Archdiocese of Amalfi-Cava de’ Tirreni

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Bishop(s) Orazio Soricelli, Archbishop

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese United: 30 September 1986 Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno Rite: Latin (or Roman) Country: Italy Square Kilometers: 155 (59 Square Miles) Conference Region: Campania Official Web Site: http://www.diocesiamalficava.it/ Mailing Address: Curia Arcivescovile, Salita Episcopio, 84011 Amalfi [Salerno], Italia; Piazza del Duomo 9, 84013 Cava de' Tirreni [Salerno], Italia Telephone: 089.871.324; 089.342.379 Fax: 089.873.460; 089.343.686

Historical Details

• Diocese of Amalfi
  • Latin Name: Amalphitana
  • Erected: 6th Century
  • Country: Italy

• Archdiocese of Amalfi
  • Latin Name: Amalphitana
  • Elevated: 987
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Salerno (-Acerno)
  • Country: Italy

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Denis de Teramo † (22 Oct 1174 Appointed - Mar 1202 Died)
• Bartolomeo Pignatelli † (Mar 1254 Appointed - 4 Nov 1254 Appointed, Archbishop of Cosenza)
• Gualtiero de’ Gualtieri † (23 Oct 1254 Appointed - )
• Landolfo Caracciolo, O.F.M. † (20 Sep 1331 Appointed - )
• Marino del Giudice † (16 Apr 1361 Appointed - 1374 Died)
• Giovanni Acquaviva † (20 Dec 1374 Appointed - 24 Nov 1378 Appointed, Archbishop of Salerno)
• Sergio Grisone † ( 1379 Appointed - 1392 Died)
• Paolo di Sorrento † (3 Oct 1393 Appointed - 1401 Died)
• Roberto Brancia † (5 Sep 1409 Appointed - 18 Jun 1423 Died)
• Antonio Carlini, O.P. † (11 Aug 1449 Appointed - 23 Mar 1460 Died)
• Nicolaus Miroballo † (26 Apr 1460 Appointed - 15 Apr 1472 Died)
• Giovanni Nicolini † (2 Oct 1475 Appointed - 26 Apr 1482 Resigned)
• Giovanni Battista de Giudici, O.P. † (26 Apr 1482 Appointed - 4 Feb 1484 Resigned)
• Andrea de Conto (Cuncto) † (4 Feb 1484 Appointed - 27 Dec 1503 Died)
• Tommaso Regolano † (19 Jan 1504 Appointed - 1510 Died)
• Antonio Balestrieri, O. Cist. † (15 Jun 1513 Appointed - 1516 Resigned)
• Lorenzo Pucci † ( 1516 Appointed - 1519 Resigned)
• Girolamo Planca † (17 Jun 1517 Appointed - 15 Jun 1519 Appointed, Bishop of Gerace)
• Girolamo Ghianderoni † (6 Jun 1519 Appointed - 21 Oct 1530 Appointed, Bishop of Massa Marittima)
• Ferdinando D’Anna † (21 Oct 1530 Appointed - 13 May 1541 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Bovino)
• Alfonso Oliva, O.S.A. † (13 May 1541 Appointed - 23 Oct 1544 Died)
• Francesco Sfondrati † (27 Oct 1544 Appointed - 23 Mar 1547 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Capaccio)
• Tiberio Crispi † (1 Apr 1547 Appointed - 17 Mar 1561 Resigned)
• Massimo de’ Massimi † (17 Mar 1561 Appointed - 1564 Resigned)
• Tiberio Crispi † (21 Jun 1564 Appointed - 7 Sep 1565 Resigned)
• Marco Antonio Bozzuto † (7 Sep 1565 Appointed - 1570 Died)
• Carlo Montigli † (20 Nov 1570 Appointed - 28 Mar 1576 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Viterbo e Tuscania)
• Giulio Rossino † (28 Mar 1576 Appointed - 9 Jan 1616 Died)
• Paolo Emilio Filonardi † (8 Feb 1616 Appointed - 24 Apr 1624 Died)
• Giacomo Theodoli (Teodolo) † (7 Apr 1625 Appointed - 7 May 1635 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Forli)
• Matteo Granito † (17 Sep 1635 Appointed - May 1638 Died)
• Angelo Pichi (Pico) † (10 Nov 1638 Appointed - 23 Nov 1648 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of San Miniato)
• Stefano Quaranta, C.R. † (11 Oct 1649 Appointed - 30 Nov 1678 Died)
• Gaetano Miraballi (Miroballi), C.R. † (27 Nov 1679 Appointed - 8 Sep 1681 Died)
• Simplicio Caravita, O.S.B. † (25 May 1682 Appointed - 1 Feb 1701 Died)
• Michele de Bologna, C.R. † (14 Mar 1701 Appointed - 24 Feb 1731 Died)
• Pietro Agostino Scorza (Scortia) † (9 Apr 1731 Appointed - 17 Feb 1748 Resigned)
• Nicola Cioffi † (19 Feb 1748 Appointed - 31 Mar 1758 Died)
• Antonio Puoti † (22 Nov 1758 Appointed - 2 Nov 1792 Died)
• Silvestro (Jean Baptiste) Miccù, O.F.M. Obs. † (29 Oct 1804 Appointed - 28 Jan 1830 Died)
• Mariano Bianco † (30 Sep 1831 Confirmed - 22 Nov 1848 Retired)
• Domenico Ventura † (20 Apr 1849 Confirmed - 11 Feb 1862 Died)
• Francesco Antonio Maiorsini † (27 Oct 1871 Appointed - 23 Nov 1893 Died)
• Enrico de Dominis (Dominicis) † (21 May 1894 Appointed - 17 Jun 1908 Died)
• Antonio Maria Bonito † (17 Jun 1908 Succeeded - 5 Aug 1910 Resigned)
• Angelo Maria Dolci † (27 Jan 1911 Appointed - 16 Nov 1914 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria)
• Ercolano Marini † (2 Jun 1915 Appointed - 3 Oct 1945 Retired)
• Luigi Martinelli † (18 Feb 1946 Appointed - 16 Jun 1946 Died)
• Angelo Rossini † (10 Mar 1947 Appointed - 5 Oct 1965 Died)
• Alfredo Vozzi † (25 Sep 1972 Appointed - 30 Jan 1982 Retired)
• Ferdinando Palatucci † (30 Jan 1982 Appointed - 28 Jul 1990 Retired)
• Beniamino Depalma, C.M. (7 Dec 1990 Appointed - 15 Jul 1999 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Nola)
• Orazio Soricelli (3 Jun 2000 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Amalfi
6th Century	Erected		Diocese of Amalfi (erected)
987	Territory Lost	Diocese of Amalfi	Diocese of Capri (erected) Diocese of Minori (erected) Diocese of Scala (erected)
Archdiocese of Amalfi
987	Elevated	Diocese of Amalfi	Archdiocese of Amalfi
1086	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Amalfi	Diocese of Ravello (erected)
27 June 1818	Territory Added	Diocese of Minori (suppressed) Diocese of Ravello e Scala (suppressed)	Archdiocese of Amalfi
Archdiocese of Amalfi-Cava de’ Tirreni
30 September 1986	United	Archdiocese of Amalfi Diocese of Cava e Sarno	Archdiocese of Amalfi-Cava de’ Tirreni

