The Diocese of Teano-Calvi ( la, Dioecesis Theanensis-Calvensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in

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, southern

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, created in 1986. It is a

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of the Archdiocese of Naples. The historic Diocese of Teano and Diocese of Calvi Risorta were united in 1818, forming the diocese of Calvi e Teano."Diocese of Calvi"
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History

Calvi

Calvi is the ancient Cales or Calenum, not far from

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 ...

. Towards the end of the fifth century it was certainly a bishopric, since Valerius, Bishop of Calenum, was present at the Roman Council held by

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in 499. In the first six centuries, only eight names have been recorded, and these only in a list of bishops found in the ''Breviarium et Martyrologium'' of the Church of Calvi, a devotional and hagiographic work. There are no names of bishops recorded between 567 and 761 in this list. Calvi was originally directly dependent upon the Holy See (Papacy), and its bishops attended the Roman synods. But when

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fled Rome and took refuge in Capua, he raised the diocese of Capua to metropolitan status, and gave the new Archbishop the diocese of Calvi and Teano (among others) as his suffragans (subordinates). Destroyed in the 9th century by the

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, Calvi was rebuilt by

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, at which time, probably, the see was re-established. It certainly had a bishop at the end of the eleventh century. The cathedral of Calvi, dedicated to the taking up of the body of the Virgin Mary into heaven, is administered and served by a corporation called the Chapter, composed of twelve Canons, headed by the Primicerius. There is also a Theologus and a Penitentiarius, in accordance with the decrees of the

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, who enjoy prebends, but are not considered Canons. The seminary of Calvi was founded by Bishop Giuseppe del Pozzo (1718–1724), and was blessed by Pope Benedict XIII as he was returning to Rome from Benevento in 1727.

Teano

The cathedral of Teano is dedicated to S. John the Evangelist and S. Terentianus. There were sixteen Canons in the cathedral Chapter, headed by a Dean. The Canons were once called Cardinals. In 1749, there were two dignities and seventeen Canons. A major fire in the cathedral in the time of

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(1513–1521) destroyed nearly all of the archives. In 1575, the new bishop, Giovanni Paolo Marincola (1575–1588), held a diocesan synod, and ordered the construction of a seminary, in accordance with the decrees of the

. But the disorderly life of the bishop postponed work on the work until the administration of Bishop Paolo Squillante in 1654, who had to leave the completion of the work for his successor. On 29–31 March 1690, Bishop Giuseppe Niccolo Giberti (1681–1697) held a diocesan synod, and had the Constitutions published.

Concordat of 1818

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 most Church property and resources, it was imperative that

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and

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reach agreement on restoration and restitution. Ferdinand, however, was not prepared to accept the pre-Napoleonic situation, in which Naples was a feudal subject of the papacy. Lengthy, detailed, and acrimonious negotiations ensued. In 1818, a new concordat with the

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committed the pope to the suppression of more than fifty small dioceses in the kingdom. The ecclesiastical province of Naples was spared from any suppressions, but the province of Capua was affected.

, in the bull "De Utiliori" of 27 June 1818, chose to unite the two dioceses of Calvi and Teano under the leadership of one bishop, ''aeque principaliter'', that is, one and the same bishop was bishop of both dioceses at the same time. In the same concordat, the King was confirmed in the right to nominate candidates for vacant bishoprics, subject to the approval of the pope. That situation persisted down until the final overthrow of the Bourbon monarchy in 1860.

Change of Metropolitan

Following the

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, and in accordance with the norms laid out in the Council's decree, ''Christus Dominus'' chapter 40, major changes were made in the ecclesiastical administrative structure of southern Italy. Wide consultations had taken place with the bishops and other prelates who would be affected. Action, however, was deferred, first by the death of

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on 6 August 1978, then the death of

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on 28 September 1978, and the election of

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on 16 October 1978.

issued a decree, "Quamquam Ecclesia," on 30 April 1979, ordering the changes. Three ecclesiastical provinces were abolished entirely: those of Conza, Capua, and Sorrento. A new ecclesiastical province was created, to be called the Regio Campana, whose Metropolitan was the Archbishop of Naples. The dioceses formerly members of the suppressed Province of Capua (Gaeta, Calvi and Teano, Caserta, and Sessa Arunca) became suffragans of Naples.

