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Roman Catholic Diocese of Nusco

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Nusco

Diocese of Nusco was a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Campania, southern Italy, existing until 1986. In that year it was united into the archdiocese of Conza-Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, to form the Archdiocese of Conza-Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Nusco-Bisaccia. It was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Salerno.

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History

Nusco is in the province of Avellino. The diocese dates from the eleventh century. Among its bishops were

  • Guido (1004);
  • St. Amatus of Nusco (1167), author of a history of the Normans in Apulia and Calabria;
  • Roger (1198), who restored the cathedral;
  • Cardinal Pietro Paolo Parisio (1538), who presided at the Council of Trent;
  • Francesco Arcudio (1639), a Theatine;
  • Fulgenzio Arminio Monforte (1669), an Augustinian.
  • In 1820 the diocese of Montemartino was united to Nusco. St. John, a Benedictine (1084) was the first Bishop of Montemartino; forty of his successors are known.

    Diocese of Nusco

  • Giovannuccio Pasquali, O.F.M. (1446 - 1471 Died)
  • Stefano Moscatelli (11 Oct 1471 - 1485 Died)
  • Antonio Maramaldo (21 Nov 1485 - 1514 Died)
  • Marino Acciabianca (1514 - 1523 Resigned)
  • Gerolamo Acciabianca (17 Jun 1523 - 1537 Died)
  • Pietro Paolo Parisio (11 Jan 1538 - 11 May 1545 Died)
  • Luigi Cavalcanti (1 Jun 1545 - 30 Jan 1563 Appointed, Bishop of Bisignano)
  • Alessandro Gadaletta (30 Jan 1563 - 1572 Died)
  • Pietro Persio (23 Jan 1573 - 1578 Died)
  • Patrizio Lunato Laosio (15 Oct 1578 - 22 Apr 1602 Died)
  • Lazaro Pellizzari, O.P. (20 Nov 1602 - 1 Oct 1607 Appointed, Bishop of Modena)
  • Giovanni Battista Zuccato (19 Nov 1607 - 1614 Resigned)
  • Michael Rezzi (Resti) (9 Jul 1614 - 8 Aug 1639 Appointed, Bishop of Ascoli Satriano)
  • Francesco Arcudio, C.R. (19 Dec 1639 - 7 Oct 1641 Died)
  • Giovanni Mauro, O.F.M. Conv. (13 Jan 1642 - 1 Nov 1644 Died)
  • Aniello Campagna (6 Mar 1645 - Jan 1648 Died)
  • Pietro Paolo Russo (1 Mar 1649 - May 1657 Died)
  • Benedetto Rocci, O. Carm. (6 May 1658 - Oct 1661 Died)
  • Angelo Picchetti (16 Jan 1662 - 28 Sep 1668 Died)
  • Fulgenzio Arminio Monforte, O.S.A. (1 Apr 1669 - 1680 Resigned)
  • Benedetto Giacinto Sangermano (7 Oct 1680 - 7 Jun 1702 Died)
  • Giacinto Dragonetti, C.O. (5 Mar 1703 - 11 Sep 1724 Appointed, Bishop of Marsi)
  • Nicolò Tupputi (11 Sep 1724 - Jan 1740 Died)
  • Gaetano d’Arco (6 Mar 1741 - 25 May 1753 Died)
  • Francesco Antonio Bonaventura (26 Nov 1753 - 15 Jun 1788 Died)
  • Francesco Saverio de Vivo (27 Feb 1792 Confirmed - 1797 Died)
  • Matteo Aceto (21 Dec 1818 - 1819 Died)
  • Pasquale de Nicolais (21 Feb 1820 - 15 May 1835 Died)
  • Francesco-Paolo Mastropasqua (2 Oct 1837 Confirmed - 26 Jun 1848 Died)
  • Giuseppe Autelitano (28 Sep 1849 - 11 Jan 1854 Died)
  • Michele Adinolfi (30 Nov 1854 - 23 Mar 1860 Confirmed, Bishop of Nocera de' Pagani)
  • Gaetano Stiscia (23 Mar 1860 - 24 Apr 1870 Died)
  • Giovanni Acquaviva, C.O. (22 Dec 1871 - 26 Jan 1893 Died)
  • Giuseppe Consenti, C.SS.R. (26 Jan 1893 - 12 Jun 1893 Appointed, Bishop of Lucera)
  • Emilio Alfonso Todisco Grande (12 Jun 1893 - Aug 1896 Died)
  • Michele Arcangelo Pirone (30 Nov 1896 - 6 Feb 1909 Died)
  • Angelo Giacinto Scapardini, O.P. (29 Apr 1909 - 10 Sep 1910 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia)
  • Luigi Paulini (11 Sep 1911 - 10 Mar 1919 Appointed, Bishop of Concordia)
  • Pasquale Mores (15 Dec 1919 - 31 Jan 1950 Retired)
  • Guido Maria Casullo (29 May 1951 - 11 Feb 1963 Appointed, Auxiliary Bishop of Pinheiro, Maranho)
  • Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli (10 May 1963 - 18 Nov 1978 Resigned)
  • Mario Miglietta (18 Nov 1978 - 21 Feb 1981 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca)
  • Antonio Nuzzi (21 Feb 1981 - 30 Sep 1986 Appointed, Archbishop of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia)
  • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Nusco Wikipedia