Salerno-Campagna-Acerno (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Past and Present Ordinaries

Romualdo Guarna † ( 1121 Appointed - 21 Jan 1136 Died)
Cesario d’Alagno † (25 Sep 1225 Appointed - 31 Aug 1263 Died)
Matteo della Porta † (17 Nov 1263 Appointed - 25 Dec 1272 Died)
Filippo Capuano † ( 1286 Appointed - 1298 Died)
Guglielmo de Godonio † (3 Oct 1298 Appointed - 4 Sep 1305 Died)
Gui de Colle Medio † (22 Jan 1306 Appointed - May 1306 Died)
Berardo di Ponte † (4 Jun 1306 Appointed - 7 Aug 1307 Died)
Isarnus Tacconi (Morlane) † (12 Jun 1310 Appointed - Sep 1310 Died)
Robert de Malovicino † (14 Nov 1310 Appointed - 6 Aug 1313 Appointed, Archbishop of Aix)
Onofrio † (6 Aug 1313 Appointed - 1319 Died)
Bertrand de La Tour, O.F.M. † (3 Sep 1320 Appointed - 30 Apr 1321 Resigned)
Arnaud Royardi, O.F.M. † (30 Apr 1321 Appointed - 27 Jun 1330 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Sarlat)
Orso Minutolo † (27 Jun 1330 Appointed - 3 Dec 1333 Died)
Benedetto de Palmiero † (18 Feb 1334 Appointed - 1347 Died)
Ruggero de Sanseverino † (23 May 1347 Appointed - 1348 Died)
Bertrand de Castronovo (Châteauneuf) † (7 Jan 1349 Appointed - 8 Jan 1364 Appointed, Archbishop of Embrun)
Guglielmo Sanseverino † (15 Jan 1364 Appointed - 24 Nov 1378 Died)
Guglielmo de Altavilla † ( 1378 Appointed - 23 Jul 1389 Died)
Giovanni Acquaviva † (24 Nov 1378 Appointed - 1382 Died)
Roberto † (2 Jul 1382 Appointed - )
Ligorio Maiorino, O.S.B. † (7 Aug 1394 Appointed - 15 Feb 1400 Appointed, Archbishop of Colosses {Rhodes})
Bartolomeo d’Aprano † (17 Mar 1400 Appointed - 4 Sep 1414 Died)
Nicola Piscicelli, O. Cist. † (21 Feb 1415 Appointed - 1441 Died)
Barnaba Orsini † (8 Mar 1441 Appointed - 1449 Died)
Nicola Piscicelli † (21 Apr 1449 Appointed - Apr 1471 Died)
Pietro Guglielmo de Rocha † (30 Aug 1471 Appointed - 18 Oct 1482 Died)
Giovanni d’Aragona † (13 Jan 1483 Appointed - 17 Oct 1485 Died)
Ottaviano Bentivoglio † (10 May 1486 Appointed - 1498 Died)
Juan de Vera † (10 Jul 1500 Appointed - 4 May 1507 Died)
Federico (de Campo) Fregóso † (5 May 1507 Appointed - 1529 Resigned)
Niccolò Ridolfi † (7 Feb 1533 Appointed - 19 Dec 1548 Resigned)
Luis Torres † (19 Dec 1548 Appointed - 13 Aug 1553 Died)
Girolamo Seripando, O.E.S.A. † (30 Mar 1554 Appointed - 17 Apr 1563 Died)
Gaspar Cervantes de Gaete † (1 Mar 1564 Appointed - 23 Jul 1568 Appointed, Archbishop of Tarragona)
Marcantonio Colonna (Sr.) † (13 Oct 1568 Appointed - 25 Jun 1574 Resigned)
Marco Antonio Marsilio † (25 Jun 1574 Appointed - 24 Apr 1589 Died)
Mario Bolognini † (7 Jan 1591 Appointed - 25 Feb 1605 Died)
Juan Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa † (4 Dec 1606 Appointed - 28 Nov 1611 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Badajoz)
Lucio Sanseverino † (19 Nov 1612 Appointed - 25 Dec 1623 Died)
Gabriel Trejo y Paniagua † (9 Jun 1625 Appointed - 12 Feb 1630 Died)
Giulio Savelli † (28 Jan 1630 Appointed - 15 Sep 1642 Resigned)
Fabrizio Savelli † (15 Sep 1642 Appointed - 1 Apr 1658 Resigned)
Giovanni de Torres † (1 Apr 1658 Appointed - Sep 1662 Died)
Gregorio Carafa, C.R. † (23 Jun 1664 Confirmed - 22 Feb 1675 Died)
Alfonso Álvarez Barba Ossorio, O. Carm. † (22 Jun 1676 Confirmed - Oct 1688 Died)
Gerolamo Passarelli † (14 Nov 1689 Appointed - Nov 1690 Died)
Marcos de Ostos, O. de M. † (25 Jun 1692 Appointed - 19 Nov 1695 Died)