Diocese of Teano-Calvi

On 18 February 1984, the Vatican and the Italian State signed a new and revised concordat, which was accompanied in the next year 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. Otherwise Calvi and Teano might have continued to share a bishop. Instead, the Vatican continued consultations which had begun under

Pope John XXIII Pope John XXIII ( la, Ioannes XXIII; it, Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, ; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Roman Catholic Church, Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City, Vatican City State from 28 Oc ...

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

ordered that the dioceses of Calvi and Teano be merged into one diocese with one bishop, with the Latin title ''Dioecesis Theanensis-Calvensis''. The seat of the diocese was to be in Teano, and the cathedral of Teano was to serve as the cathedral of the merged diocese. The cathedral in Calvi was to become a co-cathedral, and its cathedral Chapter was to be a ''Capitulum Concathedralis''. There was to be only one diocesan Tribunal, in Teano, 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 former dioceses of Calvi and of Teano.

Bishops

Diocese of Calvi Risorta

''Latin Name: Calvensis''
''Erected: 5th Century''

to 1400

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(1343–1344) *Joannes de Arpino, O.Min. (1344–1348) *Petrus de Brina, O.Min. (1349–1362) *Rainaldus (1364–1372) *Joannes de Rocha (1372–1377) *Robertus de Bacchariis (1377–1395) *Bartholomaeus, O.E.S.A. (1395–1402) ''Roman Obedience''

since 1400

*Stephanus Goberno (1402–1413) *Antonius Galluzzi (1413–1415) *Antonius Del Fede,

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(1415–1443) *Angelus Mazziotti (ca. 1443–ca. 1466) *Antonius (1466–1495) * Maurilio Giannotti (1495–1505) * Matteo Orsini (bishop) (1505–1512) * Giovanni Antonio Gallo (9 Aug 1519 – 1543) * Lorenzo Spada, O.F.M. Conv. (1 Jun 1543 – 1544 Died) * Berenguer Gombau (27 Oct 1544 – 1551 Died) * Gaspare Ricciullo del Fosso, O.Min. (22 Apr 1551 – 17 Jul 1560 Appointed,

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) * Giulio Magnani, O.F.M. Conv. (17 Jul 1560 – 1566 Died) * Paolo Terracino (10 Jun 1566 – 1575 Died) * Ascanio Marchesini (23 Sep 1575 – 1580 Died) * Scipione Bozzuti (24 Feb 1580 –1582) * Fabio Maranta (5 Mar 1582 – 1619) * Gregorio Del Bufalo (8 Apr 1619 – 1623) * Gennaro Filomarino, C.R. (18 Dec 1623 – Oct 1650) * Francesco Maria Falcucci (19 Dec 1650 – 1661) *

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, C.R.L. (8 Aug 1661 – 1679) * Vincenzo Maria da Silva, O.P. (1679–1702) *Giovanbattista Caracciolo,

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(15 Jan 1703 – 5 Nov 1714) *Filippo Positano (16 Dec 1720 – Dec 1732) *Gennaro Maria Danza (2 Mar 1733 – 1740) *Giuseppe Barone (29 May 1741 – 12 Jan 1742 Died) *Francesco Agnello Fragianni (28 Feb 1742 – Apr 1756 Died) *Giuseppe Maria Capece Zurlo, C.R. (24 May 1756 –1782) *Andrea de Lucia (27 Feb 1792 – 1830 Died)

Diocese of Teano

to 1300

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since 1300

*Adenulfus (c. 1305) *Giffredus de Gallutio *Petrus *Homodeus *Bartholomaeus (1348–1353) *Marinus de Judice (1353–1361) *Joannes Mutio (1361–1363) *Francesco de Messana, O.P. (1363–1369) *Thomas de Porta (1369–1382) *Alexander *Antonius (attested 1383–1393) ''Roman Obedience'' *Joannes de Ebulo ( –1388) ''Avignon Obedience'' *Nicolaus Diano (1393–1412) ''Roman Obedience'' : Gasparus de Diano (1412–1418) *Joannes Crispani (1418–1443) *Martinus Pales de Belinzo (1443–1458) *Cardinal Nicolaus Fortiguerra (1458–1473) *Orso Orsini (1474–1495) *

