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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lettere-Gragnano was a Latin Catholic diocese located in the commune of Lettere in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the southern-central Italian region Campania. In 1818, it was merged into the Diocese of Castellammare di Stabia. [1] [2]
Erected: 984
Latin Name: Litterensis
Name Changed: 1169
1818 Suppressed to the Diocese of Castellammare di Stabia
In 1968 the diocese was nominally restored, under its original name, as Titular bishopric of Lettere (Curiate Italian) / Litteræ (Latin) / Litteren(sis) (Latin adjective) [2]
It has had the following incumbents, of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank with an archiepiscopal exception :
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Aurelio Griani was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano (1570–1576).
Giovanni Bernardino Grandopoli was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano (1576–1590).
Filippo Fasio Capponi was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano (1570).
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Gerolamo Ragazzoni or Gerolamo Regazzoni was an Italian renaissance humanist and Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Bergamo (1577–1592), Apostolic Nuncio to France (1583–1586), Bishop of Novara (1576–1577), Apostolic Administrator of Kisamos (1572–1576), Coadjutor Bishop of Famagusta (1561), and Titular Bishop of Nazianzus (1561).
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Giovanni Myra or Giovanni Mira was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera (1596–1600) and Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (1591–1596).
Andrea Caputo was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano (1625–1650) and Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia (1622–1625).
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Francesco Brusco was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano (1599–1625).
Andrea Curiale was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano (1503–1517).
Giovanni Antonio Pandosi or Giovanni Antonio de Pantusa was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano (1547–1562).
Giovanni Antonio Astorch or Giovanni Antonio Astorco was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano (1565–1567).
Andrea Massa (1607–1654) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Gallipoli (1651–1654) and Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (1645–1654).
