Archdiocese of Capua, Italy

Archbishops of Capua (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Bruno Schettino (69)
(1997.04.29 – ...)

Born:	1941.01.05 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1964.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.04.04

Bishop of Teggiano–Policastro (Italy) (1987.02.11 – 1997.04.29)

Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1997.04.29 – ...)

Archbishop Luigi Diligenza (89)
(1979.04.30 – 1997.04.29)

Born:	1921.02.10 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1943.08.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.04.23

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1978.03.01 – 1979.04.30)

Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1979.04.30 – 1997.04.29)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Capua (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Luigi Diligenza (89)
(1978.03.01 – 1979.04.30)

(see above)

Archbishop Tommaso Leonetti
(1962.07.10 – 1978.03.01)

Born:	1902.04.14 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1925.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1942.05.31
Died:	1981.12.28 († 79)

Bishop of Ferentino (Italy) (1942.04.14 – 1962.07.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1962.07.10 – 1978.03.01)

Archbishop Salvatore Baccarini, C.R.
(1930.06.30 – 1962.02.13)

Born:	1881.08.09 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1904.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1922.05.21
Died:	1962.02.13 († 80)

Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze (Italy) (1922.03.07 – 1930.06.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1930.06.30 – 1962.02.13)

Archbishop Gennaro Cosenza
(1913.03.04 – 1930)

Born:	1852.06.13 (Italy)
Died:	1930.03.20 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Dioclea (1890.06.23 – 1893.06.12)

Bishop of Caserta (Italy) (1893.06.12 – 1913.03.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1913.03.04 – 1930)

Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus (1930 – 1930.03.20)

Cardinal Alfonso Capecelatro di Castelpagano, C.O.
(1880.08.20 – 1912.11.14)

Born:	1824.02.05 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1847.05.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1880.10.28
Created Cardinal:	1885.07.27
Died:	1912.11.14 († 88)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1880.08.20 – 1912.11.14)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1885.07.30 – 1886.01.15)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo (1886.01.15 – 1912.11.14)

Cardinal Francesco Saverio Apuzzo
(1871.11.24 – 1880.07.30)

Born:	1807.04.06 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1830.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1854
Created Cardinal:	1877.03.12
Died:	1880.07.30 († 73)

Titular Bishop of Anastasiopolis (1854.01.19 – 1855.03.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sorrento (Italy) (1855.03.23 – 1871.11.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1871.11.24 – 1880.07.30)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio (1877.03.20 – 1880.07.30)

Cardinal Giuseppe Cosenza
(1850.09.30 – 1863.03.30)

Born:	1788.02.20 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1812.03.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1832.07.08
Created Cardinal:	1850.09.30
Died:	1863.03.30 († 75)

Bishop of Andria (Italy) (1832.07.02 – 1850.09.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1850.09.30 – 1863.03.30)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina (1850.10.03 – 1863.03.30)

Cardinal Francesco Serra Casano
(1826.07.26 – 1850.08.17)

Born:	1783.02.21 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1806.03.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1818.03.23
Created Cardinal in pecore:	1831.09.30
Revealed as Cardinal:	1833.04.15
Died:	1850.08.17 († 67)

Titular Archbishop of Nicaea (1818.03.16 – 1826.07.03)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1826.07.03 – 1826.07.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1826.07.26 – 1850.08.17)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1833.07.29 – 1850.08.17)

Archbishop Baldassare Mormile, C.R.
(1818.04.06 – 1826.07.26)

Born:	1750.01.06 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1805.06.30
Died:	1826.07.26 († 76)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bari–Canosa (Italy) (1805.06.26 – 1818.04.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1818.04.06 – 1826.07.26)

Archbishop Agostino Gervasio, O.S.A.
(1792.02.27 – 1806)

Born:	1730.01.22
Died:	1806 († 76)

Bishop of Gallipoli (Italy) (1770.01.29 – 1792.02.27)

Bishop of Melfi–Rapolla (Italy) (1784 – 1792.02.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1792.02.27 – 1806)

Archbishop Adelmo Gennaro Pignatelli
(1777 – 1781)

Born:	1728.09.19 (Italy)
Died:	1781 († 53)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bari–Canosa (Italy) (1770.05.28 – 1777)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1777 – 1781)

Archbishop Michele Maria Capece Galeota
(1764.08.20 – 1778.01.14)

