The Diocese of Naples was a Roman Catholic diocese in southern Italy, the see being in Naples. A Christian community was founded there in the 1st century AD and the diocese was raised to the level of a Metropolitan Archdiocese in the 10th century, becoming the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naples. See also Catholic Church in Italy List of Bishops and Archbishops of Naples References Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Italy Christianity in Naples Dioceses established in the 1st century