G. Moroni (ed.), "Telese,"(in Italian), in: Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica, Vol. 73 (Venezia: Tip. Emiliana 1855), p. 265.
Collezione degli atti emanati dopo la pubblicazione del Concordato dell'anno 1819, Parte terza (1820 a 1825) (Napoli: De Turchini 1830), pp. 30-43, at p. 36: "perpetuo revocamus et annullamus viribusque et effectu penitus, et vacuamus ac destituta et vacuata, illasque suum effectum in eventum praemissum minime habituras esse, et fore declaramus ac saepe dictam Ecclesiam Allifanam Archiepiscopalis Beneventanae Ecclesiae, ut praefertur, suffraganeam, ejusque sedem, et episcopalem cathedram et dignitatem cum distinctis et propriis illius majoris ecclesiae Capitulo, ac episcopali Curia, ac seminario puerorum ecclesiastico, nec non peculiari in spiritualibus generali Vicario in pristinum...."
De Rosa was born in Acerna (Salerno) in 1940. He attended seminary preparatory schools, obtaining a licensate in theology from the theological faculty "San Luigi" in Naples in 1964. In 1966 he obtained a degree in theology from the Gregorian University in Rome. His career was mostly spent in teaching and administration in local and regional seminaries in Salerno and Naples. He was also an assistant at Azione Cattolica from 1976. He was named bishop of Cerreto on 23 May 1998 by Pope John Paul II, and was consecrated a bishop on 12 July. He retired at the age of 75 on 24 June 2016. Diocesi di Cerreto S.-Telese-S. Agata de' Goti, "Vescovo Emerito, S.E.R. Mons. Michele De Rosa,"(in Italian); retrieved: 12 December 2022.
Mazzafaro was born in Naples in 1955. After leaving school, he worked in commerce for twenty years, associating himself with the Community of Sant'Eligio, whose regional "Responsabile" he became in 2000. He decided to join the priesthood, and was ordained in 2000, at the age of 45. He served as an assistant parish priest, and then pastor. He became the private secretary of the archbishop of Naples in 2011. In 2019, he became the Prelate of the Chapel of the Treasure of San Gennaro. Pope Francis appointed him bishop of Cerreto Sannita–Telese–Snat'Agata de'Goti on 7 May 2021. He was consecrated a bishop on 12 June 2021 by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe. Diocesi di Cerreto S.-Telese-S. Agata de' Goti, "S.E.R. Mons. Giuseppe Mazzafaro"(in Italian); retrieved: 12 December 2022.
Christus Dominus 40. Therefore, in order to accomplish these aims this sacred synod decrees as follows: 1) The boundaries of ecclesiastical provinces are to be submitted to an early review and the rights and privileges of metropolitans are to be defined by new and suitable norms. 2) As a general rule all dioceses and other territorial divisions that are by law equivalent to dioceses should be attached to an ecclesiastical province. Therefore dioceses which are now directly subject to the Apostolic See and which are not united to any other are either to be brought together to form a new ecclesiastical province, if that be possible, or else attached to that province which is nearer or more convenient. They are to be made subject to the metropolitan jurisdiction of the bishop, in keeping with the norms of the common law. 3) Wherever advantageous, ecclesiastical provinces should be grouped into ecclesiastical regions for the structure of which juridical provision is to be made.
