The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naples ( it, Arcidiocesi di Napoli; la, Archidioecesis Neapolitana) is a

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Archdiocese in southern

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, the see being in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

. A Christian community was founded there in the 1st century AD and the diocese of Naples was raised to the level of an Archdiocese in the 10th century."Archdiocese of Napoli "
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016"Metropolitan Diocese of Napoli"
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have been elected

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and

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. In 2004 it counted c. 1,600,000 baptized people. The current ordinary of the Archdiocese of Naples is Cardinal

Crescenzio Sepe Crescenzio Sepe (born 2 June 1943) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Naples from 2006 to 2020. He served in the Roman Curia as Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 2001 to 200 ...

Lucio Lemmo Lucio Lemmo (born May 23, 1946 in Naples) is an Italian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He was ordained a priest on 18 July 1973, and made auxiliary bishop of Naples and titular bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who i ...

and

Gennaro Acampa Januarius ( ; la, Ianuarius; Neapolitan and it, Gennaro), also known as , was Bishop of Benevento and is a martyr and saint of the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. While no contemporary sources on his life are preserved, lat ...

are auxiliary bishops. In the foreword to the

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, the famous theological summary of the Catholic Church's doctrines, where a biography of the author, Saint Thomas Aquinas, is found, it is mentioned that he was offered the post of Archbishop of Naples (in the 1200s), which even then was one of the most prominent archdioceses, but turned it down.

Bishops

*Cardinal

Enrico Minutoli Enrico Minutoli (died 1412) was an Italian Cardinal. He was bishop of Bitonto from 1382 to 1389 and then archbishop of Naples. He was also archpriest of the Liberian Basilica (1396) and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church (1406). He is buried in ...

(1389–1400 Resigned) *Cardinal Giordano Orsini (iuniore) (1400–1405 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of

Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti San Martino ai Monti, officially known as Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti ("Saints Sylvester & Martin in the Mountains"), is a minor basilica in Rome, Italy, in the Rione Monti neighbourhood. It is located near the edge of the Parco del Colle ...

) ... * Gaspard de Diano (1438–1451 Died) *Cardinal Rinaldo Piscicello (1451–1457 Died) *Cardinal Giacomo Tebaldi (1458–1458 Resigned) *Cardinal

Oliviero Carafa Oliviero Carafa (10 March 1430 – 20 January 1511), in Latin Oliverius Carafa, was an Italian cardinal and diplomat of the Renaissance. Like the majority of his era's prelates, he displayed the lavish and conspicuous standard of living that was ...

(1458–1484 Resigned) * Alessandro Carafa (1484–1503 Died) *Cardinal

(1503–1505 Resigned) *Cardinal Gianvincenzo Carafa (1505–1530 Resigned) * Francesco Carafa (1530–1544 Died) *Cardinal Ranuccio Farnese, O.S.Io.Hieros. (1544–1549 Resigned) *Cardinal Gian Pietro Carafa (1549–1555 Elected, Pope) *Cardinal

Alfonso Carafa Alfonso Carafa (16 July 1540 – 29 August 1565) was a member of one of the oldest noble families of Naples and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. His father was Antonio, Marquis of Montebello, whose uncle, Gian Pietro Carafa, ascended ...

(1557–1565 Died) * Mario Carafa (1565–1576 Died) *Cardinal (Bl.) Paul Burali d'Arezzo, C.R. (1576–1578 Died) * Annibale de Capua (1578–1595 Died) *Cardinal

Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (20 October 1540 – 14 February 1603) was an Italian Cardinal starting in 1561. He was from Calitri, not far from Naples. His attendance at the papal conclave of 1565-1566 at the age of only 25 makes him one of the you ...

(Gonza) (1596–1603 Died) :*'' Curtio Palumbo (1604–1605), vicar general'' *Cardinal

Ottavio Acquaviva d'Aragona (seniore) Ottavio Acquaviva d'Aragona, seniore (1560–1612) was an Itaian Roman Catholic cardinal and archbishop. Biography He was born in Naples in 1560 to Duke Giovan Girolamo and Margherita Pio. He was a brother of Cardinal Giulio Acquaviva d'Aragona ...

(1605–1612 Died) *

Decio Carafa Decio Carafa (1556–1626) was an Archbishop of Naples who had previously served as papal nuncio to the Spanish Netherlands (1606–1607) and to Habsburg Spain (1607–1611). Life Carafa was born in Naples in 1556, the son of Ottaviano Carafa, l ...

(1613–1626 Died) *Cardinal Francesco Boncompagni (1626–1641 Died) *Cardinal

Ascanio Filomarino Ascanio Filomarino (1583 – 3 November 1666) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, who was Archbishop of Naples from 1641 to 1666. Early life Filomarino was born in Naples to the noble family of the dukes Della Torre. Eldest of the five sons o ...

(1641–1666 Died) *Cardinal Innico Caracciolo (seniore) (1667–1685 Died) *Cardinal Antonio Pignatelli del Rastrello (1686–1691 Elected Pope Innocent XII) *Cardinal

Giacomo Cantelmo Giacomo Cantelmo (13 June 1645 – 11 December 1702) was a Roman Catholic cardinal from 1690 to 1702. Biography Giacomo Cantelmo was born in Naples on 13 June 1645, the son of Fabrizio Cantelmo, 5th Duke of Popoli and prince of Pettorano, a ...

