The Diocese of Aversa (Latin: Dioecesis Aversana) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Campania, southern Italy, created in 1053. It is suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples.
The city of Aversa arose in the 11th century, near the destroyed Atella. The Norman Duke Robert Guiscard built a fortification which in time became an urban centre. Duke Robert, becoming a vassal of the pope and supporting him in his struggle with the Holy Roman Emperor, obtained permission from Pope Leo IX to have the Bishopric of Atella transferred to Aversa.
On Saturday, January 15, 2011, the Vatican Information Service announced that Pope Benedict XVI had appointed Bishop Angelo Spinillo, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Teggiano-Policastro, as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aversa. He succeeded Archbishop-Bishop Mario Milano, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese was accepted by the Pope on the grounds that he had reached the canonical age of retirement (75).
Erected: 1053
Latin Name: Aversanus
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Napoli
Leonardo Patrasso (17 Jun 1297 - 20 Jul 1299 Appointed, Archbishop of Capua)...Rinaldo Brancaccio (1418 - 27 Mar 1427 Died)...Luigi d'Aragona (10 Mar 1501 - 21 May 1515 Resigned)...Sigismondo Gonzaga (1524 - 1 Jul 1524 Resigned)...Pompeo Colonna, Administrator (20 Apr 1529 - 24 Sep 1529 Resigned)Fabio Colonna (bishop) (1532 - 1554 Died)Balduino de Balduinis (30 Mar 1554 - 18 Apr 1582 Died)Georgius Manzolus (16 May 1582 - 3 Mar 1591 Died)Pietro Orsini (bishop) (5 Apr 1591 - 1598 Died)Bernardino Morra (9 Oct 1598 - 1605 Died)Filippo Spinelli (6 Jun 1605 - 25 May 1616 Died)Carlo Carafa (bishop of Aversa) (19 Jul 1616 - Apr 1644 Died)Carlo Carafa della Spina, C.R. (13 Jul 1644 - 6 Jun 1665 Resigned)Paolo Carafa, C.R. (6 Jul 1665 - 7 May 1686 Died)Fortunato Ilario Carafa della Spina (7 Jul 1687 - 16 Jan 1697 Died)Innico Caracciolo (Jr.) (25 Feb 1697 - 6 Sep 1730 Died)Giuseppe Firrao (11 Dec 1730 - 26 Sep 1734 Resigned)Ercole Michele d’Aragona (27 Sep 1734 - Jul 1735 Died)Filippo Niccolò Spinelli (26 Sep 1735 - 20 Jan 1761 Died)Giovanbattista Caracciolo, C.R. (16 Feb 1761 - 6 Jan 1765 Died)Niccolò Borgia (27 Mar 1765 - 6 Apr 1779 Died)Francesco del Tufo, C.R. (12 Jul 1779 - 15 Jun 1803 Died)Gennaro Maria Guevara Suardo, O.S.B. (29 Oct 1804 - 3 Aug 1814 Died)Agostino Tommasi (6 Apr 1818 - 9 Nov 1821 Died)Francesco Saverio Durini, O.S.B. (17 Nov 1823 - 15 Jan 1844 Died)Sisto Riario Sforza (24 Apr 1845 - 24 Nov 1845 Confirmed, Archbishop of Naples)Antonio Saverio De Luca (24 Nov 1845 - 22 Dec 1853 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Tarsus)Domenico Zelo (23 Mar 1855 - 11 Oct 1885 Died)Carlo Caputo (7 Jun 1886 - 19 Apr 1897 Resigned)Francesco Vento (19 Apr 1897 - 29 Sep 1910 Died)Settimio Caracciolo di Torchiarolo (10 Apr 1911- 23 Nov 1930 Died)Carmine Cesarano, C.SS.R. (16 Dec 1931 - 22 Nov 1935 Died)Antonio Teutonico (28 Jul 1936 - 31 Mar 1966 Retired)Antonio Cece (31 Mar 1966 - 10 Jun 1980 Died)João (Giovanni) Gazza, S.X. (24 Nov 1980 - 27 Mar 1993 Resigned)Lorenzo Chiarinelli (27 Mar 1993 - 30 Jun 1997 Appointed, Bishop of Viterbo)Mario Milano (28 Feb 1998 - 15 Jan 2011 Resigned)Angelo Spinillo (15 Jan 2011 - )