Bonaventura Poerio, O.F.M. Obs. † (11 Nov 1697 Appointed - 18 Nov 1722 Died)
Pablo Vilana Perlas † (12 May 1723 Confirmed - 6 May 1729 Died)
Giovanni Fabrizio de Capua † (11 Dec 1730 Confirmed - 1 Mar 1738 Died)
Casimiro Rossi † (5 May 1738 Appointed - 27 Dec 1758 Died)
Isidoro Sánchez de Luna, O.S.B. † (28 May 1759 Confirmed - 13 May 1783 Resigned)
Giulio (Giovanni Michele) Pignatelli, O.S.B. † (25 Jun 1784 Confirmed - 17 Aug 1796 Died)
Salvatore Spinelli, O.S.B. † (18 Dec 1797 Confirmed - 8 Jan 1805 Died)
Fortunado Pinto † (26 Jun 1805 Confirmed - 20 Nov 1825 Died)
Camillo Alleva † (19 Dec 1825 Confirmed - 30 Oct 1829 Died)
Michelangelo Lupoli † (30 Sep 1831 Confirmed - 28 Jul 1834 Died)
Marino Paglia † (6 Apr 1835 Confirmed - 5 Sep 1857 Died)
Antonio Salomone † (21 Dec 1857 Confirmed - 9 Mar 1872 Died)
Domenico Guadalupi † (6 May 1872 Appointed - 8 Mar 1877 Resigned)
Valerio Laspro † (20 Mar 1877 Appointed - 22 Sep 1914 Died)
Carlo Gregorio Maria Grasso, O.S.B. † (7 Apr 1915 Appointed - 30 Mar 1929 Died)
Nicola Monterisi † (5 Oct 1929 Appointed - 30 Mar 1944 Died)
Demetrio Moscato † (22 Jan 1945 Appointed - 22 Oct 1968 Died)
Gaetano Pollio, P.I.M.E. † (5 Feb 1969 Appointed - 20 Oct 1984 Resigned)
Guerino Luigi Grimaldi † (20 Oct 1984 Succeeded - 12 Apr 1992 Died)
Gerardo Pierro (25 May 1992 Appointed - 10 Jun 2010 Retired)
Luigi Moretti (10 Jun 2010 Appointed - 4 May 2019 Resigned)
Andrea Bellandi (4 May 2019 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Salerno
6th Century	Erected		Diocese of Salerno (erected)
Archdiocese of Salerno
10th Century	Elevated	Diocese of Salerno	Archdiocese of Salerno
7 August 1394	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Salerno	Diocese of Cava (de’ Tirreni) (erected)
6 March 1531	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Salerno	Diocese of Giffoni (erected)
1532	Territory Added	Diocese of Giffoni (suppressed)	Archdiocese of Salerno
Archdiocese of Salerno (-Acerno)
27 June 1818	United	Diocese of Acerno Archdiocese of Salerno	Archdiocese of Salerno (-Acerno)
15 October 1979	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Salerno (-Acerno) (Casali and Materdomini)	Diocese of Nocera de’ Pagani
Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno
30 September 1986	United	Diocese of Campagna Archdiocese of Salerno (-Acerno)	Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno
21 March 1988	Territory Added	Archdiocese of Amalfi-Cava de’ Tirreni (Part of Salerno)	Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno
25 January 1998	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Benevento (Santa Maria degli Angeli (Chiusano San Domenico), Santa Margherita (Poppano di San Mango sul Calore), and Maria SS. Addolorata (Pratola Serra)) Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno (SS. Biagio e Stefano (Forino), S. Felicissimo (Petruro di Forino), S. Maria delia Misericordia e S. Nicola (Celzi di Forino), S. Giovanni Battista e S. Maria di Monserrato (Contrada), S. Michele Arcangelo (S. Michele di Serino), SS. Pietro e Paolo Ap....)	Diocese of Avellino
25 January 1998	Territory Added	Diocese of Avellino (Santi Nicola di Bari e Antonino martire (Gesualdo), Santa Maria della Pace (Villamaina), Mary SS. Assunta in Cielo (Frigento), Santi Domenico e Francesco (Sturno), and S. Michele Arcangelo (Sturno))	Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno