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Amalfi
1886		35,703	.0%			279	0				54	OTC
1959	41,000	41,000	100.0%	69	22	91	450		22	140	55	ap1960
1970	43,861	43,880	100.0%	60	24	84	522		29	142	55	ap1971
1980	41,380	41,704	99.2%	50	18	68	608		22	129	55	ap1981
Archdiocese of Amalfi-Cava de’ Tirreni
1990	97,200	100,150	97.1%	61	42	103	943	6	48	130	76	ap1991
1999	102,700	103,351	99.4%	66	42	108	950	12	47	128	76	ap2000
2000	102,700	103,351	99.4%	64	42	106	968	16	47	128	76	ap2001
2001	102,700	103,351	99.4%	65	29	94	1,092	16	34	128	76	ap2002
2002	102,700	103,351	99.4%	65	29	94	1,092	16	34	128	76	ap2003
2003	102,700	103,351	99.4%	63	29	92	1,116	17	34	128	76	ap2004
2004	102,700	103,351	99.4%	60	29	89	1,153	17	34	128	76	ap2005
2006	102,700	103,351	99.4%	55	27	82	1,252	17	29	112	76	ap2007
2012	102,100	102,800	99.3%	62	27	89	1,147	17	30	96	76	ap2013
2015	100,743	101,396	99.4%	61	23	84	1,199	18	25	81	79	ap2016
2018	100,620	101,270	99.4%	67	30	97	1,037	18	32	70	79	ap2019

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Beniamino Depalma, C.M. (Archbishop: 7 Dec 1990 to 15 Jul 1999)
• Michele Fusco (Priest: 25 Jun 1988 to 30 Nov 2017)
• Ernesto Mandara (Priest: 22 Apr 1978 to 2 Apr 2004)
• Orazio Soricelli (Archbishop: 3 Jun 2000 - )

