Roman Catholic Diocese of Policastro

The Italian Catholic diocese of Policastro, in Campania, existed until 1986. In that year it was united into the diocese of Teggiano-Policastro. The diocese was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Salerno.^[1][2]

History

Policastro is the ancient Pituntia. Its diocese may be the continuation of the diocese of Buxentum, the first known bishop of which was Rusticus (501), while another, Sabbadius, is mentioned in 649.

San Pietro Poppa Carbone (1079), a Benedictine of Cava de' Tirreni, resigned after governing the diocese for a short while, and was succeeded by Arnaldo. In 1211 the Emperor Frederick II wished to give this see to his physician, Jacopo, but Pope Innocent III appointed another bishop, claiming Frederick had disregarded the candidate of the chapter. An unclear situation resulted.^[3]

Other bishops of Policastro were:

• Gabriele Atilio (1471), a Latin poet;
• Luigi d'Aragona (1501 - 22 Apr 1504), Cardinal
• Urbano Felicio (1630), who held a synod, and was the author of several works;
• Filippo Jacobio (1652) remodelled the episcopal palace of Orsaca, where the bishops usually reside;
• Vincenzo de Sylva, O.P. (1672) was besieged in his palace of Orsaca by Count Fabrizio Carafa;
• Tommaso della Rosa (1679);
• Antonio della Rosa (1705).^[4]

Ordinaries

Diocese of Policastro

Erected: 11th Century
Latin Name: Policastrensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Salerno

• Gabriele Altilio (8 Jan 1493 - 1501 Died)
• Luigi d'Aragona (1501 - 22 Apr 1504 Resigned)
• Bernardo Lauri (22 Apr 1504 - 12 Mar 1516 Died)^[5]
• Giovanni Pirro Scorna (19 Aug 1516 - 6 Feb 1530 Resigned)^[6]
• Benedetto de Accolti (6 Feb 1531 - 5 Jul 1535 Resigned)
• Andrea Matteo Palmieri (5 Jul 1535 - 20 Jan 1537 Died)
• Fabrizio Arcella (5 Mar 1537 - 1542 Resigned)
• Niccolò Francesco Missanelli (7 Jun 1543 - 1577 Died)^[7]
• Ludovico Bentivoglio (14 Jun 1577 - 26 Nov 1581 Appointed, Bishop of Città di Castello)
• Ferdinando Spinelli (4 Dec 1581 - 1603 Died)
• Filippo Spinelli (1603 - 6 Jun 1605 Appointed, Bishop of Aversa)
• Ilario Cortesi, C.R. (10 Oct 1605 - Sep 1608 Died)^[8]
• Giovanni Antonio Santorio (26 Apr 1610 - May 1628 Died)^[9]
• Urbano Felicio (14 Mar 1629 - 1635 Died)^[10]
• Pietro Magri (bishop) (1 Oct 1635 - Oct 1651 Died)^[11]
• Filippo Jacobio (Giacomo) (26 Aug 1652 - 17 Apr 1671 Resigned)^[12]
• Vincenzo Maria da Silva, O.P. (4 May 1671 - 10 Apr 1679 Appointed, Bishop of Calvi Risorta)
• Tommaso de Rosa (8 May 1679 - 10 Oct 1695 Died)^[13]
• Giacinto Camillo Maradei (2 Apr 1696 - 2 Sep 1705 Died)^[14]
• Marco Antonio de Rosa (14 Dec 1705 - 28 Nov 1709 Died)
• Andrea Roberti (27 Nov 1713 - 8 Apr 1747 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Minucci, O.F.M. Conv. (15 May 1747 - 20 Nov 1761 Resigned)
• Francesco Pantuliani (25 Jan 1762 - 21 Jun 1775 Died)
• Giuseppe de Rosa (13 Nov 1775 - 1793 Died)
• Ludovico Ludovici (Ludovico), O.F.M. Obs. (18 Dec 1797 - 17 Jan 1819 Died)
• Gaetano Barbaroli (4 Jun 1819 - 1823 Died)
• Nicola-Maria Laudisio, C.SS.R. (3 May 1824 - 6 Jan 1862 Died)
• Giuseppe Maria Cione (23 Feb 1872 - 7 Sep 1898 Died)
• Giovanni Vescia (18 Apr 1899 - 27 Mar 1924 Resigned)
• Francesco Cammarota (13 Aug 1927 - 15 Dec 1935 Died)
• Federico Pezzullo (23 Jan 1937 - 10 Sep 1979 Died)
• Umberto Luciano Altomare (16 Sep 1980 - 3 Feb 1986 Died)

30 September 1986: United with the Diocese of Diano-Teggiano to form the Diocese of Teggiano-Policastro

Notes

Attribution

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