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The Archdiocese of Amalfi-Cava de' Tirreni ( la, Archidioecesis Amalphitana-Cavensis) is an archdiocese of the
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, with its episcopal see at
Amalfi Amalfi (, , ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno, in the region of Campania, Italy, on the Gulf of Salerno. It lies at the mouth of a deep ravine, at the foot of Monte Cerreto (1,315 metres, 4,314 feet), surrounded by dramati ...
, not far from
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. It was named Archdiocese of Amalfi until parts of the Diocese of Cava e Sarno were merged with it on September 30, 1986."Archdiocese of Amalfi-Cava de' Tirreni"
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It was exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the
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, but is now a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno. The current bishop is Orazio Soricelli. In 2015, in the diocese of Amalfi there was one priest for every 1,199 Catholics.


Special churches

Amalfi Cathedral, the
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archiepiscopal see, is in
Amalfi Amalfi (, , ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno, in the region of Campania, Italy, on the Gulf of Salerno. It lies at the mouth of a deep ravine, at the foot of Monte Cerreto (1,315 metres, 4,314 feet), surrounded by dramati ...
, devoted to Andrew the Apostle. It also has * Marian Co-Cathedral dedicated to the Visitation, in
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* Former Cathedral, a marian
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, dedicated to the
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and to St. Pantaleone, in Ravello * Former Cathedral, also Minor Basilica, dedicated to St. Trofimena, in Minori * Former Cathedral of St. Lawrence 'Duomo di S. Lorenzo', in
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* Minor Basilica of Santa Maria dell’Olmo, in
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History

The early beginnings of the Diocese of Amalfi are obscure; it is not known when it was founded, or when Christianity reached it. That it was early is a reasonable conjecture, considering the facilities for communication with the East which the South of Italy possessed. The first indication that Amalfi was a Christian community is supplied by Pope
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, who wrote in January 596 to the Subdeacon Antemius, his
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and administrator in
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, ordering him to constrain within a
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Primenus, Bishop of Amalfi, because he did not remain in his diocese, but roamed about. The regular list of bishops began in 829. It was raised to Metropolitan Archbishopric of Amalfi by
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in 987, having lost territory to establish the dioceses of Capri, of Lettere, of Minori and of Scala. In 1206, it gained territory from the suppressed Roman Catholic Diocese of Nuceria. And after the completion, also in 1206, of the
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of
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(''
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''), the relics of the
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of that name, who was the
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of Amalfi, were taken from
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and brought there by Cardinal Pietro of Capua, an Amalfitan who took part in the
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during the Fourth Crusade. On 10 October 1384 it lost territory to establish the Diocese of Nuceria On 27 June 1818 it lost its status as a
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and became the Archdiocese of Amalfi, despite having gained territories from the suppressed dioceses of Minori and of Ravello and Scala. In the early 20th century, archdiocese had about 36,000 inhabitants, 54 parishes and 279 diocesan priests. On 30 September 1986 the diocese was renamed the "Archdiocese of Amalfi–Cava de’ Tirreni", having gained territory from and absorbing the title of the suppressed Roman Catholic Diocese of Cava de’ Tirreni. On 20 August 2012 it gained territory from the Territorial Abbey of Santissima Trinità di Cava de Tirreni.


Bishops and archbishops


Diocese of Amalfi

''Erected: 6th Century''
''Latin Name: Amalphitana'' :... * Pimenius (596) :... * Petrus (879) * Orso (897–920) * Giacinto (925 – 936?) * Costantino (947–960) * Mastalo (960 – 987?)


Archdiocese of Amalfi

''Elevated: 987''
''Latin Name: Amalphitana''


to 1200

* Leo (Leone Orso Comite) (987–1029) * Leone (1029–1050) * Pietro Alferio (1050 – 1070?) * Giovanni (1070–1082) * Sergio Donnamira (1082–1102) * Mauro De Monte (1103–1128) *Giovanni della Porta (ca. 1130–1142) * Giovanni (1142–1166) * Giovanni di San Paolo (1166–1168) * Roboaldo (1168–1174) * Dionisio (1174–1202)


