Diocese of Tursi-Lagonegro
Diocese of Tursi-Lagonegro | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Italy |
Church region | Basilicata |
Ecclesiastical province | Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo |
Diocesan bishop | Vincenzo Carmine Orofino |
surface | 2,509 km² |
Parishes | 75 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Residents | 125,600 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics | 124,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
proportion of | 98.7% |
Diocesan priest | 75 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious priest | 4 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,570 |
Permanent deacons | 7 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Friars | 6 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious sisters | 57 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Italian |
cathedral | Cattedrale dell'Annunziata |
Website | www.diocesitursi.it |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tursi-Lagonegro ( lat. : Dioecesis Tursiensis-Lacunerulonensis , ital. : Diocese of Tursi-Lagonegro ) is in Italy situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Tursi .
history
The diocese of Tursi- Lagonegro was established in the 11th century as the diocese of Anglona . In 1068 which was Diocese of Anglona by Pope Alexander II. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Acerenza as suffragan assumed. The bishopric was moved from Anglona to Tursi in 1110 .
On August 8, 1545, the Anglona diocese was renamed the Anglona-Tursi diocese . The diocese of Anglona-Tursi was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo as a suffragan on August 21, 1976 and renamed the Diocese of Tursi-Lagonegro on September 8 of the same year .
See also
Web links
- Official website (Italian)
- Entry on the Diocese of Tursi-Lagonegro on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)