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The Archdiocese of Amalfi-Cava de' Tirreni (Latin: Archidioecesis Amalphitana-Cavensis) is a Roman Catholic archbishopric, which has its archiepiscopal see at Amalfi, not far from Naples. It was named Archdiocese of Amalfi until parts of the Diocese of Cava e Sarno were merged with it on September 30, 1986.
Contents
- Special churches
- History
- Diocese of Amalfi
- Archdiocese of Amalfi
- Since 1818
- Archdiocese of Amalfi Cava de Tirreni
- References
It was exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See, but is now a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno.
The current titular is Orazio Soricelli. In 2015, in the diocese of Amalfi there was one priest for every 1,199 Catholics.
Special churches
Amalfi Cathedral, the cathedral archiepiscopal see, is in Amalfi, devoted to St. Andrew Apostle. It also has
History
The early beginnings of the Diocese of Amalfi are very obscure; it is not known when it was founded, or when Christianity reached it. That it was early is a reasonable conjecture, considering the facilities for communication with the East which the South of Italy possessed.
The first positive indication that Amalfi was a Christian community is supplied by Pope Gregory the Great, who wrote in January 596 to the Subdeacon Antemius, his legate and administrator in Campania, ordering him to constrain within a monastery Primenus, Bishop of Amalfi, because he did not remain in his diocese, but roamed about. The regular list of bishops began in 829.
It was raised to Metropolitan Archbishopric of Amalfi by Pope John XV in 987, having lost territory to establish the dioceses of Capri, Lettere, Minori and Scala.
In 1206, it Gained territory from the suppressed Nuceria. And after the completion, also in 1206, of the Cathedral of St. Andrew (Duomo), the relics of the Apostle of that name, who was the patron saint of Amalfi, were taken from Constantinople and brought there by Cardinal Pietro of Capua, an Amalfitan who took part in the sack of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade.
On 10 October 1384 it lost territory to establish the Diocese of Nuceria
On 27 June 1818 it was demoted as non-metropolitan Archdiocese of Amalfi, despite aving gained territories from the suppressed bishorpics of Minori and Roman Catholic Diocese of Ravello–Scala&Ravello–Scala.
The archbishopric had in the early 20th century about 36,000 inhabitants, 54 parishes and 279 secular priests.
On 30 September 1986 the diocese was renamed the Archdiocese of Amalfi–Cava de’ Tirreni, having gained territory from and absorbing the title of the suppressed Cava de’ Tirreni.
On 20 August 2012 it gained territory from the Territorial Abbacy of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni.
Diocese of Amalfi
Erected: 6th Century
Latin Name: Amalphitana
Archdiocese of Amalfi
Elevated: 987
Latin Name: Amalphitana
Since 1818
Territory Added: 1818 from the suppressed Diocese of Minori
Territory Added: 1818 from the suppressed Diocese of Scala
Archdiocese of Amalfi-Cava de' Tirreni
United on 30 September 1986 with the Diocese of Cava e Sarno