Roman Catholic Diocese of Sant'Agata de' Goti

In 1986, it was merged into the Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti, which continued as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Benevento.

The bull authorized the new metropolitan to nominate and consecrate the bishops of the assigned suffragans, including Santa'Agatha.

[9] In December 970, Archbishop Landulf of Benevento issued a bull in favor of Bishop Madelfridus of Sant'Agata, defining the diocesan limits.

[10] Around 1100, under the patronage of Count Robert,[11] the city began the construction of the monastery of San Menna, a 6th-century hermit, whose remains had been discovered in 1094.

[13] In 1181, Count Rainulf II of S. Agata granted Bishop Urso the local fief of Bagnoli, which brought with it the temporal rank of Baron.

[21] The cathedral in Sant'Agata de' Goti is dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, with the commendation of S. Stephen the Protomartyr and S.

In 1703, the Chapter consisted of thirty members, headed by five dignities (the Archdeacon, the Dean, the Penitentiary, two Primicerii, and the Treasurer).

There were two religious houses for men inside the city, one of the Conventual Franciscans, the other of the Brothers of S. John of God, who had a hospital.

[24] The right of the king to nominate the candidate for a vacant bishopric was recognized, as in the Concordat of 1741, subject to papal confirmation (preconisation).

[28] Following the Second Vatican Council, and in accordance with the norms laid out in the council's decree, Christus Dominus chapter 40,[29] Pope Paul VI ordered a reorganization of the ecclesiastical provinces in southern Italy, beginning with consultations among the members of the Congregation of Bishops in the Vatican Curia, the Italian Bishops Conference, and the various dioceses concerned.

Based on the revisions, a set of Normae was issued on 15 November 1984, which was accompanied in the next year, on 3 June 1985, by enabling legislation.

According to the agreement, the practice of having one bishop govern two separate dioceses at the same time, aeque personaliter, was abolished.