Diocese of Aversa
| Diocese of Aversa | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Italy |
| Church region | Campania |
| Ecclesiastical province | Naples |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Naples |
| Diocesan bishop | Angelo Spinillo |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Mario Milano |
| Vicar General | Paolo Dell'Aversana |
| founding | 1053 |
| surface | 361 km² |
| Parishes | 96 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 567,566 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 543.260 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 95.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 184 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 29 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,551 |
| Permanent deacons | 38 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Friars | 38 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 359 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Italian |
| cathedral | Cattedrale di San Paolo |
| Website | www.diocesiaversa.it |
The diocese of Aversa ( lat. : Dioecesis Aversana , ital. : Diocese of Aversa ) is in Italy situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Aversa .
history
The diocese of Aversa was founded in 1053 by Pope Leo IX. and placed directly under the Holy See . In 1566 the seminary of the diocese of Aversa was established.
In 1979 the diocese of Aversa was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Naples as a suffragan .
In May 2019, Pope Francis transferred the imprisoned priest Michele Barone from Casapesenna in the diocese of Aversa to lay status . Barone, the founder of the sect-like community Piccola Casetta di Nazareth , is charged with the physical abuse of a child as part of an exorcism and the sexual abuse of several girls in Medjugorje . With Barone, the parents of the injured child and a police officer who belonged to the Barone community and who is accused of thwarting punishment in favor of Barones, were charged and arrested in 2018. Local Bishop Angelo Spinillo had previously suspended Barone from duty.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Casapesenna, Papa Francesco riduce allo stato il prete laicale accusato di violenza sessuale. La Repubblica on May 6, 2019
- ↑ Most severe sanction of canon law. Domradio from May 6, 2019
- ↑ Marilù Musto: “Il prete esorcista mi palpeggiava durante i pellegrinaggi a Medjugorje”. Il Mattino on February 25, 2018
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Aversa (Italian)
- Entry on the Diocese of Aversa on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)