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 Salerno (-Acerno)

1886 147,875 .0% 538 0 147 OTC

1950 276,900 276,950 100.0% 229 103 332 834 133 544 164 ap1951

1970 367,642 367,842 99.9% 196 187 383 959 239 730 177 ap1971

1980 399,701 402,701 99.3% 176 170 346 1,155 1 203 538 184 ap1981

Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno

1990 483,000 498,000 97.0% 204 134 338 1,428 41 160 492 187 ap1991

1999 517,000 532,000 97.2% 208 122 330 1,566 61 125 370 164 ap2000

2000 535,000 550,000 97.3% 213 122 335 1,597 61 125 378 163 ap2004

2004 534,000 550,000 97.1% 211 122 333 1,603 60 131 309 163 ap2005

2010 540,000 552,000 97.8% 224 120 344 1,569 45 139 165 163 ap2011

2014 549,300 562,200 97.7% 215 88 303 1,812 59 121 262 163 ap2015

2017 547,000 548,900 99.7% 221 85 306 1,787 60 126 263 163 ap2018

2020 547,000 548,900 99.7% 231 85 316 1,731 68 126 263 162 ap2021

2022 547,000 548,900 99.7% 210 60 270 2,025 83 96 263 163 ap2023

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 Salerno (-Acerno)
1886		147,875	.0%			538	0				147	OTC
1950	276,900	276,950	100.0%	229	103	332	834		133	544	164	ap1951
1970	367,642	367,842	99.9%	196	187	383	959		239	730	177	ap1971
1980	399,701	402,701	99.3%	176	170	346	1,155	1	203	538	184	ap1981
Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno
1990	483,000	498,000	97.0%	204	134	338	1,428	41	160	492	187	ap1991
1999	517,000	532,000	97.2%	208	122	330	1,566	61	125	370	164	ap2000
2000	535,000	550,000	97.3%	213	122	335	1,597	61	125	378	163	ap2004
2004	534,000	550,000	97.1%	211	122	333	1,603	60	131	309	163	ap2005
2010	540,000	552,000	97.8%	224	120	344	1,569	45	139	165	163	ap2011
2014	549,300	562,200	97.7%	215	88	303	1,812	59	121	262	163	ap2015
2017	547,000	548,900	99.7%	221	85	306	1,787	60	126	263	163	ap2018
2020	547,000	548,900	99.7%	231	85	316	1,731	68	126	263	162	ap2021
2022	547,000	548,900	99.7%	210	60	270	2,025	83	96	263	163	ap2023

