The Italian Catholic Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti ( la, Dioecesis Cerretana-Thelesina-Sanctae Agathae Gothorum), in

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, has existed since 1986, when the

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was suppressed, and its territory and Catholic population united to the Diocese of Telese-Cerreto Sannita. The diocese is a

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of the Archdiocese of Benevento."Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti"
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of the diocese, the Cattedrale di SS. Trinità e Beata Vergine Maria Madre della Chiesa, dedicated to the

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and, in a late-20th century addition, to

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, is located in Cerreto Sannita.

History

The first bishop of Telese mentioned is Florentius (465). Having fallen into decay, the town was rebuilt in the ninth century. From the tenth century it was subject to the Archbishop of Benevento. In 1612, since Telese was almost completely depopulated, Bishop

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transferred the episcopal residence to Cerrito (which came to be called Cerreto vecchio). That Cerreto was completely destroyed in the great earthquake of 5 June 1688, with a death toll at around 4,000 in the city and county. The survivors relocated to a new site, also called Cerreto or Cerreto Sannita. Bishop de Belli reported that the cathedral and the episcopal palace of Cerreto vecchio were destroyed, that the cathedral Chapter lost eight of its members, the collegiate church of S. Martino lost its archpriest and two canons, and the larger part of the priests were killed. Thirty-eight nuns were killed, and fifteen Conventual Franciscans. Among its bishops were: * Angelo Massarelli (1567), secretary of the

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, of which he wrote the acts and a diary; *

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(1792), a jurist.

Cathedrals and important churches

The former Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Cerreto antiquo is in a ruined state. The diocese now has its episcopal seat in the

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of the

and S. Leonardo in Cerreto Sannita. The cathedral was administered by a corporation called the Chapter, which was composed of four dignities (the Archdeacon, the Primicerius major, the Primicerius minor, and the Archpriest) and ten canons. Due to the insalubrious state of Telese, the canons were non-residential. In 1675, after the entire ecclesiastical establishment had moved to Cerreto, there were four dignities and twelve canons. In 1747, there were four dignities and eleven canons. There is also a Co-Cathedral, the Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta, in

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. There is also a

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, the Basilica-Santuario di S. Maria Assunta e S. Filippo Neri, in

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, which had been rebuilt on earlier foundations and consecrated in 1465, and then again rebuilt after the great earthquake of 1688. The Oratorians of S. Philip Neri had been granted the use of the church by

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in 1655.

After the French

Following the extinction of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, the

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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 much Church property and resources, it was imperative that

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and

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reach agreement on restoration and restitution. Ferdinand demanded the suppression of fifty dioceses. A concordat was finally signed on 16 February 1818, and ratified by Pius VII on 25 February 1818. Ferdinand issued the concordat as a law on 21 March 1818. On 27 June 1818, Pius VII issued the bull ''De Ulteriore'', in which the ecclesiastical province of Benevento was restored, including it suffragans, among them the united dioceses of Cerreto e Telese. The decision was also made to suppress permanently the diocese of Alife, and to incorporate its territory into the diocese of Cerreto e Telese. On 15 January 1820, after numerous protests, Pope Pius VII issued the bull "Adorandi Servatoris", by which he revoked and annulled the provisions of the bull "De Ulteriore" so far as they commanded the suppression of the diocese of Alife. There was, however, an additional provision: that one and the same bishop would be the bishop of Alife and the bishop of Telese at the same time. ''aeque personaliter''. He was to be called the bishop of "Alife e Telese". On 6 July 1852, in the bull "Compertum Nobis",

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made the decision to reverse the judgment of

and restore the independence of the diocese of Alife, thereby separating its territory again from the power of the bishop of Cerreto e Telese.

Diocesan Reorganization

Following the

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, and in accordance with the norms laid out in the council's decree, ''Christus Dominus'' chapter 40,

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ordered a reorganization of the ecclesiastical provinces in southern Italy, beginning with consultations among the members of the Congregation of Bishops in the Vatican Curia, the Italian Bishops Conference, and the various dioceses concerned. 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

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for the merging of small dioceses, especially those with personnel and financial problems, into one combined diocese. On 30 September 1986,

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ordered that the dioceses of Diocese of Telese-Cerreto Sannita and S. Agatha Gothorum be merged into one diocese with one bishop, with the Latin title ''Dioecesis Cerretana-Thelesina-Sanctae Agathae Gothorum''. The seat of the diocese was to be in Cerreto, whose cathedral was to serve as the cathedral of the merged diocese. The cathedral in S. Agatha Gothorum was to have the honorary title of "co-cathedral"; the Chapter was to be a ''Capitulum Concathedralis''. There was to be only one diocesan Tribunal, in Molfetta, 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 diocese. The new diocese was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Benevento.

Bishops of Telese

''Diocese erected: 5th Century'' :... *Florentius (attested 465) *Agnellus (attested 487) : ennas:... *Tommaso (attested 1080) :... *Petrus (attested 1178– after 1189) :... * Lucianus (1214?–?) :... * R(- - -) :... * Rao (28 March 1240 – death 1286) * Salernus (16 July 1286 – 1296?) * Giacomo (1296? – death 1325) * Giovanni Arisio (21 May 1326 – death 1328) * Tommaso (7 November 1328 – death 1340) * Tommaso (6 November 1340 – death 1345) * Matteo Guiliand, O.F.M. (15 July 1345 – death 1348) * Domenico, O.F.M. (10 November 1348 – 1353) * Giacomo da Cerreto (1353 – 1372) * Giacomo (14 July 1372 – 1398) *Giovanni Casalialbulo, O.F.M. (21 May 1386 – 1393) ''Avignon Obedience'' *Nicolas di Bettaro (1393 – ? ) ''Avignon Obedience'' *Clemente da Napoli, O.E.S.A. (1399 – ? ) ''Roman Obedience'' * Marcuzio Angelo Brancia (20 Jan 1413 – 1453 Died) *Fernandus Gimal (Gurre) (1454 – 1458) *

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(1459 – 1464) *

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(8 Oct 1464 – 1483) *

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(17 Dec 1483 – 1487) *

Pietro Palagario Pietro Palagario, O.F.M. (died 1505) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Telese (1487–1505) ''(in Latin)'' and Bishop of Lavello (1482–1487). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Pietro Palagario was ordained a priest in the Order of ...