1200 to 1400

* Matteo Capuano (1202–1215) * Giovanni Capuano (1215–1239) * Bartolomeo Pignatelli (1254 – 1254.11.04) * Gualtiero de’ Gualtieri (1254.11.10 – 1258) * Filippo Augustariccio (1258 – 1291?) * Andrea d’Alagno (1295–1330) * Landolfo Caracciolo,
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? (1331.09.20 – 1350?) * Pietro Capuano (1351 – 1362?) *
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(1361.04.16 – 1373.05.18 * Giovanni Acquaviva (1375.01.01 – 1378); *Bertrand Mormillis (7 February 1379 – 1385) (appointed by
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of the Avignon Obedience) *Sergius Grisoni (1379–1392) (appointed by Urban VI of the Roman Obedience). *Nicolaus de Sora (1385–1393) (appointed by Boniface IX of the Roman Obedience). *Paulus de Surrento (1393–1401) (appointed by Boniface IX of the Roman Obedience).


1400 to 1600

*Bertrandus de Alaneo (1401–1412) (appointed by Boniface IX of the Roman Obedience). *Robertus de Branchea (1413–1423) (appointed by John XXIII of the Avignon-Roman-Pisan Obedience). *Andrea de Palearea (28 June 1424 – 1449) (appointed by Pope Martin V, elected by the Cardinals and others at the Council of Constance). * Antonio Carlini, O.P. (1449–1460 Died) * Nicolaus Miroballo (1460–1472 Died) :''Sede vacante'' * Giovanni Nicolini (1475–1482 Resigned) * Battista dei Giudici (1482–1484 Translated) * Andrea de Conto (Cuncto) (1484–1503 Died) * Tommaso Regolano (1504–1510 Died) * Antonio Balestrieri, O. Cist. (1513–1516 Resigned) *
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, Administrator (1516–1517 Resigned) * Girolamo de Plancha (17 June 1517 – 1519) * Girolamo Ghianderoni (6 June 1519 – 1530) (Appointed, Bishop of Massa Marittima) * Ferdinando D'Anna (1530–1541 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Bovino) * Alfonso Oliva, O.S.A. (1541–1544 Died) *
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(1544–1547 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Capaccio) * Tiberio Crispo (1547–1561 Resigned) * Massimo de' Massimi (1561–1564 Resigned) * Tiberio Crispo (1564–1565 Resigned) *
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(1570–1576 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Viterbo e Tuscania) *
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(1576–1616 Died)


1600 to 1818

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(1616–1624 Died) * Giacomo Theodoli (Teodolo) (1625–1635 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Forlì) * Matteo Granito (1635–1638 Died) *
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(Pico) (1638–1648 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of San Miniato) * Stefano Quaranta, C.R. (1649–1678 Died) * Gaetano Miraballi (Miroballi), C.R. (1679–1681 Died) * Simplicio Caravita,
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Since 1818

''Territory Added: 1818 from the suppressed Diocese of Minori''
''Territory Added: 1818 from the suppressed Diocese of Scala'' *Mariano Bianco (1831–1848 Retired) *Domenico VenturaA native of Bisceglia, Ventura had previously been Bishop of Termoli (1846–1849). Gams, pp. 848 and 933. (1849–1862 Died) *Francesco Antonio Maiorsini (1871–1893 Died) *Enrico de Dominis (Dominicis) (1894–1908 Died) *Antonio Maria Bonito (1908–1910 Resigned) * Angelo Maria Dolci (1911–1914 Appointed,
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) *Ercolano Marini (1915–1945 Retired) *Luigi Martinelli (1946–1946 Died) *Angelo Rossini (1947–1965 Died) *Alfredo Vozzi (1972–1982 Retired) *Ferdinando Palatucci (1982–1990 Retired)


Archdiocese of Amalfi-Cava de' Tirreni

United on 30 September 1986 with the Diocese of Cava e Sarno *Beniamino Depalma, C.M. (1990–1999 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Nola) *Orazio Soricelli (2000–)


References


Sources

* pp. 84–85. (in Latin) * p. 86. (in Latin) * p. 80. (in Latin) * (in Latin) * (in Latin) * (in Latin) * * * Kehr, Paulus Fridolinus (1935). ''Italia pontificia. '
Vol. VIII: Regnum Normannorum—Campania
Berlin: Weidmann. (in Latin) *


External links

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