The Italian Catholic diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti, in Campania

Campania

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, Italy

Italy

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, has existed since 1986, when the diocese of Sant'Agata de' Goti

Diocese of Sant'Agata de' Goti

The former Italian Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Agata dei Goti was in the Province of Benevento, Southern Italy. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Benevento...

 was united into the historical diocese of Telese o Cerreto Sannita. The diocese is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Benevento.

History

The first bishop of Telese

Telese

Telese Terme, called simply Telese until 1991, is a city and comune in the Province of Benevento, in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is located in the valley of the Calore, well known for its hot sulfur springs.-History Telesia:...

 mentioned is Agnellus (487). 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 Bishop Gian Francesco Leoni (1508) transferred the episcopal residence to Cerreto Sannita

Cerreto Sannita

Cerreto Sannita is a comune in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 60 km northeast of Naples and about 25 km northwest of Benevento...

. In 1818 the see was united to the diocese of Piedimonte d'Alife, but it was re-established in 1852. Among its bishops were:

• Alberico Giacquinto (1540);
• Angelo Massarelli
  Angelo Massarelli
  Angelo Massarelli was a notable Roman bishop, notable for having kept the Acts of the Council of Trent, which were the minutes of the council, and published only 300 years after the council was held....
  
   (1567), secretary of the Council of Trent
  Council of Trent
  The Council of Trent was the 16th-century Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church. It is considered to be one of the Church's most important councils. It convened in Trent between December 13, 1545, and December 4, 1563 in twenty-five sessions for three periods...
  
  , of which he wrote the acts and a diary;
• Vincenzo Lupoli (1792), a jurist.

Ordinaries

• Juan Esteban de Urbieta, O.P. † (17 Dec 1585 Appointed - 1587 Resigned)
• Raffaele Longobardi † (7 Sep 1818 Appointed - 23 Sep 1822 Died)
• Giovanni Battista de Martino di Pietradoro † (10 Mar 1824 Appointed - 1 May 1826 Died)
• Carlo Puoti † (3 Jul 1826 Appointed - 14 Mar 1848 Died)
• Gennaro di Giacomo † (22 Dec 1848 Appointed - Jul 1852 Resigned)
• Luigi Sodo † (27 Jun 1853 Appointed - )
• Angelo Michele Jannachino † (29 Nov 1895 Appointed - 1918 Died)
• Joseph Signore † (20 Jun 1918 Appointed - 1 Dec 1928 Resigned)
• Salvatore Del Bene † (15 Dec 1928 Appointed - 6 Apr 1957 Died)
• Felice Leonardo (22 Jul 1957 Appointed - 20 Jul 1991 Retired)
• Mario Paciello (20 Jul 1991 Appointed - 6 Aug 1997 Appointed, Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti)
• Michele De Rosa (23 May 1998 Appointed - )