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

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Matteo Aceto †
Giovanni Acquaviva † (Archbishop: 24 Nov 1378 to 1382)
Cesario d’Alagno † (Archbishop: 25 Sep 1225 to 31 Aug 1263)
Camillo Alleva † (Archbishop: 19 Dec 1825 to 30 Oct 1829)
Guglielmo de Altavilla † (Archbishop: 1378 to 23 Jul 1389)
Alfonso Álvarez Barba Ossorio, O. Carm. † (Archbishop: 22 Jun 1676 to Oct 1688)
Felice Amato †
Bartolomeo d’Aprano † (Archbishop: 17 Mar 1400 to 4 Sep 1414)
Philip Bandini †
Juan Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa † (Archbishop: 4 Dec 1606 to 28 Nov 1611)
Ottaviano Bentivoglio † (Archbishop: 10 May 1486 to 1498)
Mario Bolognini † (Archbishop: 7 Jan 1591 to 25 Feb 1605)
Raffaele Capone, C.SS.R. †
Giovanni Fabrizio de Capua † (Archbishop: 11 Dec 1730 to 1 Mar 1738)
Filippo Capuano † (Archbishop: 1286 to 1298)
Gregorio Carafa, C.R. † (Archbishop: 23 Jun 1664 to 22 Feb 1675)
Pirro Luigi Castellomata †
Bertrand de Castronovo (Châteauneuf) † (Archbishop: 7 Jan 1349 to 8 Jan 1364)
Vencent Cavaselice †
Gaspar Cervantes de Gaete † (Archbishop: 1 Mar 1564 to 23 Jul 1568)
Fabrizio Cimino, C.SS.R. †
Gui de Colle Medio † (Archbishop: 22 Jan 1306 to May 1306)
Marcantonio Colonna (Sr.) † (Archbishop: 13 Oct 1568 to 25 Jun 1574)
Tommaso d’Ancora (Ariconi), C.R. †
Giovanni d’Aragona † (Administrator: 13 Jan 1483 to 17 Oct 1485)
Matteo della Porta † (Archbishop: 17 Nov 1263 to 25 Dec 1272)
Fortunato Maria Farina † (Priest: 18 Sep 1904 to 21 Jun 1919)
Matteo Franco, C.P.O. †
Federico (de Campo) Fregóso † (Archbishop: 5 May 1507 to 1529)
Francesco Gaeta (Caieta) †
Federico Maria Galdi †
Guglielmo de Godonio † (Archbishop: 3 Oct 1298 to 4 Sep 1305)
Carlo Gregorio Maria Grasso, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 7 Apr 1915 to 30 Mar 1929)
Guerino Luigi Grimaldi † (Priest: 13 Jul 1941; Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Feb 1968 to 19 Mar 1971; Coadjutor Archbishop: 2 Jul 1982; Archbishop: 20 Oct 1984 to 12 Apr 1992)
Domenico Guadalupi † (Archbishop: 6 May 1872 to 8 Mar 1877)
Romualdo Guarna † (Archbishop: 1121 to 21 Jan 1136)
Gioacchino Illiano † (Deacon: 1960; Priest: 2 Jul 1961 to 8 Aug 1987)
Francesco Maria Imparati, O.F.M. Obs. †
Paolo Jacuzio †
Valerio Laspro † (Archbishop: 20 Mar 1877 to 22 Sep 1914)
Bertrand de La Tour, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 3 Sep 1320 to 30 Apr 1321)
Michelangelo Lupoli † (Archbishop: 30 Sep 1831 to 28 Jul 1834)
Ligorio Maiorino, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 7 Aug 1394 to 15 Feb 1400)
Robert de Malovicino † (Archbishop: 14 Nov 1310 to 6 Aug 1313)
Marco Antonio Marsilio † (Archbishop: 25 Jun 1574 to 24 Apr 1589)
Renato Raffaele Martino † (Priest: 20 Jun 1957 to 14 Sep 1980)
Orso Minutolo † (Archbishop: 27 Jun 1330 to 3 Dec 1333)
Nicola Monterisi † (Archbishop: 5 Oct 1929 to 30 Mar 1944)
Demetrio Moscato † (Archbishop: 22 Jan 1945 to 22 Oct 1968)
Carlo Nicodemi †
Barnaba Orsini † (Archbishop: 8 Mar 1441 to 1449)
Marcos de Ostos, O. de M. † (Archbishop: 25 Jun 1692 to 19 Nov 1695)
Marino Paglia † (Archbishop: 6 Apr 1835 to 5 Sep 1857)
Benedetto de Palmiero † (Archbishop: 18 Feb 1334 to 1347)
