Diocese of Nusco was a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in

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, southern

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, and was a

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of the

archdiocese of Salerno The Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno ( la, 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 f ...

. In 1986 the diocese was suppressed, and its territory was united with the

archdiocese of Conza-Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...

, to form the

Archdiocese of Conza-Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Nusco-Bisaccia In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...

.GCatholic.org: "Diocese of Nusco"
retrieved February 17, 2016.

History

Nusco Nusco (Irpino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Avellino (Campania region) in the south of Italy, east of Naples, with c. 4,100 inhabitants. It is situated in the mountains between the valleys of the Calore Irpino and Ofanto Rivers ...

is in the Italian civil

province of Avellino The Province of Avellino ( it, Provincia di Avellino) is a province in the Campania region of Southern Italy. The area is characterized by numerous small towns and villages scattered across the province; only two towns have a population over 20,0 ...

. The town is 22.08 mi (35.54 km) from Salerno in a direct line, but 44.3 mi (71.3 km) by land transportation, which takes one hour and ten minutes. In 1753, the town had a population estimated at 1,100 persons. In 2017, there were 4,148 inhabitants. In 1980, the entire diocese had a population of 32,775. The diocese of Nusco dates from the eleventh century. The cathedral of Nusco was originally dedicated in honor of S. Stephen the Protomartyr, but as its bishop Amatus came to be honored as a saint, the title of the cathedral was changed to S. Amatus. The cathedral was administered by a Chapter, composed of four dignities (the Archdeacon, the Archpriest, the Primicerius Major, and the Primicerius Minor) and six canons. In 1614, there were four dignities and eight canons. The diocese of Nusco was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Salerno.

Concordat of 1818

Following the extinction of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, the

Congress of Vienna The Congress of Vienna (, ) of 1814–1815 was a series of international diplomatic meetings to discuss and agree upon a possible new layout of the European political and constitutional order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon B ...

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 most Church property and resources, it was imperative that

Pope Pius VII Pope Pius VII ( it, Pio VII; born Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti; 14 August 1742 – 20 August 1823), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 14 March 1800 to his death in August 1823. Chiaramonti was also a m ...

and

King Ferdinand IV Ferdinand I (12 January 1751 – 4 January 1825) was the King of the Two Sicilies from 1816, after his restoration following victory in the Napoleonic Wars. Before that he had been, since 1759, Ferdinand IV of the Kingdom of Naples and Ferdinand ...

reach agreement on restoration and restitution. Ferdinand, however, was not prepared to accept the pre-Napoleonic situation, in which Naples was a feudal subject of the papacy. Lengthy, detailed, and acrimonious negotiations ensued. In 1818, a new concordat with the

Kingdom of the Two Sicilies The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies ( it, Regno delle Due Sicilie) was a kingdom in Southern Italy from 1816 to 1860. The kingdom was the largest sovereign state by population and size in Italy before Italian unification, comprising Sicily and a ...

committed the pope to the suppression of more than fifty small dioceses in the kingdom. On 27 June 1818, in the bull "De Utiliori",

restored the ecclesiastical provinces in the Kingdom of Naples, and reorganized the suffragans. The archdiocese of Salerno was assigned as its suffragans the dioceses of Capaccio, Policastro, Marsico, and Nusco; the diocese of Acerno was given to the archbishop of Salerno in administratorship. In the case of Nusco, the diocese of Montemarano was completely suppressed, and its territory and town incorporated into the diocese of Nusco.

Diocesan Reorganization

Following the

Second Vatican Council The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the , or , was the 21st Catholic ecumenical councils, ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church. The council met in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome for four periods (or sessions) ...

, and in accordance with the norms laid out in the council's decree, ''Christus Dominus'' chapter 40, Pope Paul VI ordered a reorganization of the ecclesiastical provinces in southern Italy.

Pope Paul VI Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City, Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his ...

ordered consultations among the members of the Congregation of Bishops in the Vatican Curia, the Italian Bishops Conference, and the various dioceses concerned. After twenty years, problems and objections were still apparent. On 18 February 1984, the Vatican and the Italian State signed
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 Pope John XXIII ( la, Ioannes XXIII; it, Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, ; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in June 19 ...

