6 Apr 1818 - 23 Oct 1824 Died)
• Gabriele Papa (20 Dec 1824 - 26 Apr 1837 Died)
• Nicola Giuseppe Ugo (18 Feb 1839 - 14 Aug 1843 Died)
• Domenico Silvestri (17 Jun 1844 - 15 Sep 1848 Died)
• Leone Ciampa, O.F.M. Disc. (22 Dec 1848 - 9 Sep 1854 Died)
• Francesco Saverio Apuzzo (23 Mar 1855 - 24 Nov 1871 Appointed, Archbishop of Capua)
• Mariano Ricciardi (24 Nov 1871 - 23 Aug 1876 Died)
• Leopoldo Ruggiero (12 Mar 1877 - 11 Mar 1886 Died)
• Giuseppe Giustiniani (7 Jun 1886 - 2 Jul 1917 Died)
• Paolo Jacuzio (9 Jul 1917 - 19 May 1944 Died)
• Carlo Serena (22 Oct 1945 Succeeded - 30 Jul 1972 Died)
• Raffaele Pellecchia (30 Jul 1972 Succeeded - 3 May 1977 Died)
• Antonio Zama (27 Aug 1977 - 7 Jul 1988 Died)

Archdiocese of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia

United: 30 September 1986 with the Diocese of Castellammare di Stabia
Latin Name: Surrentinus-Castri Maris o Stabiensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Naples

• Felice Cece (8 Feb 1989 - 10 Mar 2012 Retired)
• Francesco Alfano (10 Mar 2012 - )

Notes

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