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(1495–1508) * Francisco Borja (1508–1531) : ardinal Giovanni Salviati (1531–1535)''Administrator'' * Antonio Maria Sartori (1535–1556) * Hieronymus Nichesola, O.P. (1557–1566) *Cardinal Archangelo Bianchi, O.P. (1566–1575) * Giovanni Paolo Marincola (1575–1588) * Vincenzo Brancaleone (1588) * Vincenzo Serafini (1588–1616) *Angelo della Ciaia (1616) *Michael Saragoza de Heredia (1617–1622) *Ovidio Lupari (1623–1627) *Giovanni de Guevara, C.R. (1627–1642) *Muzio delle Rose (1642–1654) *Paolo Squillante (1654–1660) *Ottavio Boldoni, Barnabite (1661–1680) *Giuseppe Niccolo Giberti (1681–1697) *Domenico Pacifico (1698–1717) *Giuseppe de Puteo (del Pozzo) (1718–1724) *Dominico Cirillo (1724–1746) (transferred to Carinola) *Angelo Longo, O.S.B. (1746–1749) *Dominico Giordani (1749–1755) (transferred to Nicomedia) *Aniello Broya (1755–1767) *Giovanni Jacopo Onorati (1768–1777) *Filippo Aprile (1777–1792) (transferred to Melfi) *Rafael Pasca, O.S.B. (1792–1797) *Nicola Vecchi (1797–8 January 1808)

Diocese of Calvi e Teano

''United: 27 June 1818'' with Diocese of Teano
*Andrea de Lucia (1818–1830) *Giuseppe Maria Pezzella, O.S.A. (1830 – 3 Jan 1833) *Giuseppe Trama (20 Jan 1834 Confirmed – 6 Oct 1837 Resigned) *Nicola Sterlini (1840–1860) * Bartolomeo D’Avanzo (13 Jul 1860 – 20 Oct 1884) *Alfonso Maria Giordano, C.SS.R. (20 Oct 1884 – 16 Dec 1907 Resigned) *Albino Pella (19 Aug 1908 – 12 Apr 1915 Appointed, Bishop of Casale Monferrato) *Calogero Licata (14 Apr 1916 – 25 Aug 1924) *Giuseppe Marcozzi (14 Aug 1926 – 21 Apr 1940) *Giacinto Tamburini (6 Mar 1941 – 8 Jan 1944) *Vincenzo Bonaventura Medori (17 Jul 1945 – 12 Aug 1950) *Giacomo Palombella (3 Jan 1951 – 2 Jul 1954 Appointed, Archbishop of Matera) *Matteo Guido Sperandeo (5 Sep 1954 – 17 Aug 1984 Retired) *

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(17 Aug 1984 – 8 Feb 1989 Appointed, Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia)

Diocese of Teano-Calvi

''Latin Name: Theanensis-Calvensis''
''Name Changed: 30 September 1986'' *

(17 Aug 1984 – 8 Feb 1989 Appointed, Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia) *Francesco Tommasiello (15 Jul 1989 – 25 Oct 2005 Died) *Arturo Aiello (13 May 2006 – 5 May 2017) *Giacomo Cirulli (14 Sep 2017 – )CV of the bishop: Diocesi di Teano-Calvi
"Il Vescovo,"
retrieved: 11 October 2019.

References

Books

Reference works

* p. 864-865 (Calvi); 930-931 (Teano). * p. 159 (Calvi); 480-481 (Teano). (in Latin) * p. 243. (in Latin) * p. 305. (in Latin) * p. 324. (in Latin) * pp. 137–138 (Calvi); 373 (Teano). * p. 399 (Teano). * * *

Studies

* * * *Lanzoni, Francesco (1927).
Le diocesi d'Italia dalle origini al principio del secolo VII (an. 604)
'. Faenza: F. Lega. * * *

Acknowledgment

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Teano Teano ( Teanese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Caserta, Campania, southern Italy, northwest of Caserta on the main line to Rome from Naples. It stands at the southeast foot of an extinct volcano, Rocca Monfina. Its St. Clement's c ...