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Giovanni Acquaviva † (Archbishop: 20 Dec 1374 to 24 Nov 1378)
• Antonio Balestrieri, O. Cist. † (Archbishop: 15 Jun 1513 to 1516)
• Mariano Bianco † (Archbishop: 30 Sep 1831 to 22 Nov 1848)
• Michele de Bologna, C.R. † (Archbishop: 14 Mar 1701 to 24 Feb 1731)
• Antonio Maria Bonito † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 11 Dec 1905; Archbishop: 17 Jun 1908 to 5 Aug 1910)
• Marco Antonio Bozzuto † (Archbishop: 7 Sep 1565 to 1570)
• Roberto Brancia † (Archbishop: 5 Sep 1409 to 18 Jun 1423)
• Landolfo Caracciolo, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 20 Sep 1331)
• Simplicio Caravita, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 25 May 1682 to 1 Feb 1701)
• Antonio Carlini, O.P. † (Archbishop: 11 Aug 1449 to 23 Mar 1460)
• Andrea Cesarano † (Priest: 19 Mar 1904 to 30 Jun 1931)
• Nicola Cioffi † (Archbishop: 19 Feb 1748 to 31 Mar 1758)
• Sergio Comiteorso-Scaticampole †
• Andrea de Conto (Cuncto) † (Archbishop: 4 Feb 1484 to 27 Dec 1503)
• Tiberio Crispi † (Administrator: 1 Apr 1547 to 17 Mar 1561)
• Ferdinando D’Anna † (Archbishop: 21 Oct 1530 to 13 May 1541)
• Marino del Giudice † (Archbishop: 16 Apr 1361 to 1374)
• Angelo Maria Dolci † (Archbishop: 27 Jan 1911 to 16 Nov 1914)
• Enrico de Dominis (Dominicis) † (Archbishop: 21 May 1894 to 17 Jun 1908)
• Paolo Emilio Filonardi † (Archbishop: 8 Feb 1616 to 24 Apr 1624)
• Girolamo Ghianderoni † (Archbishop: 6 Jun 1519 to 21 Oct 1530)
• Giovanni Battista de Giudici, O.P. † (Archbishop: 26 Apr 1482 to 4 Feb 1484)
• Matteo Granito † (Archbishop: 17 Sep 1635 to May 1638)
• Carlo Gregorio Maria Grasso, O.S.B. † (Apostolic Administrator: 23 Jul 1910 to 27 Jan 1911)
• Sergio Grisone † (Archbishop: 1379 to 1392)
• Gualtiero de’ Gualtieri † (Archbishop: 23 Oct 1254)
• Gioacchino Illiano † (Apostolic Administrator: 28 Jul 1990 to 23 Feb 1991)
• Michele Lucibello † (Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Jun 1902 to 25 Nov 1911)
• Francesco Antonio Maiorsini † (Archbishop: 27 Oct 1871 to 23 Nov 1893)
• Ercolano Marini † (Archbishop: 2 Jun 1915 to 3 Oct 1945)
• Luigi Martinelli † (Archbishop: 18 Feb 1946 to 16 Jun 1946)
• Massimo de’ Massimi † (Archbishop: 17 Mar 1561 to 1564)
• Silvestro (Jean Baptiste) Miccù, O.F.M. Obs. † (Archbishop: 29 Oct 1804 to 28 Jan 1830)
• Gaetano Miraballi (Miroballi), C.R. † (Archbishop: 27 Nov 1679 to 8 Sep 1681)
• Nicolaus Miroballo † (Archbishop: 26 Apr 1460 to 15 Apr 1472)
• Carlo Montigli † (Archbishop: 20 Nov 1570 to 28 Mar 1576)
• Giovanni Nicolini † (Archbishop: 2 Oct 1475 to 26 Apr 1482)
• Jolando Nuzzi † (Apostolic Administrator: 1968 to 25 Sep 1972)
• Alfonso Oliva, O.S.A. † (Archbishop: 13 May 1541 to 23 Oct 1544)
• Ferdinando Palatucci † (Archbishop: 30 Jan 1982 to 28 Jul 1990)
• Angelo Pichi (Pico) † (Archbishop: 10 Nov 1638 to 23 Nov 1648)
• Bartolomeo Pignatelli † (Archbishop: Mar 1254 to 4 Nov 1254)
• Girolamo Planca † (Archbishop: 17 Jun 1517 to 15 Jun 1519)
• Giovanni Battista Potentia, O.F.M. Conv. † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 12 Jun 1589 to 1592)
• Lorenzo Pucci † (Administrator: 1516 to 1519)
• Antonio Puoti † (Archbishop: 22 Nov 1758 to 2 Nov 1792)
• Stefano Quaranta, C.R. † (Archbishop: 11 Oct 1649 to 30 Nov 1678)
• Tommaso Regolano † (Archbishop: 19 Jan 1504 to 1510)
• Angelo Rossini † (Archbishop: 10 Mar 1947 to 5 Oct 1965)
• Giulio Rossino † (Archbishop: 28 Mar 1576 to 9 Jan 1616)
• Pietro Agostino Scorza (Scortia) † (Archbishop: 9 Apr 1731 to 17 Feb 1748)
• Francesco Sfondrati † (Archbishop: 27 Oct 1544 to 23 Mar 1547)
• Paolo di Sorrento † (Archbishop: 3 Oct 1393 to 1401)
• Denis de Teramo † (Archbishop: 22 Oct 1174 to Mar 1202)
• Giacomo Theodoli (Teodolo) † (Archbishop: 7 Apr 1625 to 7 May 1635)
• Domenico Ventura † (Archbishop: 20 Apr 1849 to 11 Feb 1862)
• Angelo Raimondo Verardo, O.P. † (Apostolic Administrator: 6 Feb 1966 to 8 Apr 1967)
• Alfredo Vozzi † (Archbishop: 25 Sep 1972 to 30 Jan 1982)

Source(s)

Diocese of Amalfi Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 847, to Page 848 Archdiocese of Amalfi Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 84, and Page 85 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 86 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 105 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 69 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 92 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 49

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