The Italian Catholic diocese of

Castellammare di Stabia Castellammare di Stabia (; nap, Castiellammare 'e Stabbia) is a ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania region, in southern Italy. It is situated on the Bay of Naples about southeast of Naples, on the route to Sorrento. History ...

, on the

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, existed until 1986. In that year it became part of the archdiocese of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia."Diocese of Castellammare di Stabia"
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History

Previous to Ursus, present at the Roman synod under

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, in 499, no register was kept of the bishops of this city. Among its bishops were: *Lubentius, present in Rome in 649; * St. Castellus (827); *Palmerio (1196), champion of ecclesiastical rights against

Emperor Frederick II Frederick II (German: ''Friedrich''; Italian: ''Federico''; Latin: ''Federicus''; 26 December 1194 – 13 December 1250) was King of Sicily from 1198, King of Germany from 1212, King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 and King of Jerusa ...

; * Giovanni Fonseca (1537), a theologian at the

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; Ludovico Gravina (1581) and

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(1599), theologians and canonists; In 1818

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united with this see the diocese of Torre Patria (

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), the ancient

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Bishops of Castellamare di Stabia

to 1600

:... *(ca. 499) : Ursus :... *(600/1–612) : Laurentius :... *(1503–1537) : Pedro Flores (bishop) *(1537–1559) : Juan Fonseca *(1562–1577) : Antonio Lauro *(1581–1591) : Ludovico Majorino, C.R.L. *(1591–1596) :

Giovanni Myra Giovanni Myra or Giovanni Mira (died 1600) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera (1596–1600) ''(in Latin)'' and Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (1591–1596). ''(in Latin)'' Biography On 13 September 1591 ...

(Mira) *(1599–1600) :

Vittorino Mansi Vittorino Mansi (died 3 April 1611) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ariano (1602–1611) and Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (1599–1600).O.S.B. , image = Medalla San Benito.PNG , caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal , abbreviation = OSB , formation = , motto = (English: 'Pray and Work') , found ...

1600 to 1800

*(1601–1604) : Jerónimo Bernardo de Quirós,

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*(1605–1627) : Ippolito Riva, C.R. Theat. *(1627–1644) : Annibale Mascambruno *(1645–1651) : Andrea Massa *(1651–1653) : Clemente Del Pezzo, C.R. *(1655–1662) : Juan de Paredes, C.R.S.A. *(1662–1676) : Pietro Gambacorta, C.R. *(1676–1678) : Lorenzo Mayers Caramuel, O. de M. *(1678–1680) : Salvatore Scaglione, O. Carm. *(1682–1683) : Francesco de Mandietta (Mendieta), O.SS.T. *(1684–1705) : Annibale de Pietropaulo *(1713–1722) : Biagio de Dura *(1722–1727) : Pietro Savastani, O.F.M. *(1727–1729) : Tommaso Di Grazia *(1730–1743) : Tommaso Facoia, C.P.O. *(1743–1749) : Pio Tommaso Milante, O.P. *(1749–1767) : Giuseppe Coppola, C.Orat. *(1768–1787) : Tommaso Mazza *(1792–1800) : Ferdinando Crispo Doria

1800 to 1986

:(1800–1818) : ''Sede vacante'' *(1818–1820) : Bernardo Maria della Torre *(1821–1836) : Francesco Colangelo, C.Orat. *(1837–1849) : Angelo Maria Scanzano *(1850–1878) : Francesco Petagna *(1879–1897) :

Vincenzo Maria Sarnelli Vincenzo Maria Sarnelli (5 April 1835 – 7 January 1898) was an Italian Catholic archbishop. He served as the Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia from 1879 to 1897 and then as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Naples from 1897 to 1898. Following hi ...

Appointed, Archbishop of Naples *(1898–1921) : Michele de JorioDi Jorio had previously been Bishop of Bovino. *(1922–1923) : Uberto Maria Fiodo *(1925–1936) : Pasquale Ragosta *(1936–1952) : Federico Emanuel (Emmanuel), S.D.B. *(1952–1966) : Agostino D’Arco *(1971–1977) : Raffaele Pellecchia *(1977–1986) : Antonio Zama Appointed, Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia)

Archbishops of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia

*(1989–2012) : Felice Cece *(2012–present) : Francesco Alfano

References

Books

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Acknowledgment

{{DEFAULTSORT:Castellamare Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Italy