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 Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

ordered that the dioceses of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi, Conza, Nusco, and Bisaccia be merged into one diocese with one bishop, with the Latin title ''Archidioecesis Sancti Angeli de Lombardis-Compsana-Nuscana-Bisaciensis''. The seat of the diocese was to be in Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi, and the cathedral of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi was to serve as the cathedral of the merged diocese. The cathedrals in Conza, Nusco, and Bisaccia were to become co-cathedrals, and their cathedral Chapters were each to be a ''Capitulum Concathedralis''. There was to be only one diocesan Tribunal, in Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi, 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 dioceses of Conza, Nusco, and Bisaccia. The new archdiocese was to be a suffragan of the archdiocese of Benevento. The first archbishop of the new archdiocese of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia was Antonio Nuzzi, who had been Bishop of Nusco from 21 February 1981 to 30 September 1986.

Bishops of Nusco

to 1600

Amatus of Nusco Amatus of Nusco, in Italian Amato di Nusco (c. 1003–1093) was the first bishop of Nusco in Irpinia, southern Italy. The most likely account of him is that he was of noble birth, a native of the South of Italy, that he distributed all his wo ...

(1076-1093) * Guido (1104) *Rogerius (attested 1143–1147) *Willelmus attested 1164, 1167) * Rogerius (1198) :... *Lucas (c. 1240?) *Jacobus, O.Min. (by 1285). *P - - - :... *Rogerius Gesualdo (d. 1350) *Franciscus (1350–1365) *Arnaldus (1365–1374) *Angelo Vitale (1375–1394) ''Roman Obedience'' *Petrus, O.Min. (13 ?–1392) ''Avignon Obedience'' *Marcus de Porres (1394–1396) ''Roman Obedience'' *Angelo Barrili (1396–1400) ''Roman Obedience'' *Bernardus (1400– ? ) *Guillelmus *Antonius (1418–1435) *Carluccio Paolucci (1435–1446) *

Giovannuccio Pasquali Giovannuccio Pasquali (died 1471) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nusco (1446–1471). Biography Giovannuccio Pasquali was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. In 1446, he was appointed by Pope Eugene IV as Bish ...

, O.F.M. (1446–1471) *

Stefano Moscatelli Stefano Moscatelli (died 1485) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nusco (1471–1485). Biography On 11 Oct 1471, Stefano Moscatelli was appointed by Pope Sixtus IV as Bishop of Nusco Diocese of Nusco was a Roman Catholic eccle ...

(11 October 1471 – 1485) *

Antonio Maramaldo Antonio Maramaldo (died 1514) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Roman Catholic Diocese of Nusco, Bishop of Nusco (1485–1514). On 21 November 1485, Antonio Maramaldo was appointed by Pope Innocent VIII as Roman Catholic Diocese of Nusco ...

(21 November 1485 – 1514) *

Marino Acciabianca Marino Acciabianca (died 1523) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nusco (1514–1523). Biography On 16 December 1513, Marino Acciabianca was appointed by Pope Leo X as Coadjutor Bishop of Nusco and succeeded to the bishopric in ...

(1514 – 1523 Resigned) * Gerolamo Acciabianca (17 June 1523 – 1537) * Pietro Paolo Parisio (11 January 1538 – 11 May 1545) *

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(1 June 1545 –1563) *

Alessandro Gadaletta Alessandro Gadaletta (died 1572) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nusco (1563–1572). Biography On 30 Jan 1563, Alessandro Gadaletta was appointed by Pope Pius IV as Bishop of Nusco Diocese of Nusco was a Roman Catholic ec ...

(30 January 1563 – 1572) *

Pietro Persio Pietro Persio (died 1578) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nusco (1573–1578). Biography On 23 Jan 1573, Pietro Persio was appointed by Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Nusco Diocese of Nusco was a Roman Catholic ecclesiastica ...