Born:	1699.09.29 (Italy)
Died:	1778.01.14 († 78)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cosenza (Italy) (1748.05.06 – 1764.08.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1764.08.20 – 1778.01.14)

Archbishop Muzio Gaeta
(1754.09.16 – 1764)

Born:	(Italy)
Died:	1764

Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Italy) (1723 – 1735.11.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bari–Canosa (Italy) (1735.11.21 – 1754.09.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1754.09.16 – 1764)

Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Ruffo
(1744.02.03 – 1754.03.19)

Born:	1696.01.11 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1734.11.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1735.07.03
Died:	1754.03.19 († 58)

Bishop of Lecce (Italy) (1735.05.25 – 1744.02.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1744.02.03 – 1754.03.19)

Patriarch Mundillus Orsini, C.O.
(1728.03.08 – 1743)

Born:	1690.07.22 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1713.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1724.07.23
Died:	1751.02.01 († 60)

Titular Archbishop of Corinthus (1724.06.26 – 1724.11.20)

Bishop of Melfi–Rapolla (Italy) (1724.11.20 – 1728.03.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1728.03.08 – 1743)

Titular Patriarch of Constantinople (1729.03.23 – 1751.02.01)

Cardinal Nicolò Caracciolo
(1703.04.23 – 1728.02.07)

Born:	1658.11.08 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1700.06.06
Created Cardinal:	1715.12.16
Died:	1728.02.07 († 69)

Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica (1700.05.10 – 1703.04.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1703.04.23 – 1728.02.07)

Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) (1712.12.04 – 1715.12.16)

Pro-Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) (1715.12.18 – 1717.12.06)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Martino ai Monti (1716.02.05 – 1728.02.07)

Archbishop Carlo Loffredo, C.R.
(1698.03.20 – 1701.01)

Died:

1701.01

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1670 – 1691)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bari–Canosa (Italy) (1691 – 1698.03.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1698.03.20 – 1701.01)

Archbishop Giuseppe Bologna
(1692.03.25 – 1697.08.02)

Died:

1697.08.02

Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento (Italy) (1674 – 1680)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1692.03.25 – 1697.08.02)

Cardinal Giacomo Cantelmo
(1690.09.27 – 1691.07.23)

Born:	1645.06.13 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1683.10.03
Created Cardinal:	1690.02.13
Died:	1702.12.11 († 57)

Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Cappadocia (1683.09.27 – 1690.02.13)

Apostolic Nuncio of Switzerland (1685.04.18 – 1687)

Apostolic Nuncio of Poland (1688.10.23 – 1689)

Secretary of Congregation of Bishops and Regulars (1689 – 1690?)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro (1690.04.10 – 1702.12.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1690.09.27 – 1691.07.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy) (1691.07.23 – 1702.12.11)

Cardinal Gasparo Cavalieri
(1687.07.07 – 1690.08.17)

Born:	1648 (Italy)
Created Cardinal:	1686.09.02
Ordained Priest:	1686.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1687.11.09
Died:	1690.08.17 († 42)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro (1686.09.30 – 1689.11.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1687.07.07 – 1690.08.17)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria (1689.11.12 – 1690.08.17)

Archbishop Antonio Melzi
(1661.03.14 – 1686.04.06)

Died:

1686.04.06

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1661.03.14 – 1686.04.06)

Cardinal Camillo Melzi
(1636.02.18 – 1659.01.21)

Born:	1582 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1636.03.24
Created Cardinal:	1657.04.09
Died:	1659.01.21 († 77)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1636.02.18 – 1659.01.21)

Apostolic Nuncio of Austria-Hungary (1644 – 1652)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (1657.04.23 – 1659.01.21)

Archbishop Girolamo de Franchis
(1634.12.04 – 1635.01.30)

Died:

1635.01.30

Bishop of Nardò (Italy) (1616.12 – 1634.12.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1634.12.04 – 1635.01.30)

Archbishop Girolamo Costanzo
(1627 – 1633.09)

Died:

1633.09

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1627 – 1633.09)

Cardinal Luigi Caetani
(1624.03.17 – 1627.03.01)

Born:	1595.07 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1622
Consecrated Bishop:	1622.06.12
Created Cardinal:	1626.01.19
Died:	1642.04.15 († 46)

Titular Patriarch of Antioch (1622.03.14 – 1626.01.19)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1622.11.14 – 1624.03.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1624.03.17 – 1627.03.01)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1626.02.09 – 1642.04.15)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1637.01.12 – 1638.01.15)

