The Diocese of Ischia (Latin: Dioecesis Isclana) is a Latindiocese of the Catholic Church in Campania, southern Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples.[1][2] The diocese comprises the entire island of Ischia, which contains seven communes divided into two circumscriptions.[3] In 1743, the population was about 4,000. The city of Ischia constituted one single parish, with two religious houses of men and one of women.[4] In 2018, the population of the town of Ischia was 20,118.
In July 1228, a major earthquake struck the island of Ischia. Upwards of 700 persons were killed.[6]
In imitation of the Sicilians and their revolt against Charles I of Naples (the Sicilian Vespers, 1282), Ischia revolted, but was reconquered by Charles' son, Charles II, in 1299, and four hundred of his troops were set loose to sack and burn the properties.[7]
The cathedral, dedicated to the taking up (Assumption) of the Virgin Mary into heaven, is located in the Castello Aragonese, at the eastern tip of the island of Ischia. It is inaccessible except by a steep climb on foot. In 1848, the cathedral was served and administered by a Chapter, composed of three dignities (the Primicerius, the Archdeacon, and the Archpriest) and sixteen Canons. All the Canons were appointed by the cathedral's patron, the King of the Two Sicilies.[8]
Bishop Luca Trapani (1698–1718) presided over a diocesan synod, held in the cathedral from 31 May to 2 June 1716.[9]
The diocesan seminary was begun by Bishop Nicola Schiaffinati, O.E.S.A. (1739–1743), but was not completed until the reign of his successor, Bishop Felice Amato (1743–1764). In order to finance the operation of the seminary, two parishes were suppressed, Santa Barbara in the Castello Aragonese, and San Domenico in Campagnano.[10]
On 23 July 1762, a major earthquake struck Ischia, without loss of life, but with the destruction of the parish church at Casamicciola. On 18 March 1796, another earthquake struck the same area, and seven people died.[11]
The Concordat of 1818 between the Holy See (Papacy) and the Kingdom of the two Sicilies provided for the consolidation of the diocesan structure of the kingdom by the elimination of some fifty dioceses. Ischia, after nineteen years without a bishop, was specified as one of those dioceses, and it was to be united to the diocese of Pozzuoli. Strong representations made by a delegation of Ischiani to the King, however, brought the diocese a reprieve.[12]
↑ Ritzler-Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 246, note 1. These were suppressed by the Law of 7 July 1866: G. D'Ascia, Storia dell' isola d'Ischia (Napoli 1867) p. 280. Danilo Breschi, "Le leggi di liquidazione dell’asse ecclesiastico nel biennio 1866-1867: un iter complesso e una soluzione traumatica," (in Italian), in: Z. Ciuffoletti and G. L. Corradi (edd.), La soppressioione delle corporazioni religiose e la liquidazione dell'asse ecclesiastica nell'Italia unita: il caso toscano e le fonti archivistiche (1866-1867) (Firenze: Mandragora 2014), pp. 23-43, at 29-31.
↑ Bishop Petrus subscribed to the Acts of the Third Lateran Council of March 1179. J.D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XXII (Venice: A. Zatta 1778), p. 460, where he signs as part of the Province of Naples.
↑ Gams, p. 885. Eubel Hierarchia catholica I, p. 286.
↑ On 20 January 1340, Ugolino of Osimo and other bishops granted indulgences to the Confraternity of Santa Maria della Misericordia in Venice. Cappelletti, p. 552.
↑ 1348 was the year of the visitation of the Bubonic Plague.
↑ A Canon of Marsico, Thomasius was appointed by Pope Clement VI on 22 December 1348. Cappelletti, p. 553.
↑ In 1359 Bishop Jacobus (de Itro) was transferred to the diocese of Martirana by Pope Innocent VI. Cappelletti, p. 553. Eubel I, pp. 286, 329.
↑ Borsolari was a brother of Giacomo Borsolari, O.P., a vigorous opponent of and prisoner of Giovanni Galeazzo Visconti of Milan, who is buried in the church of S. Domenico outside the castle of Ischia. Bartolomeo was appointed by Pope Innocent VI on 22 March 1359. He was removed from office by Clement VII (Avignon Obedience) in 1384, but continued to serve under Urban VI (Roman Obedience) until his death on 4 December 1389. Cappelletti, p. 553. Eubel I, p. 286.
↑ Ricci was transferred to the diocese of Ravello by Pope Eugenius IV on 18 February 1435. Eubel I, p. 286; II, pp. 169, 221.
↑ Joannes was appointed by Pope Eugenius IV on 28 March 1436. Eubel II, p. 169.
↑ On 7 December 1502 De Leis was in Rome and celebrated Mass in the church of the Lombard hospital. On 22 January 1504, De Leis celebrated Mass in the Minerva in Rome. De Leis was appointed Bishop of Castro di Puglia by Pope Julius II on 8 January 1504. Joannes Burchard, Liber notarum (Diarium) ed. Enrico Celani, Volume secondo (Citta di Castello: E. Lapi 1914), pp. 339, 432. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica III, pp. 157, 214.