Gerolamo Passarelli † (Archbishop: 14 Nov 1689 to Nov 1690)
Giulio (Giovanni Michele) Pignatelli, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 25 Jun 1784 to 17 Aug 1796)
Fortunado Pinto † (Archbishop: 26 Jun 1805 to 20 Nov 1825)
Nicola Piscicelli † (Archbishop: 21 Apr 1449 to Apr 1471)
Nicola Piscicelli, O. Cist. † (Archbishop: 21 Feb 1415 to 1441)
Bonaventura Poerio, O.F.M. Obs. † (Archbishop: 11 Nov 1697 to 18 Nov 1722)
Gaetano Pollio, P.I.M.E. † (Archbishop: 5 Feb 1969 to 20 Oct 1984)
Berardo di Ponte † (Archbishop: 4 Jun 1306 to 7 Aug 1307)
Antonio Quarracino †
Niccolò Ridolfi † (Administrator: 7 Feb 1533 to 19 Dec 1548)
Mattia Ripa †
Matteo Roberti †
Pietro Guglielmo de Rocha † (Archbishop: 30 Aug 1471 to 18 Oct 1482)
Casimiro Rossi † (Archbishop: 5 May 1738 to 27 Dec 1758)
Arnaud Royardi, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 30 Apr 1321 to 27 Jun 1330)
Giovanni Antonio Ruggiero †
Giuseppe Saggese †
Antonio Salomone † (Archbishop: 21 Dec 1857 to 9 Mar 1872)
Isidoro Sánchez de Luna, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 28 May 1759 to 13 May 1783)
Guglielmo Sanseverino † (Archbishop: 15 Jan 1364 to 24 Nov 1378)
Lucio Sanseverino † (Archbishop: 19 Nov 1612 to 25 Dec 1623)
Ruggero de Sanseverino † (Archbishop: 23 May 1347 to 1348)
Fabrizio Savelli † (Archbishop: 15 Sep 1642 to 1 Apr 1658)
Giulio Savelli † (Archbishop: 28 Jan 1630 to 15 Sep 1642)
Girolamo Seripando, O.E.S.A. † (Archbishop: 30 Mar 1554 to 17 Apr 1563)
Francesco Solimele †
Camillo Sorgente †
Salvatore Spinelli, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 18 Dec 1797 to 8 Jan 1805)
Isarnus Tacconi (Morlane) † (Archbishop: 12 Jun 1310 to Sep 1310)
Giovanni de Torres † (Archbishop: 1 Apr 1658 to Sep 1662)
Luis Torres † (Archbishop: 19 Dec 1548 to 13 Aug 1553)
Gabriel Trejo y Paniagua † (Archbishop: 9 Jun 1625 to 12 Feb 1630)
Bartolomeo Vanni, O.E.S.A. †
Juan de Vera † (Archbishop: 10 Jul 1500 to 4 May 1507)
Blasius de Vicariis †
Ferdinando de Vicariis, O.S.B. †
Pablo Vilana Perlas † (Archbishop: 12 May 1723 to 6 May 1729)
Francesco Saverio de Vivo †
Angelo-Andrea Zottoli † (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Sep 1838 - )
Onofrio † (Archbishop: 6 Aug 1313 to 1319)
Roberto † (Archbishop: 2 Jul 1382)

Source(s)

Diocese of Salerno
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 919, to Page 920
Archdiocese of Salerno
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 429, and Page 430
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 227
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 289
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 301
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 340
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 363
Archdiocese of Salerno (-Acerno)
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 71, Page 562, and Page 563
Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 79, Page 778, to Page 780
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 80, Page 1,479, and Page 1,480
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 90, Page 238, to Page 241

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