Cardinal Antonio Caetani
(1605.08.31 – 1624.03.17)

Born:	1566 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1605.09.12
Created Cardinal:	1621.04.19
Died:	1624.03.17 († 58)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1605.08.31 – 1624.03.17)

Apostolic Nuncio of Austria-Hungary (1606.09 – 1610.09)

Apostolic Nuncio of Spain (1611.08 – 1618.07)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1621.05.17 – 1624.03.17)

Saint Cardinal Roberto Bellarmino, S.J.
(1602.03.18 – 1605.08.31)

Born:	1542.10.04 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1570.03.19
Created Cardinal:	1599.03.03
Died:	1621.09.17 († 78)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Rites (? – 1621.09.17)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via (1599.03.17 – 1605.06.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1602.03.18 – 1605.08.31)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Matteo in Merulana (1605.06.01 – 1621.08.31)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede (1621.08.31 – 1621.09.17)

Archbishop Cesare Costa
(1572.11.19 – 1602.02.12)

Died:

1602.02.12

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1572.11.19 – 1602.02.12)

Cardinal Niccolò Caetani
(Apostolic Administrator 1560 – 1572)

Archbishop Fabio Arcella
(1549.01.18 – 1560)

Died:

1560

Bishop of Bisignano (Italy) (1530.01.24 – 1537.03.05)

Bishop of Policastro (Italy) (1537.03.05 – 1542)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1549.01.18 – 1560)

Cardinal Niccolò Caetani
(Apostolic Administrator 1546.05.05 – 1548)

Archbishop Tommaso Caracciolo
(1536.04.24 – 1546)

Bishop of Trivento (Italy) (1502.03.16 – 1540)

Apostolic Administrator of Capaccio (Italy) (1523.06.12 – 1531.12.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1536.04.24 – 1546)

Cardinal Nikolaus von Schönberg, O.P.
(1520.09.12 – 1536.04.28)

Born:	1472.08.11 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1520?
Created Cardinal:	1535.05.21
Died:	1537.09.07 († 65)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1520.09.12 – 1536.04.28)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto (1537.05.31 – 1537.09.07)

Cardinal Ippolito d’Este (Hippolit Estei)
(Apostolic Administrator 1502.07.20 – 1520.09.03)

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Ferrari
(1501.08.09 – 1502.07.20)

Born:	1450 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Created Cardinal in pecore:	1500.09.28
Revealed as Cardinal:	1500.10.02
Died:	1502.07.20 († 52)

Bishop of Modena (Italy) (1495.09.11 – 1501.08.09)

Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria (1496.04 – 1500.10.02)

Pro-Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria (1500.10.02 – 1502.07.20)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono (1500.10.05 – 1502.07.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1501.08.09 – 1502.07.20)

Cardinal Juan López
(1498.10.15 – 1501.08.05)

Born:	1455 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Created Cardinal:	1496.02.19
Died:	1501.08.05 († 46)

Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria (1492.08 – 1496.02)

Bishop of Perugia (Italy) (1492.12.29 – 1498.10.15)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1496.02.24 – 1501.08.05)

Apostolic Administrator of Carcassonne (France) (1497.12.23 – 1501.08.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1498.10.15 – 1501.08.05)

Apostolic Administrator of Perugia (Italy) (1498.10.15 – 1501.08.05)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1501.01 – 1501.08.05)

Archpriest of Papal Basilica of St. Peter (1501.05.10 – 1501.08.05)

Cardinal Juan de Borja Llançol de Romaní
(1496 – 1498.10.15)

Born:	1470 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Created Cardinal:	1496.02.19
Died:	1500.01.17 († 30)

Bishop of Melfi (Italy) (1494.09.19 – 1498.12.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1496 – 1498.10.15)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata (1496.02.24 – 1500.01.17)

Apostolic Administrator of Valencia (Spain) (1499.09.06 – 1500.01.17)

Patriarch Giordano Gaetano
(1447.04.17 – 1496.10.13)

Died:

1496.10.13

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1447.04.17 – 1496.10.13)

Titular Patriarch of Antioch (1485.01.19 – 1496.10.13)

Cardinal Niccolò d’Acciapaccio
(1435.02.18 – 1447.04.03)

Born:	1382 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1410.12.11
Created Cardinal:	1439.12.18
Died:	1447.04.03 († 65)

