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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Roman
Catholic Diocese of Ravello was a former diocese centred on Ravello. It
is now a titular see, currently held by Claudio Gugerotti, apostolic
nuncio to Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. In 1086 pope Victor III made
Ravello the seat of diocese, whose territory was split off from the
archdiocese of Amalfi and given the special privilege of being
immediately answerable to the Holy See. Early on the bishops of Ravello
all came from patrician families of the city, showing the church's
municipalised character. On 31 July 1603 the Diocese of Ravello was
merged aeque principaliter with the diocese of Scala. The Bishop of
Scala, then Francesco Bennio, became bishop of Ravello - he and his
successors remained titulars of both Ravello and Scala until 27 June
1818, when both dioceses were suppressed and merged into the archdiocese
of Amalfi by pope Pius VII's bull De utiliori, in the wake of his
concordat with Ferdinand I.
