Andrea Angelo Zottoli, sinologist and Jesuit missionary, was born in Acerno in 1826 and died in Shanghai in 1902.
Created in the 11th century, it was suppressed in 1818, when it was merged with the Diocese of Salerno to create the Archdiocese of Salerno-Acerno.
The Diocese of Acerno was a Roman Catholic diocese based in Acerno near Naples in southern Italy, with the bishop's seat in Acerno Cathedral.