Roman Catholic Diocese of Castellammare di Stabia

The Italian Catholic diocese of Castellammare di Stabia, on the Bay of Naples, existed until 1986. In that year it became part of the archdiocese of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia.^[1][2]

History

Previous to Ursus, present at the Roman synod under Pope Symmachus, in 499, no register was kept of the bishops of this city. Among its bishops were:

• Lubentius, present in Rome in 649;
• Catellus of Castellammare (827);
• Palmerio (1196), champion of ecclesiastical rights against Emperor Frederick II;
• Giovanni Fonseca (1537), a theologian at the Council of Trent; Ludovico Gravina (1581) and C. Vittorino Maso (1599), theologians and canonists;

In 1818 Pope Pius VII united with this see the diocese of Torre Patria (diocese of Lettere-Gragnano), the ancient Liternum.^[3]

Bishops of Castellamare di Stabia

to 1600

...

• (ca. 499) : Ursus^[4]

...

• (600/1–612) : Laurentius^[5]

...

• (1327–1331) : Landolfo Caracciolo

...

• (1503–1537) : Pedro Flores^[6]
• (1537–1559) : Juan Fonseca^[7]
• (1562–1577) : Antonio Lauro^[8]
• (1581–1591) : Ludovico Majorino^[9]
• (1591–1596) : Giovanni Myra (Mira)^[10]
• (1599–1600) : Vittorino Mansi^[11]

1600 to 1800

• (1601–1604) : Jerónimo Bernardo de Quirós^[12]
• (1605–1627) : Ippolito Riva^[13]
• (1627–1644) : Annibale Mascambruno^[14]
• (1645–1651) : Andrea Massa^[15]
• (1651–1653) : Clemente Del Pezzo^[16]
• (1655–1662) : Juan de Paredes^[17]
• (1662–1676) : Pietro Gambacorta^[18]
• (1676–1678) : Lorenzo Mayers Caramuel^[19]
• (1678–1680) : Salvatore Scaglione^[20]
• (1682–1683) : Francesco de Mandietta (Mendieta)^[21]
• (1684–1705) : Annibale de Pietropaulo^[22]
• (1713–1722) : Biagio de Dura^[23]
• (1722–1727) : Pietro Savastani^[24]
• (1727–1729) : Tommaso Di Grazia^[25]
• (1730–1743) : Tommaso Falcoia^[26]
• (1743–1749) : Pio Tommaso Milante^[27]
• (1749–1767) : Giuseppe Coppola^[28]
• (1768–1787) : Tommaso Mazza^[29]
• (1792–1800) : Ferdinando Crispo Doria^[30]

1800 to 1986

(1800–1818) : Sede vacante^[31]

• (1818–1820) : Bernardo Maria della Torre^[32]
• (1821–1836) : Francesco Colangelo^[33]
• (1837–1849) : Angelo Maria Scanzano^[34]
• (1850–1878) : Francesco Petagna^[35]
• (1879–1897) : Vincenzo Maria Sarnelli Appointed, Archbishop of Naples
• (1898–1921) : Michele de Jorio^[36]
• (1922–1923) : Uberto Maria Fiodo
• (1925–1936) : Pasquale Ragosta
• (1936–1952) : Federico Emanuel (Emmanuel)
• (1952–1966) : Agostino D’Arco
• (1971–1977) : Raffaele Pellecchia
• (1977–1986) : Antonio Zama Appointed, Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia)

