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.
Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza was an Italian Cardinal starting in 1561. He was from Naples. His attendance at the papal conclave of 1565-1566 at the age of only 25 makes him one of the youngest Cardinals ever to participate in a papal election.
The Diocese of Sulmona-Valva is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in central Italy, created in 1986. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of L'Aquila. The diocese was created in 1818 when the Diocese of Sulmona and the Diocese of Valva were united.
The Italian Catholic diocese of Venosa, in southern Italy, existed until 1986. In that year it was united into the Diocese of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa. It had been a suffragan of the archdiocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo.
The Italian Catholic Diocese of Lanusei is in Sardinia; before 1986 it was the diocese of Ogliastra. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Cagliari.
Pier Luigi Carafa (Senior) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church, and a member of the Roman Curia.
The Diocese of Bitetto was a Roman Catholic diocese in Italy, located in the town of Bitetto in the province of Bari, Apulia, Italy. In 1818, it was suppressed to the Diocese of Termoli.
Umberto Locati, O.P. was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Bagnoregio (1568–1581).
Eustachio Locatelli was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Reggio Emilia (1569–1575).
Vincenzo de Doncelli, O.P. was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Valva e Sulmona (1571–1585).
The Diocese of Valva was a Roman Catholic diocese. In the 13th Century, it was united with the Diocese of Sulmona to form the Diocese of Valva e Sulmona.
Tommaso Carafa was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Capaccio (1639–1664) and Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino (1623–1637).
Carlo Labia, C.R. was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Adria (1677–1701) and Archbishop of Corfù (1659-1677).
Stefano Giuseppe Menatti was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Como (1694–1695).
Francesco Onofrio Odierna was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Bishop of Berytus (1727), Bishop of Valva e Sulmona (1717–1727) and Bishop of Bitetto (1669–1717).
Francesco Boccapaduli was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Archbishop of Athenae (1675–1680), Apostolic Nuncio to Venice (1652–1654), Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland (1647–1652), Bishop of Città di Castello (1647–1672), and Bishop of Valva e Sulmona (1638–1647).
Alfonso Sacrati or Alphonse Sacrati (1585–1647) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland (1646–1647), Vicegerent of Rome (1643–1646), and Bishop of Comacchio (1617–1626).
Cristóbal Robuster y Senmanat or Cristóbal Robuster y Senmanat (1524–1597) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Orihuela (1587–1593).
Pompeo Zambeccari (1518–1571) was Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal from 1550 to 1553 and served also as Bishop of Valva and Sulmona.
Diego Ibáñez de la Madrid y Bustamente (1649–1694) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ceuta (1687–1694), Bishop of Pozzuoli (1684–1687), and Bishop of Trivento (1679–1684).
