# Roman Catholic Diocese of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo

The Diocese of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo (Latin: Dioecesis Sorana-Cassiensis-Aquinatensis-Pontiscurvi) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Lazio, Italy. It is exempt to the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical province. The current bishop of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo is Gerardo Antonazzo, who was ordained a bishop on April 8, 2013 by Pope Francis.

## History

The Diocese of Sora originated in the 3rd century.
On June 27, 1818, it was united with the Diocese of Aquino and Pontecorvo, as the Diocese of Aquino, Sora and Pontecorvo, from September 30, 1986 known as the Diocese of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo.
On October 23, 2014, the lands of the Benedictine territorial Abbey of Montecassino which were not part of the abbey proper were transferred by Pope Francis to this diocese. It was then renamed to its current title. The various religious institutions involved in this transfer included 53 parishes. In 2020 there was one priest for every 2,122 Catholics in the diocese.

## Cathedrals

The seat of the bishop is the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption (Italian: Santa Maria Assunta) in Sora.
Both former cathedrals, St. Bartholomew the Apostle (Italian: S. Bartolomeo Apostolo) in Pontecorvo and Aquino’s Sts. Constantius and Thomas Aquinas (Italian: Santi Costanzo e Tommaso d’Aquino) Cathedral, are now ranked as co-cathedrals and were granted the status of minor basilica.

## Bishops
### Bishops of Sora

Latin Name: Sorana Erected: 3rd Century
* Leone (1050–?)
* Palombo (159-1073)
* Giovanni Ostiense (1073-1086)
* Roffredo (1090-?)
* Goffredo (1110?-?)
* Landolfo, O.S.B (1162?-?)
* Corrado (1167?-?)
* Cardinal Konrad von Wittelsbach (Apostolic Administrator 1167-1200)
* Bernardo (1174-1186)
* Pandulfo (1211?-?)
* Gionata (1221?-?)
* Guido (1238?-?)
* Fr. Piero Geatano (1252)
* Luca (1253-?)
* Pietro Gerra (1267–1278), appointed Bishop of Rieti
* Andrea Perro (1279-1286)
* Bernardo, O.S.B. (1294-1295)
* Nicola (?-1295)
* Andrea Masarone (1296-1322)
* Giacomo (1323-1355)
* Ricasoli (1355-1357), appointed Bishop of Aversa
* Andrea (1358-1364)
* Martino Del Guidice (1364-1378), appointed Bishop of Tricarico
* Piero Corsari (1378-1397)
* Cola Francesco (1397-1399)
* Giacomo D’Antiochia (1399-1420)
* Giovanni Da Montenegro (1420-1432)
* Antonio Novelli (1433-1463)
* Angelo Lupi (1463-1471), appointed Bishop of Tivoli
* Giacomo (1471-?)
* Piero Lupi (1479?-1503)
* Matteo Mancini (1503–1505)
* Giacomo de Massimi (1505–1511), appointed Bishop of Città Ducale
* Bernardo Ruggieri (1511–1530)
* Adriano Mascheroni (1530–1531)
* Bartolomeo Ferratini (1531–1534), appointed Bishop of Chiusi
* Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (later Pope Paul III) (Apostolic Administrator 1534.01.19–1534.06.08)
* Eliseo Teodino (1534–1561), resigned
* Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (Apostolic Administrator 1561)
* Tommaso Gigli (1561–1576), appointed Bishop of Piacenza
* Giovanbattista Maremonti (1577–1578)
* Orazio Ciceroni (1578–1591), appointed Bishop of Ferentino
* Cardinal Filippo Spinola (Apostolic Administrator 1585)
* Marco Antonio Salomone (1591–1608), resigned
* Giulio Calvi (1608–1608)
* Michele Consoli, C.R. (1609–1609)
* Girolamo Giovannelli (1609–1632)
* Paolo Benzoni, C.R.L. (1632–1638)
* Felice Tamburelli (1638–1656)
* Agostino De Bellis, C.R. (1657–1659)
* Maurizio Piccardi (1660–1675)
* Marco Antonio Pisanelli (1675–1680)
* Tommaso Guzoni, C.O. (1681–1702), resigned
* Matteo Gagliani (1703–?)
* Gabriele de Marchis (1718-1734)
* Scipione Sersale (1735–1744), appointed Bishop of Lecce
* Nicola Cioffi (1744–1748), appointed Archbishop of Amalfi
* Antonio Correale (1748–1764)
* Tommaso Taglialatela (1765–1768)
* Giuseppe Maria Sisto y Britto, C.R. (1768–1795)
* Agostino Colaianni (1797–1814)

### Bishops of Aquino, Sora, and Pontecorvo

Latin Name: Aquinatensis, Sorana et Pontiscurvi United: 27 June 1818 with the Diocese of Aquino and Pontecorvo
* Andrea Lucibello (1819-1836)
* Giuseppe Mazzetti, O. Carm. (1836-1838), appointed Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria
* Giuseppe Montieri (1838-1862)
* Paolo do Niquesa (1871-1879)
* Ignazio Persico (德斯馬曾), O.F.M. Cap. (1879-1887), appointed Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis
* Raffael Sirolli (1887-1899), appointed Titular Archbishop of Iconium
* Luciano Bucci, O.F.M. (1889-1900)
* Antonio Maria Jannotta (1900-1933)
* Agostino Mancinelli (1933–1936), appointed Archbishop of Benevento
* Michele Fontevecchia (1936–1952), resigned
* Biagio Musto (1952–1971)
* Carlo Minchiatti (1971–1982), appointed Archbishop of Benevento
* Lorenzo Chiarinelli (1983–1986), title changed to Bishop of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo

### Bishops of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo

Latin Name: Sorana-Aquinatensis-Pontiscurvi Name Changed: 30 September 1986
* Lorenzo Chiarinelli (1986-1993), appointed Bishop of Aversa
* Luca Brandolini, C.M. (1993–2009), retired
* Filippo Iannone, O. Carm. (2009–2012), appointed Vicegerent of Rome
* Gerardo Antonazzo (2013–2014), title changed to Bishop of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo

### Bishops of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo

Territory added: 23 October 2014 with the Territorial Abbey of Montecassino
* Gerardo Antonazzo (2014–present)