The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of L'Aquila is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy. It was erected as the Diocese of L'Aquila on 20 February 1257 by Pope Alexander IV and promoted to an archdiocese by Pope Pius IX on 19 January 1876. Pope Paul VI elevated it to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese on 15 August 1972, with the suffragan sees of Avezzano and Sulmona–Valva.
Hernando de Arias y Ugarte was a Spanish Neogranadine Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Lima (1628–1638), Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas (1624–1628), Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (1616–1625), and Bishop of Quito (1613–1616).
Juan Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1603–1614), Archbishop of Badajoz (1611–1615), and Archbishop of Salerno (1606–1611).
Alessandro di Sangro was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Benevento (1616–1633) and Titular Patriarch of Alexandria (1604–1633)
Giuseppe Bologna was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Capua (1691–1697) and Archbishop of Benevento (1674–1680).
Luis Fernández de Córdoba was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Seville (1624–1625), Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1622–1624), Bishop of Málaga (1615–1622), and Bishop of Salamanca (1603–1615).
Prospero Bottini was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Archbishop of Myra (1675–1712).
Álvaro de Mendoza, O.F.M. or Alvaro Mendoza was a Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Jaca (1628–1631) and Bishop of L'Aquila (1622–1628).
Giovanni de Torrecilla y Cárdenas was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Brindisi (1681–1688) and Bishop of L'Aquila (1676–1681).
Carlo Loffredo, C.R. was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Capua (1698–1701), Archbishop of Bari-Canosa (1691–1698), and Bishop of Molfetta (1670–1691).
Giuseppe Migliaccio (1658–1729) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Messina (1698–1729) and Bishop of Patti (1693–1698).
Pietro Martire Giustiniani, O.P. (1645–1715) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Tinos (1700–1715) and Archbishop of Naxos (1691–1700).
Carlo de Angelis was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Acerra (1674–1690) and Bishop of L'Aquila (1663–1674).
Antonio Ricciulli was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Cosenza (1641–1643), Bishop of Caserta (1639–1641), Bishop of Umbriatico (1632–1639), and Bishop of Belcastro (1626–1629).
Francesco de' Marini (1630–1700) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Archbishop of Teodosia (1676–1700), Titular Archbishop of Amasea (1671–1676), Bishop of Molfetta (1666–1670), and Bishop of Albenga (1655–1666).
Giuseppe de Rossi was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera (1605–1610), Bishop of L'Aquila (1599–1605), and Bishop of Ugento (1596–1599).
Giuseppe Ferrerio (1554–1610) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Urbino (1597–1610) and Titular Archbishop of Colossae (1593–1597).
Giuseppe Sanfelice or Francisco Maria Sanfelice (1615–1660) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany (1652–1659) and Archbishop of Cosenza (1650–1660).
Giovanni Andrea Monreale (1653–1726) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Reggio Calabria (1696–1726) and Archbishop of Lanciano (1695–1696).
