The Diocese of Sarno (Latin: ''Dioecesis Sarnensis'') was a Roman Catholic diocese located in the town of
Sarno
Sarno is a town and ''comune'' and former Latin Catholic bishopric of Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno, 20 km northeast from the city of Salerno and 60 km east of Naples by the main railway.
Overview
It lies at the foo ...
in the
province of Salerno
The province of Salerno () is a province in the Campania region of Italy. It has 1,054,766 inhabitants as of 2025.
Geography
The largest towns in the province are: Salerno, the capital, which has a population of 131,950; Cava de' Tirreni, Bat ...
in the
Campania
Campania is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy located in Southern Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian Peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islan ...
region of
Italy
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. In 1818, it was united with the
Diocese of Cava de' Tirreni to form the
Diocese of Cava e Sarno.
["Diocese of Sarno"]
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Bishops
Diocese of Sarno
''Erected: 11th Century''
''Latin Name: Sarnensis''
''Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Salerno''
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Marco de Teramo
Marco de Teramo (died 1439) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Sarno (1418–1439), Bishop of Bertinoro (1404–1418), and Bishop of Monopoli (1400–1404). ''(in Latin)''
Biography
On 24 March 1400, Marco de Teramo was appoi ...
(1418–1439 Died)
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Agostino Tuttavilla (1496–1501 Resigned)
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Giorgio Maccafano de' Pireto (1501–1513 Died)
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Francisco de Remolins
Francisco de Remolins (1462 – 5 February 1518) (called the Cardinal of Sorrento and ''il cardinale Elvense'') was a Spanish Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Biography
Francisco de Remolins was born in Lleida in 1462. He studied law at the ...
(1513–1517 Resigned)
*
Ludovico Platamone (1517–1518 Appointed,
Bishop of Siracusa
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Silvio Passerini (1469 – 20 April 1529) was an Italian cardinal.
Biography
Born in Cortona, Passerini was taken under the wing of the powerful Florentine Medici family, after his father, Rosado, was imprisoned for too openly supporting the Med ...]
(1518–1519 Resigned)
*
Guglielmo Bertrand (1519–)
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Andrea Matteo Palmieri (1529–1530 Resigned)
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Pompeo Colonna
Pompeo Colonna (12 May 1479 – 28 June 1532) was an Italian noble, ''condottiero'', politician, and cardinal. At the culmination of his career he was Viceroy of the Kingdom of Naples (1530–1532) for the Emperor Charles V. Born in Rome, he was ...
(1530–1532 Died)
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Andrea Matteo Palmieri (1532–1534 Resigned)
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Luis Gómez (bishop) (1534–1543 Died)
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Francesco Sfondrati
Francesco Sfondrati (26 October 149331 July 1550) was a professor of law at a series of Italian universities, and held important positions as a counselor of Emperor Charles V. He married Anna Visconti, with whom he had a number of children, one ...
(1543–1544 Appointed,
Archbishop of Amalfi
The Archdiocese of Amalfi-Cava de' Tirreni () is an archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, with its episcopal see at Amalfi, not far from Naples. It was named Archdiocese of Amalfi until parts of the Diocese of Cava e Sarno w ...
)
*
Marino Ruffino (1544–1547 Appointed,
Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla
The Diocese of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa (, ) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Basilicata, southern Italy. In 1986 the historic Diocese of Melfi-Rapolla was united with the Diocese of Venosa. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese ...
)
*
Donato Martuccio (Maricucci) (1547–1548 Resigned)
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Guglielmo Tuttavilla (1548–1569 Died)
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Vincenzo Ercolano (Herculani),
O.P. (1569–1573 Appointed,
Bishop of Imola)
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Vincenzo de Siena,
O.P. (1573–1578 Died)
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Paolo Fusco (1578–1583 Died)
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Girolamo Matteucci (1583–1594 Appointed,
Archbishop (Personal Title) of Viterbo e Tuscania)
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Antonio d'Aquino (1595–1618 Appointed,
Archbishop of Taranto)
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Stefano Solis Castelblanco,
C.R. (1618–1657 Died)
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Antonio de Matteis Corano (1659–1665 Died)
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Sisto Maria Pironti,
O.P. (1666–1673 Died)
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Niccolò Antonio De Tura (1673–1706 Died)
*Marco Antonio Attaffi (1706–1718 Appointed,
Bishop of Squillace
The Diocese of Squillace (Lat.: ''Scyllatium'') was a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Calabria, Italy. The diocese was established in the 5th century, and suppressed in 1986. In that year, it was combin ...
)
*Didaco Di Pace (1718–1737 Died)
*Francesco De Novellis (1738–1760 Died)
*Giovanni Saverio Pirelli (1760–1792 Resigned)
*Lorenzo Potenza (1792–1811 Died)
''27 June 1818: United with the
Diocese of Cava de' Tirreni to form the
Diocese of Cava e Sarno''
See also
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Catholic Church in Italy
The Italian Catholic Church, or Catholic Church in Italy, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in full communion, communion with the Pope in Rome, under the Conference of Italian Bishops. The pope serves also as Primate of Italy and Bishop ...
References
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Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Italy
11th-century establishments in Italy
1818 disestablishments in Europe