(23 Jan 1573 – 1578) * Patrizio Lavosio (1578–1602)

1500 to 1800

* Lazaro Pellizzari, O.P. (1602–1607) *

Giovanni Battista Zuccato Giovanni Battista Zuccato (1543 - 14 April 1618) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Roman Catholic Diocese of Nusco, Bishop of Nusco (1607–1614). ''(in Latin)'' Biography On 19 November 1607, Giovanni Battista Zuccato was appointed by P ...

(1607–1614 Resigned) *

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(Resti) (1614–1639) * Francesco Arcudio (1639–1641) * Giovanni Mauro,

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(13 Jan 1642 – 1 November 1644) * Aniello Campagna (6 Mar 1645 – Jan 1648) * Pietro Paolo Russo (1 Mar 1649 – May 1657) * Benedetto Rocci,

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(6 May 1658 – October 1661) * Angelo Picchetti (16 January 1662 – 28 September 1668) *

Fulgenzio Arminio Monforte Fulgenzio Arminio Monforte, O.S.B. (1620–1680) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nusco (1669–1680). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Fulgenzio Arminio Monforte was born in Avellino, Italy in 1620 and ordained a priest in the Ord ...

, O.S.A. (1669–1680 Resigned) *

Benedetto Giacinto Sangermano Benedetto Giacinto Sangermano (7 January 1638 – 7 June 1702) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nusco (1680–1702). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Benedetto Giacinto Sangermano was born in Bisignano, Italy on 7 January 1638 and ord ...

(1680–1702) * Giacinto Dragonetti, C.O. (5 Mar 1703 –1724) * Nicolò Tupputi (1724–1740) * Gaetano d’Arco (6 March 1741 – 25 May 1753 Died) * Francesco Antonio Bonaventura (26 November 1753 – 15 June 1788) * Francesco Saverio de Vivo (27 February 1792 Confirmed – 1797)

1800 to 1986

: Matteo Aceto (1818–1819) * Pasquale de Nicolais (1820–1835) * Francesco-Paolo Mastropasqua (1837–1848) * Giuseppe Autelitano (1849–1854) * Michele Adinolfi (1854–1860) * Gaetano Stiscia (23 March 1860 – 24 April 1870 Died) * Giovanni Acquaviva, C.O. (22 December 1871 – 26 January 1893 Died) * Giuseppe Consenti,

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(26 January 1893 –1893) * Emilio Alfonso Todisco Grande (12 June 1893 – August 1896 Died) * Michele Arcangelo Pirone (30 November 1896 – 6 February 1909 Died) * Angelo Giacinto Scapardini, O.P. (29 April 1909 – 10 September 1910) * Luigi Paulini (11 September 1911 – 10 March 1919 Appointed,

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) * Pasquale Mores (15 December 1919 – 31 January 1950 Retired) *

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(29 May 1951 –1963) * Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli (10 May 1963 – 18 November 1978 Resigned) *

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(18 November 1978 –1981) * Antonio Nuzzi (21 February 1981 –1986)On 30 September 1986, Bishop Nuzzi was appointed Archbishop of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia.

References

Books

*Eubel, Conradus (1890)
"Die Bischöfe, Cardinale und Päpste aus dem Minoritenorden,"
, in: ''Römische Quartalschrift für Christliche Altertumskunde'' 4 (1890), pp. 185–258. * * * * * * * * * *

Studies

* *Cuozzo, E. (1979), "Amato di Montecassino e Amato di Nusco: una stessa persona?" . ''Benedictina'' 26 (1979), pp. 323–348. * rticle written by Giuseppe Paesano *Kehr, Paul Fridolin (1935). ''Italia pontificia''. Vol. VIII: Regnum Normannorum — Campania. Berlin: Weidmann. pp. 377–378. *Mattei-Cerasoli, Leone (1919)
"Da archivii e biblioteche: Di alcuni vescovi poco noti"
. In: ''Archivio storico per le province Neapolitane'' 44 (Napoli: Luigi Lubrano 1919). pp. 310–335. *Torelli, Felice (1848)
''La chiave del Concordato dell'anno 1818 e degli atti emanati posteriormente al medesimo.''
Volume 1, second edition Naples: Stamperia del Fibreno, 1848. * {{coord missing, Italy