Archdiocese of Naples Archidioecesis Neapolitana Arcidiocesi di Napoli Arcidiocesi 'e Napule
Naples Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Naples
Statistics
Area	274 km2 (106 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2013) 1,744,000 1,715,000 (98.3%)
Parishes	287
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1st Century
Cathedral	Cattedrale di Maria SS. Assunta
Patron saint	Aspren Januarius
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Archbishop	Domenico Battaglia
Auxiliary Bishops	Francesco Beneduce,S.J., Michele Autuoro, Gaetano Castello
Bishops emeritus	Crescenzio Sepe
Website
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TheArchdiocese of Naples (Italian:Arcidiocesi di Napoli;Neapolitan:Arcidiocesi 'e Napule);Latin:Archidioecesis Neapolitana) is aLatinarchdiocese of theCatholic Church in southernItaly, the see being inNaples. AChristian community was founded there in the 1st century AD and thediocese of Naples was raised to the level of anArchdiocese in the 10th century.^[1][2] Two Archbishops ofNaples have been electedPope,Paul IV andInnocent XII.^[3][4]

In 2004 it counted c. 1,600,000 baptized people.^[1]

The current ordinary of the Archdiocese of Naples is CardinalCrescenzio Sepe.Lucio Lemmo andGennaro Acampa are auxiliarybishops.^[1]

In the foreword to theSumma Theologica, the famous theological summary of the Catholic Church's doctrines, where a biography of the author,Saint Thomas Aquinas, is found, it is mentioned that he was offered the post of Archbishop of Naples (in the 1200s), which even then was one of the most prominent archdioceses, but turned it down.

• CardinalEnrico Minutoli (1389–1400 Resigned)
• CardinalGiordano Orsini (iuniore) (1400–1405 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest ofSanti Silvestro e Martino ai Monti)

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• Gaspard de Diano (1438–1451 Died)
• CardinalRinaldo Piscicello (1451–1457 Died)
• CardinalGiacomo Tebaldi (1458–1458 Resigned)
• CardinalOliviero Carafa (1458–1484 Resigned)
• Alessandro Carafa (1484–1503 Died)
• CardinalOliviero Carafa (1503–1505 Resigned)
• CardinalGianvincenzo Carafa (1505–1530 Resigned)
• Francesco Carafa (1530–1544 Died)
• CardinalRanuccio Farnese,O.S.Io.Hieros. (1544–1549 Resigned)
• CardinalGian Pietro Carafa (1549–1555 Elected, Pope)
• CardinalAlfonso Carafa (1557–1565 Died)
• Mario Carafa (1565–1576 Died)
• Cardinal (Bl.)Paul Burali d'Arezzo,C.R. (1576–1578 Died)
• Annibale de Capua (1578–1595 Died)
• CardinalAlfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) (1596–1603 Died)

• Curtio Palumbo (1604–1605), vicar general

• CardinalOttavio Acquaviva d'Aragona (seniore) (1605–1612 Died)
• Decio Carafa (1613–1626 Died)
• CardinalFrancesco Boncompagni (1626–1641 Died)
• CardinalAscanio Filomarino (1641–1666 Died)
• CardinalInnico Caracciolo (seniore) (1667–1685 Died)
• CardinalAntonio Pignatelli del Rastrello (1686–1691 Elected Pope Innocent XII)
• CardinalGiacomo Cantelmo (1691–1702 Died)
• Giambattista Patrizi (1702–1703 Resigned)
• CardinalFrancesco Pignatelli (seniore),C.R. (1703–1734 Died)
• CardinalGiuseppe Spinelli (1734–1754 Resigned)
• Antonino Sersale (1754–1775 Died)
• Serafino Filangeri (Filangieri),O.S.B. (1776–1782 Died)
• CardinalGiuseppe Maria Capece Zurlo,C.R. (1782–1801 Died)
• Giovanni Vincenzo Monforte (1802–1802 Died)
• CardinalLuigi Ruffo Scilla (1802–1832 Died)
• CardinalFilippo Giudice Caracciolo,C.O. (1833–1844 Died)
• CardinalSisto Riario Sforza (1845–1877 Died)
• CardinalGuglielmo Sanfelice D'Acquavella,O.S.B. (1878–1897 Died)
• CardinalVincenzo Maria Sarnelli (1897–1898 Died)
• CardinalGiuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco (1898–1923 Died)
• Michele Zezza (1923–1923 Retired)
• CardinalAlessio Ascalesi,C.Pp.S. (1924–1952 Died)
• CardinalMarcello Mimmi (1952–1958 Appointed, Cardinal-Bishop ofSabina e Poggio Mirteto)
• CardinalAlfonso Castaldo (1958–1966 Died)
• CardinalCorrado Ursi (1966–1987 Retired)
• CardinalMichele Giordano (1987–2006 Retired)
• CardinalCrescenzio Sepe (20 May 2006–12 December 2020 Retired)
• CardinalDomenico Battaglia (12 December 2020 Appointed-)

• Acerra
• Alife-Caiazzo
• Aversa
• Capua
• Caserta
• Ischia
• Nola
• Pompei
• Pozzuoli
• Sessa Aurunca
• Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia
• Teano-Calvi^[1]

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• Apostolic sees
• Roman Catholic dioceses in Campania
• Christianity in Naples
• Geography of Naples
• Metropolitan City of Naples
• Dioceses established in the 1st century
• 1st-century establishments in Italy

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