Giovanni D'Alise

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Giovanni D'Alise (January 14, 1948 – October 4, 2020) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop. He was born in Naples to farming parents in San Felice a Cancello, where his family grew tomatoes, tobacco, corn and beans. He earned a licentiate from the Pontifical Theological Seminary of Southern Italy and was ordained a priest in 1972.

D'Alise served as the bishop of the Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia from 2004 to 2014. In 2014 he was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Caserta, serving there until his death. He died in Caserta from COVID-19 during the pandemic, aged 72. His motto was "Manete in dilectione mea" (“Remain in my love”).