Diocese of Sulmona-Valva
| Diocese of Sulmona-Valva | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Italy |
| Church region | Abruzzo-Molise |
| Ecclesiastical province | L'Aquila |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of L'Aquila |
| Diocesan bishop | Michele Fusco |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Giuseppe Di Falco |
| founding | September 30, 1986 |
| surface | 1,814 km² |
| Parishes | 76 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 85,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 82,998 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 97.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 63 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 20 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,000 |
| Permanent deacons | 4 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Friars | 21 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 94 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Italian |
| cathedral | Cattedrale di San Panfilo Vescovo in Sulmona |
| Co-cathedral | Concattedrale di San Pelino in Corfinio |
| Website | www.diocesisulmona-valva.it |
The diocese Sulmona-Valva ( lat. : Dioecesis Sulmonensis-Valvensis , ital. : Diocese of Sulmona-Valva ) is in Italy situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Sulmona .
history
The Sulmona diocese was established in the 6th century . On June 27, 1818, the territory of the diocese Valva was annexed to the diocese Sulmona. The diocese Valva and Sulmona was on August 15, 1972 by Pope Paul VI. subordinated to the Archdiocese of L'Aquila as a suffragan with the Apostolic Constitution Cum cognitum . On September 30, 1986, the diocese of Valva and Sulmona was renamed the Diocese of Sulmona-Valva .
See also
Web links
Commons : Roman Catholic Diocese of Sulmona-Valva - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
- Homepage of the Diocese of Sulmona-Valva (Italian)
- Entry for the Diocese of Sulmona-Valva on catholic-hierarchy.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Cum cognitum , AAS 64 (1972), n.10, pp. 665f.