The Diocese of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo () is a

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."Diocese of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Portecorvino"
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and not part of any

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. The current bishop of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo is Gerardo Antonazzo, who was

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a bishop on April 8, 2013 by

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History

The Diocese of Sora originated in the 3rd century. On June 27, 1818, it was united with the Diocese of Aquino and Pontecorvo, as the Diocese of Aquino, Sora and Pontecorvo, from September 30, 1986 known as the Diocese of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo. On October 23, 2014, the lands of the Benedictine

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Abbey of Montecassino which were not part of the abbey proper were transferred by

to this diocese. It was then renamed to its current title. The various religious institutions involved in this transfer included 53

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es. In 2020 there was one priest for every 2,122 Catholics in the diocese.

Cathedrals

The seat of the

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is the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption () in Sora. Both former cathedrals, St. Bartholomew the Apostle () in Pontecorvo and Aquino’s Sts. Constantius and Thomas Aquinas () Cathedral, are now ranked as

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s and were granted the status of

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Bishops

Bishops of Sora

''Latin Name: Sorana''
''Erected: 3rd Century'' # Leone (1050–?) # Palombo (159-1073) # Giovanni Ostiense (1073-1086) # Roffredo (1090-?) # Goffredo (1110?-?) # Landolfo, O.S.B (1162?-?) # Corrado (1167?-?) # Cardinal Konrad von Wittelsbach (

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1167-1200) # Bernardo (1174-1186) # Pandulfo (1211?-?) # Gionata (1221?-?) # Guido (1238?-?) # Fr. Piero Geatano (1252) # Luca (1253-?) # Pietro Gerra (1267–1278), appointed Bishop of Rieti # Andrea Perro (1279-1286) # Bernardo, O.S.B. (1294-1295) # Nicola (?-1295) # Andrea Masarone (1296-1322) # Giacomo (1323-1355) # Ricasoli (1355-1357), appointed Bishop of Aversa # Andrea (1358-1364) # Martino Del Guidice (1364-1378), appointed Bishop of Tricarico # Piero Corsari (1378-1397) # Cola Francesco (1397-1399) # Giacomo D’Antiochia (1399-1420) # Giovanni Da Montenegro (1420-1432) # Antonio Novelli (1433-1463) # Angelo Lupi (1463-1471), appointed Bishop of Tivoli # Giacomo (1471-?) # Piero Lupi (1479?-1503) # Matteo Mancini (1503–1505)"Bishop Matteo Mancini"
'' Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016 # Giacomo de Massimi (1505–1511), appointed Bishop of Città Ducale # Bernardo Ruggieri (1511–1530)"Bishop Bernardo Ruggieri"
'' Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016 # Adriano Mascheroni (1530–1531)"Bishop Adriano Mascheroni"
'' Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016 # Bartolomeo Ferratini (1531–1534), appointed Bishop of Chiusi # Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (later

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) (

1534.01.19–1534.06.08) # Eliseo Teodino (1534–1561), resigned # Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (

1561) # Tommaso Gigli (1561–1576), appointed Bishop of Piacenza # Giovanbattista Maremonti (1577–1578) # Orazio Ciceroni (1578–1591), appointed Bishop of Ferentino # Cardinal Filippo Spinola (

1585) # Marco Antonio Salomone (1591–1608), resigned"Bishop Marco Antonio Salomone"
'' Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016 # Giulio Calvi (1608–1608) # Michele Consoli, C.R. (1609–1609) # Girolamo Giovannelli (1609–1632) # Paolo Benzoni, C.R.L. (1632–1638) # Felice Tamburelli (1638–1656) # Agostino De Bellis, C.R. (1657–1659) # Maurizio Piccardi (1660–1675) # Marco Antonio Pisanelli (1675–1680) # Tommaso Guzoni, C.O. (1681–1702), resigned"Bishop Tommaso Guzzoni, C.O."
'' Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 19, 2016 # Matteo Gagliani (1703–?) # Gabriele de Marchis (1718-1734) # Scipione Sersale (1735–1744), appointed Bishop of Lecce # Nicola Cioffi (1744–1748), appointed Archbishop of Amalfi # Antonio Correale (1748–1764) # Tommaso Taglialatela (1765–1768) # Giuseppe Maria Sisto y Britto, C.R. (1768–1795) # Agostino Colaianni (1797–1814)

Bishops of Aquino, Sora, and Pontecorvo

''Latin Name: Aquinatensis, Sorana et Pontiscurvi''
''United: 27 June 1818'' with the Diocese of Aquino and Pontecorvo # Andrea Lucibello (1819-1836) # Giuseppe Mazzetti, O. Carm. (1836-1838), appointed Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria # Giuseppe Montieri (1838-1862) # Paolo do Niquesa (1871-1879) # Ignazio Persico (德斯馬曾), O.F.M. Cap. (1879-1887), appointed Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis # Raffael Sirolli (1887-1899), appointed Titular Archbishop of Iconium # Luciano Bucci, O.F.M. (1889-1900) # Antonio Maria Jannotta (1900-1933) # Agostino Mancinelli (1933–1936), appointed Archbishop of Benevento # Michele Fontevecchia (1936–1952), resigned # Biagio Musto (1952–1971) # Carlo Minchiatti (1971–1982), appointed Archbishop of Benevento # Lorenzo Chiarinelli (1983–1986), title changed to Bishop of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo

Bishops of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo

''Latin Name: Sorana-Aquinatensis-Pontiscurvi''
''Name Changed: 30 September 1986'' # Lorenzo Chiarinelli (1986-1993), appointed Bishop of Aversa # Luca Brandolini, C.M. (1993–2009), retired # Filippo Iannone, O. Carm. (2009–2012), appointed Vicegerent of Rome # Gerardo Antonazzo (2013–2014), title changed to Bishop of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo

Bishops of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo

''Territory added: 23 October 2014 with the Territorial Abbey of Montecassino'' # Gerardo Antonazzo (2014–present)

References

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''Contemplationi faventes''
original text of the 2014

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