Archbishops of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia

Stemma of Archbishop Francesco Alfano

• (1989–2012) : Felice Cece
• (2012–present) : Francesco Alfano

References

1. "Diocese of Castellammare di Stabia" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 20, 2016.^{[self-published source]}
2. "Diocese of Castellammare di Stabia" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved March 20. 2016.^{[self-published source]}
3. Catholic Encyclopedia
4. J. D. Mansi, Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio editio novissima. Tomus VIII (Florence 1762), p. 235. Gams, p. 872.
5. Gams, p. 872.
6. Flores was appointed Bishop of Gaeta on 31 January 1537. Eubel, III, pp. 200 and 303.
7. Fonseca: Eubel, III, p. 304.
8. Lauro: Eubel, III, p. 304.
9. Majorino: Eubel, III, p. 304.
10. Mira was appointed, Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera: Eubel, III, p. 304.
11. Mansi was approved by Pope Clement VIII on 1 February 1599. On 31 July 1600 Mansi was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Ariano. Gauchat, IV, p. 140.
12. On 18 August 1604 Quirós was appointed Bishop of Pozzuoli. Gauchat, IV, p. 140 with note 2.
13. Riva was nominated by King Philip IV of Spain, and approved by Pope Paul V on 31 August 1605. Gauchat, IV, p. 140 with note 3.
14. Mascambruno was born in Benevento, and received the degree of Doctor in utroque iure (Civil and Canon Law) from the University of Rome (1616). He had been Sacristan of King Philip IV of Spain, who appointed him Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia on 31 March 1627; he was approved by Pope Urban VIII on 30 August 1627. He was consecrated in Rome on 8 September by Cardinal Cosimo de Torres. Gauchat, IV, p. 140 with note 4.
15. On 25 September 1651 Massa was appointed Bishop of Gallipoli. Gauchat, IV, p. 141 with note 5.
16. Del Pezzo was named Bishop of Porphyreon by papal appointment on 19 February 1644; he was transferred to the diocese of Aquila by royal appointment and papal approval on 17 December 1646, until his transfer to Castellammare di Stabia on 27 November 1651. Gauchat, IV, p. 90, p. 141 and note 6; p. 285 with note 2.
17. Paredes, who had been born in the diocese of Burgos, had been Vicar General of the Bishop of Segovia in Spain. He was nominated by the King of Spain on 1 January 1655 and appointed Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia on 2 August 1655. He was transferred to the diocese of Gaeta on 17 April 1662. Gauchat, IV, p. 127; p. 141 and note 7.
18. Gambacorta died in January 1676. Gauchat, IV, p. 141 and note 8.
19. Caramuel was appointed, Bishop of Gaeta. Ritzler, V, p. 149, with note 2.
20. Ritzler, V, p. 149, with note 3.
21. Born in Madrid, Mendieta was a member of the Trinitarian Fathers. He was a Master of theology and held a chair at the University of Naples. He was a minister and Vicar of his Order. He was nominated to the bishopric of Castellammare di Stabia by Charles II of Spain. Pope Innocent XI approved on 12 January 1682. Ritzler, V, p. 149, with note 4.
22. Annibale was born in the town of Parghelia in the diocese of Tropea. He was a Doctor of theology (1676) from the University of Rome, La Sapienza, and was the parish priest of S. Maria Ognibene in Naples. He was nominated by King Charles II el Hechizado of Spain, and approved by Pope Innocent XI on 10 January 1684. He was consecrated a bishop in Rome on 16 January 1684 by Cardinal Alessandro Crescenzi. Cappelletti, p. 809. Ritzler, V, p. 149, with note 5.
23. Biagio de Dura was appointed Bishop of Potenza on 2 March 1722. He died in March 1740. Ritzler, V, p. 149, with note 6; p. 323, with note 9.
24. Savastani was a native of Naples. He was a lecturer in theology and Provincial of the Neapolitan Province. He was nominated to the diocese of Castellammare di Stabia by King Philip V of Spain, on 30 May 1722, and approved by Pope Innocent XIII on 23 September 1722. He was consecrated a bishop in Rome by Cardinal Lorenzo Corsini on 27 September. He died in Naples in August 1727. Ritzler, V, p. 149, with note 7.
25. Di Grazia: Ritzler, V, p. 149, with note 8.
26. Falcoia was born in Naples. He obtained a doctorate in philosophy and theology from the University of Rome, La Sapienza (1730). He had already been Master of Novices, Procurator General and Praepositus General of his Order, the Congregatio Piorum Operorum. The King of Naples nominated him to the diocese of Castellamare di Stabia on 16 August 1730, he was approved by the Pope on 2 October, and he was consecrated in Rome by Cardinal Niccolò Spinola on 8 October 1730. He died on 20 April 1743. Ritzler, VI, p. 154, with note 2.
27. Born in Naples, Milante was a Master of theology (1732), and lectured at the University of Naples. He was Royal Theologian. He was nominated bishop by the King on 16 May 1743, approved by the Pope on 15 July, and consecrated in Rome by Archbishop Stefano Assemani on 28 July 1743. Ritzler, VI, p. 154, with note 3.
28. Coppola was born in Naples, and was a Doctor of theology (1742). He became Master of Novices and then Prefect of the House of the Oratory in Naples. He was nominated bishop of Aquila by the King of Naples on 17 April 1742, approved by Pope Benedict XIV on 25 May and was consecrated bishop in Rome on 26 May 1742 by Cardinal Troiano Aquaviva. He was nominated Bishop of Castellamare di Stabia by the King of Naples on 23 October 1749, and approved by Pope Benedict XIV on 1 December 1749. Ritzler, VI, p. 93, with note 2; p. 154, with note 4.
29. Mazza was born in Montemilleto in the diocese of Benevento. He was Doctor in utroque iure (Civil Law and Canon Law) from the University of Naples (1746). He was Sacellanus of the King of the Two Sicilies, who nominated him Bishop of Ugento (1747–1768); he was consecrated in Rome on 16 April 1747 by Cardinal Joaquin de Portocarrero. He died in Naples on 5 April 1787. Ritzler, VI, p. 155, with note 5; p. 424, with note 5.
30. Doria was born in Naples, and was Doctor in utroque iure (Civil Law and Canon Law) from the University of Naples (1756). He was aulicus saculanus of the King of the Two Sicilies. He was nominated bishop on 16 December 1791, approved by Pope Pius VI on 27 February 1792, and consecrated in Rome on 4 March 1792 by Cardinal Andrea Corsini. Ritzler, VI, p. 155, with note 6.
31. Gams, p. 872.
32. Gams, p. 872.
33. A native of Naples, Colangelo was an author of some note. Enciclopedia ecclesiastica, e morale; opera periodica compilata da G.V.T. (in Italian). 1821. pp. 184, 279–281, 327–329. Francesco Colangelo (1816). Raccolta di opere appartenenti a storia letteraria (in Italian). Vol. I. Naples: Vincenzo Orsino. Francesco Colangelo (1820). Vita di Antonio Beccadelli soprannominato il Panormita [Francesco Colangelo] (in Italian). Naples: Angelo Trani.
34. Gams, p. 872.
35. Petagna was knowledgeable in oriental languages, and had been rector of the royal church of Saint Ferdinando. Petagna fled from his diocese in the face of the marching army of Giuseppe Garibaldi, which drove King Francesco II of Naples from his throne. Petagna spent his exile in France. He was present in Rome, however, for the First Vatican Council, where he supported the claim of Papal Infallibility. Giovanni Celoro Parascandolo (1986). Monsignor Francesco Saverio Petagna, il vescocvo della carità, il difensore della fede (in Italian). Roma: Congregazione delle Religiose dei Sacri Cuori. (tendentious). Cappelletti, p. 811. Gams, p. 872.
36. Di Jorio had previously been Bishop of Bovino.

