Roman Catholic Diocese of Ischia
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The diocese of Ischia is a Roman Catholic ecclesistical territory in Campania
, southern Italy
. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Naples.
, Pietro, was appointed in 1179. He was present at the Third Lateran Council. Other bishops were:
Campania
Campania is a region in southern Italy. The region has a population of around 5.8 million people, making it the second-most-populous region of Italy; its total area of 13,590 km² makes it the most densely populated region in the country...
, southern Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Naples.
History
The first Bishop of IschiaIschia
Ischia is a volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It lies at the northern end of the Gulf of Naples, about 30 km from the city of Naples. It is the largest of the Phlegrean Islands. Roughly trapezoidal in shape, it measures around 10 km east to west and 7 km north to south and has...
, Pietro, was appointed in 1179. He was present at the Third Lateran Council. Other bishops were:
- Fra Bartolomeo Borsolari (1359), an Augustinian, brother of Blessed Giacomo Borsolari, the Dominican, who is buried in the church of S. Domenico;
- the learned Spanish Cistercian, Michele Cosal (1453);
- Girolamo Rocca (1672);
- Michele Cotignola (1692).