Diocese of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca
| Diocese of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Italy |
| Church region | Apulia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Lecce |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Lecce |
| Diocesan bishop | Vito Angiuli |
| Episcopal Vicar | Napoleone Di Seclì |
| founding | 13th Century |
| surface | 475 km² |
| Parishes | 43 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 125,700 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 122,800 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 97.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 73 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 9 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,498 |
| Permanent deacons | 7 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 10 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 122 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Italian |
| cathedral | Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta in Ugento |
| Website | www.diocesiugento.org |
The Diocese of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca ( Latin Dioecesis Uxentina-Sanctae Mariae Leucadensis , Italian Diocese of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca ) is in Italy situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Ugento .
history
The diocese of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca was established in the 13th century as the diocese of Ugento . On June 28, 1818, Pope Pius VII incorporated the territory of the dissolved diocese of Alessano into the diocese of Ugento with the Apostolic Constitution De utiliori . The diocese of Ugento was renamed on August 1, 1959 in the diocese of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca .
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in Ugento