Diocese of Vallo della Lucania
since 1945 diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy
The Diocese of Vallo della Lucania (Latin: Dioecesis Vallensis in Lucania) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Campania, Italy. It has existed under this name since 1945, having previously been known as the Diocese of Capaccio and Vallo.
It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno.
Bishops
Diocese of Capaccio
Latin Name: Caputaquensis
Erected: 12th Century
Diocese of Capaccio e Vallo della Lucania
Latin Name: Caputaquensis et Vallensis
Name Changed: 16 July 1851
Giovanni Battista Siciliani, O.F.M. Conv. (20 Jun 1859 Confirmed – 24 Oct 1876 Died)
Pietro Maglione (18 Dec 1876 – 17 Dec 1900 Resigned)
Paolo Jacuzio (17 Dec 1900 – 9 Jul 1917 Appointed, Archbishop of Sorrento)
Francesco Cammarota (22 Dec 1917 – 15 Dec 1935 Died)
Raffaele De Giuli (17 Jun 1936 – 18 Feb 1946 Appointed, Bishop of Albenga)
Diocese of Vallo di Lucania
Latin Name: Vallensis in Lucania
Name Changed: 24 November 1945
Domenico Savarese (11 Jan 1947 – 3 Oct 1955 Died)
Biagio d'Agostino (24 Feb 1956 – 26 Oct 1974 Retired)
Giuseppe Casale (26 Oct 1974 – 7 May 1988 Appointed, Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino)
Giuseppe Rocco Favale (4 Mar 1989 – 7 May 2011 Retired)
Ciro Miniero (7 May 2011 – 19 Oct 2022 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Taranto)
Apostolic Administrator Ciro Miniero (19 Oct 2022 – 24 Jun 2023)
Vincenzo Calvosa (5 Apr 2023 – Present)
Notes
References
Bibliography
Reference works
Gams, Pius Bonifatius (1873). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo. Ratisbon: Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz. p. 870-871.(Use with caution; obsolete)
Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1913).
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