Diocese of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano
| Diocese of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano | |
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| Country | Italy |
| Church region | Apulia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Foggia-Bovino |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino |
| Diocesan bishop | Luigi Renna |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Felice di Molfetta |
| Vicar General | Nicola Petronelli |
| founding | September 30, 1986 |
| surface | 1,327 km² |
| Parishes | 34 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 110,891 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 101,415 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 91.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 46 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,690 |
| Permanent deacons | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 74 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Italian |
| cathedral | Cattedrale di San Pietro Apostolo in Cerignola |
| Co-cathedral | Concattedrale della Natività della Beata Vergine Maria in Ascoli Satriano |
| Website | www.cerignola.chiesacattolica.it |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano ( lat. : Dioecesis Ceriniolensis-Asculana Apuliae , ital. : Diocese of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano ) is in Italy situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Cerignola .
history
In the 11th century the diocese Ascoli Satriano was established. In 849 the Ascoli Satriano diocese was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Benevento as a suffragan . On June 14, 1819, the diocese Ascoli Satriano was renamed by Pope Pius VII with the Apostolic Constitution Quamquam per Nuperrimam in Diocese Ascoli Satriano and Cerignola .
The diocese Ascoli Satriano and Cerignola was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Foggia as a suffragan on April 30, 1979 . On September 30, 1986, the diocese Ascoli Satriano and Cerignola was renamed the Diocese of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano .
See also
- List of the bishops of Ascoli Satriano
- List of Roman Catholic Dioceses
- Roman Catholic Church in Italy
