Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia
| Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Italy |
| Church region | Campania |
| Ecclesiastical province | Benevento |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Benevento |
| Diocesan bishop | Sergio Melillo |
| founding | September 30, 1986 |
| surface | 781 km² |
| Parishes | 43 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 66,500 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 65,800 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 98.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 36 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 10 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,430 |
| Permanent deacons | 8 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Friars | 12 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 71 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Italian |
| cathedral | Santa Maria Assunta in Ariano Irpino |
| Co-cathedral | Santa Maria Assunta in Lacedonia |
| address | Vescovado Piazza Pebiscito 13 83031 Ariano Irpino [Avellino] Italia |
| Website | www.diocesiarianolacedonia.it |
The Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia ( Latin Dioecesis Arianensis Hirpina-Laquedoniensis , Italian Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia ) is in Italy located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church , headquartered in Ariano Irpino .
The diocese belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Benevento and was founded in the 11th century as the Diocese of Ariano. The diocese Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia was created on September 30, 1986 through the union of the previously independent dioceses Ariano Irpino and Lacedonia .
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