Diocese of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo


The Diocese of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Lazio, Italy. It is exempt to the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical province. The current bishop of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo is Gerardo Antonazzo, who was ordained a bishop on April 8, 2013 by Pope Francis.

History

The Diocese of Sora originated in the 3rd century.
On June 27, 1818, it was united with the Roman [Catholic Diocese of Aquino e Pontecorvo|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 territorial Abbey of Montecassino which were not part of the abbey proper were transferred by Pope Francis to this diocese. It was then renamed to its current title. The various religious institutions involved in this transfer included 53 parishes. In 2020 there was one priest for every 2,122 Catholics in the diocese.
On April 16, 2024, Pope Francis through a decree from the Dicastery for [Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments] recognized the Virgin Mary under the title of "Madonna di Canneto" as the patroness of the diocese.

Cathedrals

The seat of the bishop 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 co-cathedrals and were granted the status of minor basilica.

Bishops

Bishops of Sora

Latin Name: Sorana

Erected: 3rd Century
  1. Leone
  2. Palombo
  3. Giovanni Ostiense
  4. Roffredo
  5. Goffredo
  6. Landolfo, O.S.B
  7. Corrado
  8. Cardinal Konrad von Wittelsbach
  9. Bernardo
  10. Pandulfo
  11. Gionata
  12. Guido
  13. Fr. Piero Geatano
  14. Luca
  15. Pietro Gerra, appointed Bishop of Rieti
  16. Andrea Perro
  17. Bernardo, O.S.B.
  18. Nicola
  19. Andrea Masarone
  20. Giacomo
  21. Ricasoli, appointed Bishop of Aversa
  22. Andrea
  23. Martino Del Guidice, appointed Bishop of Tricarico
  24. Piero Corsari
  25. Cola Francesco
  26. Giacomo D’Antiochia
  27. Giovanni Da Montenegro
  28. Antonio Novelli
  29. Angelo Lupi, appointed Bishop of Tivoli
  30. Giacomo
  31. Piero Lupi
  32. Matteo Mancini
  33. Giacomo de Massimi, appointed Bishop of Città Ducale
  34. Bernardo Ruggieri
  35. Adriano Mascheroni
  36. Bartolomeo Ferratini, appointed Bishop of Chiusi
  37. Cardinal Alessandro Farnese
  38. Eliseo Teodino, resigned
  39. Cardinal Alessandro Farnese
  40. Tommaso Gigli, appointed Bishop of Piacenza
  41. Giovanbattista Maremonti
  42. Orazio Ciceroni, appointed Bishop of Ferentino
  43. Cardinal Filippo Spinola
  44. Marco Antonio Salomone, resigned
  45. Giulio Calvi
  46. Michele Consoli, C.R.
  47. Girolamo Giovannelli
  48. Paolo Benzoni, C.R.L.
  49. Felice Tamburelli
  50. Agostino De Bellis, C.R.
  51. Maurizio Piccardi
  52. Marco Antonio Pisanelli
  53. Tommaso Guzoni, Oratory of [Saint Philip Neri|C.O.], resigned
  54. Matteo Gagliani
  55. Gabriele de Marchis
  56. Scipione Sersale, appointed Bishop of Lecce
  57. Nicola Cioffi, appointed Archbishop of Amalfi
  58. Antonio Correale
  59. Tommaso Taglialatela
  60. Giuseppe Maria Sisto y Britto, C.R.
  61. Agostino Colaianni

Bishops of Aquino, Sora, and Pontecorvo

Latin Name: Aquinatensis, Sorana et Pontiscurvi

United: 27 June 1818 with the Diocese of Aquino and Pontecorvo
  1. Andrea Lucibello
  2. Giuseppe Mazzetti, O. Carm., appointed Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria
  3. Giuseppe Montieri
  4. Paolo do Niquesa
  5. Ignazio Persico, Order of [Friars Minor Capuchin|O.F.M. Cap.], appointed Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis
  6. Raffael Sirolli, appointed Titular Archbishop of Iconium
  7. Luciano Bucci, O.F.M.
  8. Antonio Maria Jannotta
  9. Agostino Mancinelli, appointed Archbishop of Benevento
  10. Michele Fontevecchia, resigned
  11. Biagio Musto
  12. Carlo Minchiatti, appointed Archbishop of Benevento
  13. Lorenzo Chiarinelli, title changed to Bishop of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo

Bishops of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo

Latin Name: Sorana-Aquinatensis-Pontiscurvi

Name Changed: 30 September 1986
  1. Lorenzo Chiarinelli, appointed Bishop of Aversa
  2. Luca Brandolini, C.M., retired
  3. Filippo Iannone, O. Carm., appointed Vicegerent of Rome
  4. Gerardo Antonazzo, 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
  1. Gerardo Antonazzo