Diocese of Sessa Aurunca
Diocese of Sessa Aurunca | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Italy |
Church region | Campania |
Ecclesiastical province | Naples |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Naples |
Diocesan bishop | Orazio Francesco Piazza |
Vicar General | Franco Alfieri |
surface | 338 km² |
Parishes | 42 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Residents | 92,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics | 88,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
proportion of | 95.7% |
Diocesan priest | 43 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious priest | 12 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,600 |
Permanent deacons | 6 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Friars | 12 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious sisters | 50 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Italian |
cathedral | Cattedrale dei Santi Pietro e Paolo |
Website | www.diocesisessa.it/new/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sessa Aurunca ( lat. : Dioecesis Suessana , Italian : Diocese of Sessa Aurunca ) is in Italy situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Sessa Aurunca .
history
The diocese of Sessa Aurunca was established in the 5th century and in 966 subordinated to the Archdiocese of Capua as a suffragan .
The diocese of Sessa Aurunca was annexed on June 27, 1818 by Pope Pius VII with the Apostolic Constitution De utiliori, the territory of the dissolved diocese Carinola . On April 30, 1979, the diocese of Sessa Aurunca was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Naples as a suffragan.
See also
Web links
- Website of the Diocese of Sessa Aurunca (Italian)
- Entry on the diocese of Sessa Aurunca on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)