Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia

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Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia
Basic data
Country Italy
Church region Umbria
Ecclesiastical province Immediate
Diocesan bishop Renato Boccardo
Vicar General Luigi Piccioli
founding September 30, 1986
surface 1,836 km²
Parishes 71 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Residents 108,700 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics 102,300 (2017 / AP 2018 )
proportion of 94.1%
Diocesan priest 69 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious priest 52 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics per priest 845
Permanent deacons 8 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Friars 78 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious sisters 213 (2017 / AP 2018 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Italian
cathedral Santa Maria Assunta in Spoleto
Co-cathedral Santa Maria Argentea in Norcia
address Via Aurelio Saffi 13
06049 Spoleto [Perugia]
Italia
Website www.arcidiocesidispoleto-norcia.it

The Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia ( Latin : Archidioecesis Spoletana-Nursina , Italian : Arcidiocesi di Spoleto-Norcia ) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy with its seat in Spoleto . It reports directly to the Holy See and belongs to the ecclesiastical region of Umbria .

history

The archbishopric was founded in the 1st century as the diocese of Spoleto, which rose to the rank of archbishopric on January 5, 1821, but without becoming the seat of a metropolitan .

After a sharp decrease in the population and thus the diocesans, the archbishopric was united with the diocese of Norcia on September 30, 1986 as part of the reorganization of the Italian dioceses and was given the name Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia . In the following years numerous parishes were dissolved and the number of diocesan and religious priests continued to decrease.

See also

Web links

Commons : Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

  • Spoleto: Cathedral of
    Santa Maria Assunta

  • Norcia: Co-cathedral
    Santa Maria Argentea