Bishop of Tropea (Italy) (1410.09.17 – 1435.02.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1435.02.18 – 1447.04.03)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (1440.01.08 – 1447.04.03)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1442 – 1443)

Archbishop Filippo De Barillis
(1406.02.19 – 1435)

Died:

1435

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1406.02.19 – 1435)

Archbishop Attanasio Vindacio
(1382 – 1406)

Died:

1406

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1382 – 1406)

Archbishop Luigi della Ratta
(1380 – 1381)

Died:

1381

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1380 – 1381)

Archbishop Stefano della Sanità
(1364 – 1380.07.11)

Died:

1380.07.11

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1364 – 1380.07.11)

Archbishop Reginaldo
(1358.05.11 – 1364)

Died:

1364

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1358.05.11 – 1364)

Bishop Alberto Albertini
(Apostolic Administrator 1357 – 1358)

Archbishop Giovanni della Porta
(1352 – 1357)

Died:

1357

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brindisi (Italy) (1348 – 1352)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1352 – 1357)

Archbishop Vasino Rolando, O.F.M.
(1350 – 1351)

Died:

1351

Bishop of Gubbio (Italy) (1346.10.02 – 1350)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1350 – 1351)

Archbishop Rinardo di Ruggiero
(1334.02.18 – 1350)

Died:

1350

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1334.02.18 – 1350)

Archbishop Ingeranno Stalla
(1312.07.20 – 1333)

Died:

1333

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1312.07.20 – 1333)

Archbishop Giovanni di Capua
(1304.06.05 – 1311.09.10)

Died:

1311.09.10

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1304.06.05 – 1311.09.10)

Archbishop Andrea Pandone
(1304.06.05 – 1311.09.10)

Died:

1311.09.10

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brindisi (Italy) (1296 – 1304.06.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1304.06.05 – 1311.09.10)

Archbishop Dorricomino Ingeraimo
(1301.01.02 – 1304)

Died:

1304

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1301.01.02 – 1304)

Bishop Alberto (later Archbishop)
(1300 – 1300)

Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze (Italy) (1296 – 1300)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1300 – 1300)

Archbishop Leonardo Patrasso de Guerrino (later Cardinal)
(1299.07.20 – 1300.03.02)

Born:	1230?
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Created Cardinal:	1300.03.02
Died:	1311.12.07 († 81)

Bishop of Alatri (Italy) (1290 – 1295.01.03)

Bishop of Jesi (Italy) (1295.01.03 – 1297.06.17)

Bishop of Aversa (Italy) (1297.06.17 – 1299.07.20)

Apostolic Administrator of Ostia–Velletri (Italy) (1298.02.25 – 1299.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1299.07.20 – 1300.03.02)

Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1300.03.02 – 1311.12.07)

Archbishop Pietro Gerra (later Patriarch)
(1296 – 1299)

Bishop of Sora (Italy) (1267 – 1278.08.02)

Bishop of Rieti (Italy) (1278.08.02 – 1286.07.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Monreale (Italy) (1286.07.22 – 1296)

Bishop of Nola (Italy) (1296 – 1298)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1296 – 1299)

Patriarch of Aquileia (Italy) (1299 – 1301)

Archbishop Salimbene
(1291 – 1295)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1291 – 1295)

Archbishop Cinzio della Pigna
(1286.05.28 – 1290)

Died:

1290

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1286.05.28 – 1290)

Archbishop Marino Filomarino, O.P.
(1252 – 1285.03.10)

Died:

1285.03.10

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1252 – 1285.03.10)

Archbishop Giacomo d’Amalfi
(1227 – 1242)

Died:

1242

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1227 – 1242)

Archbishop Rinaldo
(1218 – 1222)

Died:

1222

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1218 – 1222)

Archbishop Rinaldo
(1203 – 1218)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1203 – 1218)

Archbishop Matteo
(1183 – 1203)

Died:

1203

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1183 – 1203)

Archbishop Alfano di Camerota
(1157 – 1183)

Died:

1183

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1157 – 1183)

Archbishop Goffredo
(1137 – 1157)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1137 – 1157)

Archbishop Gugliemo
(1135 – 1135)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1135 – 1135)

Archbishop Ugone
(1129 – 1135)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1129 – 1135)

Archbishop Filippo
(? – ?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (? – ?)

Archbishop Ottone
(1118 – 1127)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1118 – 1127)

Archbishop Senne
(1118 – 1127)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1118 – 1127)

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