Diocese of Conversano-Monopoli

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Diocese of Conversano-Monopoli
Basic data
Country Italy
Church region Apulia
Ecclesiastical province Bari Bitonto
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto
Diocesan bishop Giuseppe Favale
surface 1,099 km²
Parishes 56 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents 252,707 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics 249,650 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of 98.8%
Diocesan priest 98 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest 46 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest 1,734
Permanent deacons 13 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Friars 59 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters 132 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Italian
cathedral Santa Maria Assunta
Website www.conversano.chiesacattolica.it

That in Italy located Diocese of Conversano-Monopoli ( Latin Dioecesis Conversanensis-Monopolitana , Italian Diocese of Conversano-Monopoli ) is located in Italy Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church , headquartered Conversano .

It emerged as the diocese of Conversano as early as the 5th century.

The diocese of Conversano-Monopoli was created on September 30, 1986 through the union of the formerly independent dioceses of Conversano and Monopoli . Today it is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto as a suffragan .

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