Diocese of Conversano-Monopoli
Diocese of Conversano-Monopoli | |
Basic data | |
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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 .