The Diocese of Cava (de' Tirreni) was a
Roman Catholic diocese located in the
Italian region
Campania.
["Diocese of Cava e Sarno"]
'' Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016. ["Diocese of Cava de' Tirreni"]
''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016. It existed from 1394 to 1986, and was informally known as Cava and Sarno (''Cava e Sarno'') from 27 June 1818 to 25 September 1972 while in union (''aeque principaliter'') with the neighboring
Diocese of Sarno.
History
The Diocese of Cava was established on 7 August 1394 (centered on the monastery of
La Trinità della Cava), on territory split off from the Metropolitan
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 ...
. To ease the transition, the Abbot of Cava, Liguori Majorini, was named Archbishop of Salerno, and in the vacancy the first bishop, Francesco d'Aiello, was appointed. The abbey church became the Cathedral of the diocese, and monks of the abbey formed the Cathedral Chapter, whose head was the Prior.
In 1513 the diocese lost territory to establish the
Territorial Abbacy of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni.
On 27 June 1818 the diocese of
Diocese of Nocera de’ Pagani (Nuceria Paganorum) was permanently suppressed and its territory was assigned to the diocese of Cava de'Tirreni. At the same time
Pope Pius VII
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reduced the cathedral of
Sarno to the rank of co-cathedral, and united the diocese of Sarno with that of Cava, the result to be known as Diocese of Cava and Sarno.
On 7 December 1833, in the Bull ''In vinea Domini'',
Pope Gregory XVI restored the diocese of Nocera de’ Pagani, and assigned it the territory which it had lost fifteen years earlier to the diocese of Cava. On 21 September 1850 the diocese of Cava lost territory to establish the
Diocese of Diano–Teggiano.
In 1972 its personal union with Sarno was ended.
In 1986 the diocese of Cava was suppressed and its territories divided. Cava de Tirreni merged with the Metropolitan
Archdiocese of Amalfi
The Archdiocese of Amalfi-Cava de' Tirreni ( la, Archidioecesis Amalphitana-Cavensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, with its episcopal see at Amalfi, not far from Naples. It was named Archdiocese of Amalfi until ...
as
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Amalfi-Cava de' Tirreni, while the territory of the former diocese of Sarno merged with the restored diocese of Nuceria Paganorum to form the
diocese of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno
The Diocese of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno (Latin: ''Dioecesis Nucerina Paganorum-Sarnensis'') is a Roman Catholic diocese located in the Campania region of Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno. .
Bishops
(all
Roman rite
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)
Bishops of Cava
from 1394 to 1550
*
Francesco de Aiello
Francesco de Aiello (died 1453) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Bari-Canosa (1424–1453), Bishop of Todi (1407–1424), and Bishop of Cava de' Tirreni (1394–1407). ''(in Latin)'' ''(in Latin)'' (1394 – 1407.12)
* Francesco Mormile (1408–1419)
* Sagace dei Conti (1419–1426)
*
:it:Angelotto Fosco (1426.05.22 – 1431) and Administrator (1431–1444)
*
Ludovico Scarampi-Mezzarota Trevisano (1444.09.03 – 1465.03.22)
Apostolic Administrator
*
Giovanni d'Aragona (1465 – 1485.10.17)
Apostolic Administrator
*
Oliviero Carafa (1485 – 1497.04.15)
Apostolic Administrator
* Arsenio da Terracina (1497–1498)
* Paolo da Milano first time (1498–1499 ''see below'')
* Giustino da Taderico-Harbès first time (1499–1501 ''see below'')
* Vincenzo De Riso (1501–1503)
* Giustino da Taderico-Harbès second time (''see above'' 1503–1504)
* Michele Tarsia (1504–1506)
* Benedetto da Vicenza (1506–1507)
* Paolo da Milano second time (''see above'' 1507–1511)
*
Luigi d'Aragona (1511 – 5 May 1514 Resigned)
Apostolic Administrator
* Pietro de Sanfelice (5 May 1514 – 1520)
* Joannes Thomas Sanfelice (14 March 1520 – 1550)
from 1550 to 1818
* Thomas Caselius, O.P. (3 October 1550 – 1572)
* Cesare de Alamaña y Cardoña (della Magna) (2 June 1572 – 1606)
* Cesare Lippi, O.F.M.Conv. (11 December 1606 – May 1622).
* Matteo Granito (26 October 1622 – 17 September 1635)
* Gerolamo Lanfranchi (12 January 1637 – 1660?)
* Luigi di Gennaro (5 April 1660 – 1670
* Gaetano d'Afflitto, O.Theat. (30 June 1670 – April 1682)
* Giovanni Battista Giberti (15 February 1683 – 17 December 1696)
*
Giuseppe Maria Pignatelli, O.Theat. (17 December 1696 – March 1703)
* Marino Carmignano (17 December 1703 – December 1729)
* Domenico Maria de'Liguori, O.Theat. (8 February 1730 – May 1751)
* Nicolaus Borgia (5 July 1751 – 27 March 1765)
* Pietro di Gennaro (5 August 1765 – 17 May 1778)
* Michael Tafuri (1 June 1778 – c. 1803)
:''Sede vacante'' (c. 1803 – 1818)
Bishops of Cava (and Sarno)
*Silvestro Granito, 1818–1832
*Tommaso Bellacosa, 1834–1843
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Salvatore Fertitta
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, 1844–1873
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Giuseppe Carrano
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from Latin Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף.
It is the most common name in Italy and is unique (97%) to it.
The feminine form of the name is Giusep ...
, 1874–1890
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Giuseppe Izzo
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from Latin Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף.
It is the most common name in Italy and is unique (97%) to it.
The feminine form of the name is Gius ...
, 1890–1914
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Luigi Lavitrano, 1914–1924
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Pasquale Dell'Isola
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, 1928–1938
*
Francesco Marchesani
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,
1939
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Gennaro Fenizia
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, 1948–1952
*
Alfredo Vozzi
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, 1953–1972
Bishops of Cava de’ Tirreni
*
Jolando Nuzzi, 1972–1986
*
Ferdinando Palatucci, 1982–1986
''30 September 1986: the diocese was divided into its historical territories with the former Diocese of Cava united with the
Archdiocese of Amalfi
The Archdiocese of Amalfi-Cava de' Tirreni ( la, Archidioecesis Amalphitana-Cavensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, with its episcopal see at Amalfi, not far from Naples. It was named Archdiocese of Amalfi until ...
to form the
Archdiocese of Amalfi-Cava de' Tirreni
The Archdiocese of Amalfi-Cava de' Tirreni ( la, Archidioecesis Amalphitana-Cavensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, with its episcopal see at Amalfi, not far from Naples. It was named Archdiocese of Amalfi unt ...
; and the former Diocese of Sarno united with the
Diocese of Nocera de' Pagani to form the
Diocese of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno
The Diocese of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno (Latin: ''Dioecesis Nucerina Paganorum-Sarnensis'') is a Roman Catholic diocese located in the Campania region of Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno. ''
Notes
Books
Reference Works
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* pp. 875. (Use with caution; obsolete)
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Studies
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*Buchicchio, Massimo (2011). ''Reverendissimi in Christo Patres et Domini Cardinali commendatari de la abbazia de la Sanctissima Trinità et Episcopi de la città de La Cava''. Cava de' Tirreni 2011.
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*Kehr, Paulus Fridolin (1935). ''Italia pontificia. Regesta pontificum Romanorum.'
Vol. VIII: Regnum Normannorum — Campania. Berlin: Weidmann.
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External links
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Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Italy