(1691–1702 Died) * Giambattista Patrizi (1702–1703 Resigned) *Cardinal

Francesco Pignatelli Francesco Pignatelli (6 February 1652 – 15 December 1734) was an Italian cardinal. Biography Born at Senise, in the province of Potenza, he entered the order of Theatines in 1665 (at the age of 13). On 27 September 1684, after being nominated ...

(seniore), C.R. (1703–1734 Died) *Cardinal

Giuseppe Spinelli Giuseppe Spinelli (1 February 1694 – 12 April 1763) was an Italian cardinal. He was prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Biography A native of Naples, he was the son of Giambattista Spinelli, marquis of Fuscaldo, prin ...

(1734–1754 Resigned) * Antonio Sersale (1754–1775 Died) * Serafino Filangeri (Filangieri),

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(1776–1782 Died) *Cardinal Giuseppe Maria Capece Zurlo, C.R. (1782–1801 Died) * Giovanni Vincenzo Monforte (1802–1802 Died) *Cardinal Luigi Ruffo Scilla (1802–1832 Died) *Cardinal

Filippo Giudice Caracciolo Filippo Giudice Caracciolo was an Italian prelate who was archbishop of Naples from 1833 to 1844. Life Born into a noble family in Naples on 27 March 1785, he entered the Oratorian order in the late years of the 18th century. He was ordained ...

, C.O. (1833–1844 Died) *Cardinal Sisto Riario Sforza (1845–1877 Died) *Cardinal

Guglielmo Sanfelice D'Acquavella Guglielmo Sanfelice d'Acquavilla O.S.B.Cas. (14 April 1834 – 3 January 1897) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Naples. Sanfelice d'Acquavilla was born in Aversa, Italy, on 14 April 1834. He was appointed Arch ...

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(1878–1897 Died) *Cardinal Vincenzo Maria Sarnelli (1897–1898 Died) *Cardinal

Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco (8 September 1833 – 4 February 1923) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as Archbishop of Naples. Biography Prisco was born in Boscotrecase, near Naples. He was educated a ...

(1898–1923 Died) *

Michele Zezza Michele Zezza (Naples, 7 April 1850 – 26 June 1927) was a Roman Catholic patriarch and Catholic Archbishop of Naples, Italy. Biography Michele Zezza of the Barons of Zapponeta was born in Naples on 7 April 1850 and was ordained a priest on 21 Se ...

(1923–1923 Retired) *Cardinal Alessio Ascalesi,

C.Pp.S. The Missionaries of the Precious Blood ( la, Congregatio Missionariorum Pretiosissimi Sanguinis) is a Catholic community of priests and brothers. The society was founded by Saint Gaspar del Bufalo in 1815. The Missionaries of the Precious Blo ...

(1924–1952 Died) *Cardinal

Marcello Mimmi Marcello Mimmi (18 July 1882 – 6 March 1961) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Naples from 1952 to 1957, and Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation from 1957 until his death. Mimmi ...

(1952–1958 Appointed, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto) *Cardinal Alfonso Castaldo (1958–1966 Died) *Cardinal

Corrado Ursi Corrado Ursi (26 July 1908 – 29 August 2003) was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Naples from 1966 to 1987, and was created a cardinal in 1967, given the titular church of San Callisto.Michele Giordano Michele Giordano (26 September 1930 – 2 December 2010) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate, who was the Archbishop of Naples and a cardinal-priest. Biography Giordano was born at Sant'Arcangelo, in Basilicata. He was educated at the Minor ...

(1987–2006 Retired) *Cardinal

(20 May 2006–12 December 2020 Retired) *Archbishop Domenico Battaglia (12 December 2020 Appointed-)

Suffragan dioceses

Acerra Acerra () is a town and ''comune'' of Campania, southern Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Naples, about northeast of the capital in Naples. It is part of the Agro Acerrano plain. History Acerra is one of the most ancient cities of the regio ...

* Alife-Caiazzo * Aversa *

Capua Capua ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Caserta, in the region of Campania, southern Italy, situated north of Naples, on the northeastern edge of the Campanian plain. History Ancient era The name of Capua comes from the Etrus ...

Caserta Caserta () is the capital of the province of Caserta in the Campania region of Italy. It is an important agricultural, commercial, and industrial '' comune'' and city. Caserta is located on the edge of the Campanian plain at the foot of the Ca ...

Ischia Ischia ( , , ) is a volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It lies at the northern end of the Gulf of Naples, about from Naples. It is the largest of the Phlegrean Islands. Roughly trapezoidal in shape, it measures approximately east to west ...

Nola Nola is a town and a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, southern Italy. It lies on the plain between Mount Vesuvius and the Apennines. It is traditionally credited as the diocese that introduced bells to Christian wor ...

* Pompei *

Pozzuoli Pozzuoli (; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Naples, in the Italian region of Campania. It is the main city of the Phlegrean Peninsula. History Pozzuoli began as the Greek colony of ''Dicaearchia'' ( el, Δικα ...

* Sessa Aurunca * Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia * Teano-Calvi

References

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naples The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naples ( it, Arcidiocesi di Napoli; la, Archidioecesis Neapolitana) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese in southern Italy, the see being in Naples. A Christians, Christian community was founded there in the 1st cent ...

1st-century establishments in Italy