Books

• Cappelletti, Giuseppe (1864). Le chiese d'Italia: dalla loro origine sino ai nostri giorni (in Italian). Vol. Tomo decimonono (19). Venice: G. Antonelli. pp. 769–813.
• Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1913). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 1 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. (in Latin)
• Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1914). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 2 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.
• Gulik, Guilelmus (1923). Eubel, Conradus (ed.). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 3 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.
• Gams, Pius Bonifatius (1873). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo (in Latin). Ratisbon: Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz.
• Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica IV (1592-1667). Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
• Liccardo, Giovanni (2008). Redemptor meus vivit: iscrizioni cristiane antiche dell'area napoletana. Istituto di storia del Cristianism della Pontificia Facolta Teologica dell' Italia Meridionale (in Italian). Naples: Il pozzo di Giacobbe. pp. 149–168. ISBN 978-88-6124-012-4. (an enthusiastic believer)
• Milante, Pio Tommaso (1750). De Stabiis, Stabiana ecclesia, et episcopis eius (in Latin). Naples: Typ. Mutiana.
• Milante, Pio Tommaso (1836). Della citta di Stabia, della chiesa stabiana, e de' suoi vescovi. Opera postuma di monsignor F. Pio Tommaso Milante ... tradotta dal latino: 2 (in Italian). Vol. Tomo II. Napoli: Saverio Giordano.
• Parisi, Catello (1842). Cenno storico-descrittivo della citta' di Castellammare di Stabia (in Italian). Firenze. pp. 90–95.
• Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi V (1667-1730). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
• Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1958). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi VI (1730-1799). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06.

Acknowledgment

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Castellammare di Stabia". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.