↑ Donatus had been the Archpriest of Serra Capreola, and was a professor of Canon Law. He was elected Bishop of Castro by Pope Alexander VI, less than a month before the Pope's death. He was transferred to Ischia by Pope Julius II on 8 January 1504, in an exchange with Bishop de Leis. He actually lived in Naples and served as the Vicar General of Archbishop Francesco Carafa for 26 years. He died in 1534 at the age of 86. Ughelli, p. 236. Cappelletti XIX, p. 554. Eubel III, p. 214.
↑ Falivenia was a native of Gefano (diocese of Salerno) and a member of the Servite Order. He was Bishop of Capri from 1528 to 1534, and was transferred to Ischia by Pope Clement VII on 24 April 1534. Pope Paul III made him Collector of papal revenue (the decima) in the Kingdom of Naples. He died in 1548. Ughelli, p. 236. Cappelletti, pp. 554-555. Eubel III, pp. 151, 214.
↑ Gutierrez was a Spaniard from Palencia. He was appointed by Pope Paul III on 24 September 1548. Ughelli, p. 236. Eubel III, p. 214.
↑ Rosario was a native of Spoleto, and a Canon of S. Maria Rotunda (the Pantheon) in Rome. He held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure. He was named Bishop of Ischia on 27 August 1554 by Pope Julius III. He was then named a cardinal on 15 March 1557 by Pope Paul IV. He did not reside in Ischia, however, since he was Vicar of the City of Rome for Paul IV. He died in Rome on 22 May 1559, at the age of sixty. He was never Archbishop of Siponto (Manfredonia), as alleged by Ughelli, p. 236. Eubel III, pp. 35 no. 12; 214.
↑ A native of Pistoia, Geri was appointed Bishop of Ischia by Pope Pius IV on 26 January 1560. He was transferred to the diocese of Assisi on 1 March 1564. He died in 1575. Cappelletti, p. 555. Eubel III, pp. 121, 214.
↑ Polverone was a Neapolitan, and held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure. He was appointed in the Consistory of 6 July 1565 by Pope Pius IV. He died in 1589. Ughelli, p. 236, says he died in 1590. Eubel III, p. 214.
↑ Bishop Innico, a Canon Regular of the Lateran, was the nephew of Cardinal Iñigo de Avalos (died 21 February 1600). He was appointed Bishop of Ischia in the Consistory of 29 January 1590 by Pope Sixtus V. He died in 1635. Eubel III, p. 214, with note 10.
↑ Born in Naples in 1664, Trapani held a doctorate in theology (Naples 1681). He was named Bishop of Ischia in the Consistory of 22 December 1698 by Pope Innocent XII, and consecrated in Rome by Cardinal Pietro Maria Petruccio. He was transferred to the diocese of Tricarico by Pope Clement XI on 24 January 1718. Ritzler-Sefrin V, p. 230 with note 5.
↑ Capecelatro: Ritzler-Sefrin V, p. 230 with note 6.
↑ Schiaffinati: Ritzler-Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 246 with note 2.
↑ During the Sede vacante the administration of the diocese was in the hands of a Vicar Capitular, the Primicerius of the cathedral Chapter, Mons. Giosuè Mazzella. Cappelletti, p. 557. Onofrio Buonocore (1954). Monografie storiche dell'Isola d'Ischia (in Italian). Naples: Rispoli. p.113.
↑ D'Amante was born in Procida (Naples) in 1752. He was named Bishop of Ischia on 26 June 1818 by Pope Pius VII. Notizie per l'anno 1829 (Annuario pontificio) (Roma: Cracas 1829), p. 87.
↑ Gagliardi was born in Barletta, and was a Canon of the cathedral of Molfetta, and a doctor of theology.
↑ Di Nicola had been a Canon of the cathedral of Aversa. He was appointed Coadjutor bishop of Ischia in 1871 by Pope Pius IX. On 18 November 1881, Bishop di Nicola was provided with an auxiliary bishop by Pope Leo XIII, Carlo Mennella, who was appointed titular Bishop of Menneth in partibus infidelium. La Civiltà Cattolica. Series 11, volume 8 (in Italian). Vol.32nd year. Firenze: La Civiltà Cattolica. 1881. p.608. HARVARD:32044105219927.
↑ Candido: Piero Doria (2007), "Il governo spirituale di Giuseppe Candido, Vescovo di Ischia (1888-1901), nella documentazione dell'Archivio Segreto Vaticano," in: Livio Ruggiero and Mario Spedicato (edd.) Giuseppe Candido tra pastorale e scienza. Atti del Convegno di Studi (Lecce, 27-28 ottobre 2006) (Galatina 2007), pp. 265 ff.
↑ Palladino was born at Campobasso (Boiano) in 1842. He became a priest of Naples, and was named a Canon of the cathedral Chapter by Cardinal Giuseppe Prisco in 1898. He was appointed Bishop of Ischia on 15 April 1901 by Pope Leo XIII. On 8 June 1913 he was transferred to the diocese of Caserta by Pope Pius X. He died at Caserta on 17 October 1921. Annuario pontificio (Roma 1921), p. 106.
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