, O.F.M. (12 Feb 1487 – 1505) *

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(1505 – 1515) *

Biagio Caropipe Biagio Caropipe (died 1524) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita (1515–1524). Biography On 1 June 1515, Biagio Caropipe was appointed Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita by Pope Leo X. He served as ...

(1515 – 1524) *Giovanni Gregorio Peroschi (8 August 1524 – 1525 Resigned) *

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(1525 – 1533) *

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(14 Feb 1533 – 1540 Resigned) *

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(1540 – 1548) *

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(1548 – 1557) * Angelo Massarelli (15 Dec 1557 – 17 July 1566 Died) *

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, O.S.A. (19 August 1566 – 23 April 1577 Died) *

Annibale Cattaneo Annibale Cattaneo (died 1584) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita (1578–1584). ''(in Latin)'' Biography On 15 October 1578, Annibale Cattaneo was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bis ...

(15 Oct 1578 – 1584 Died) *

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, O.P. (17 Dec 1584 – 1587 Resigned) *

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(12 Oct 1587 – 15 Nov 1595) *

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(27 March 1596 – Sep 1604) *

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, O.S.B. (17 Nov 1604 – 19 Nov 1605) *

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, B. (13 Feb 1606 – 1608) *

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(15 Dec 1608 – ''see below'')

Bishops of Telese o Cerreto Sannita

::Latin name: Thelesina seu Cerretana *

('see above'' 15 Dec 1608 – 14 April 1613 Died) *

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, O.S.B. (16 March 1637 – 14 Dec 1643) *

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(18 April 1644 – 1659 Resigned) *

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, C.R.S. (1 Sep 1659 – 1674) *

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, O.P. (1675 – 1683) *

Giovanni Battista de Belli Giovanni Battista de Belli (27 March 1630 – September, 1693) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita (1684–1693). ''(in Latin)''Biagio Gambaro (22 Dec 1693 – Oct 1721 Died) *Francesco Baccari (14 Jan 1722 – 13 May 1736 Died) *Antonio Falangola (9 July 1736 – 29 May 1747) *Filippo Gentile (20 Nov 1747 – 25 June 1771 Died) *Filiberto Pascali (Pascale) (23 Sep 1771 – 20 Feb 1788 Died) *Vincenzo Lupoli (27 Feb 1792 – 1 Jan 1800 Died) ::''Sede vacante'' (1800 – 1818)

Bishops of Telese o Cerreto e Alife

*Raffaele Longobardi (21 Dec 1818 Confirmed – 1823) *Giovanni Battista de Martino (1824 – 1826) *Carlo Puoti 1826 – 1848) *Gennaro di Giacomo (22 Dec 1848 – July 1852 Resigned)

Bishops of Telese o Cerreto

*Luigi Sodo (27 June 1853 Confirmed – 30 July 1895 Died) *Angelo Michele Jannachino (29 Nov 1895 – 12 Jan 1918 Resigned) *Giuseppe Signore (20 June 1918 – 1 Dec 1928 Resigned) *Salvatore Del Bene (17 Dec 1928 – 6 April 1957 Died) *

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(22 July 1957 – 20 July 1991 Retired)

Bishops of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti

::United 30 September 1986 with Diocese of Sant’Agata de’ Goti
::Latin Name: Cerretana-Thelesina-Sanctae Agathae Gothorum *

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(20 July 1991 – 1997) *

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(23 May 1998 – 24 June 2016 Retired) *

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(24 June 2016 – 2020) *

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(2021 – present)Mazzafaro was born in Naples in 1955. After leaving school, he worked in commerce for twenty years, associating himself with the ''Community of Sant'Eligio'', whose regional "Responsabile" he became in 2000. He decided to join the priesthood, and was ordained in 2000, at the age of 45. He served as an assistant parish priest, and then pastor. He became the private secretary of the archbishop of Naples in 2011. In 2019, he became the Prelate of the Chapel of the Treasure of San Gennaro.

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appointed him bishop of Cerreto Sannita–Telese–Snat'Agata de'Goti on 7 May 2021. He was consecrated a bishop on 12 June 2021 by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe. Diocesi di Cerreto S.-Telese-S. Agata de' Goti
"S.E.R. Mons. Giuseppe Mazzafaro"
; retrieved: 12 December 2022.

References

Bibliography

Episcopal lists

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Studies

* * rticle by: Canon Giovanni Rossi*Kehr, Paulus Fridolin (1962). ''Italia pontificia. Regesta pontificum Romanorum.'
Vol. IX: Samnia – Apulia – Lucania
. Berlin: Weidmann. . pp. 117-119. *Rossi, Giovanni (1827)
''Catalogo de'vescovi di Telese.''
. Napoli: Stamperia della Società tipografica, 1827 *

External links

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