Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto

Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto
Basic data
Country	Italy
Church region	Apulia
Ecclesiastical province	Bari Bitonto
Diocesan bishop	Francesco Cacucci (since July 3, 1999)
Vicar General	Domenico Ciavarella
surface	1,265 km²
Parishes	126 (2018 / AP 2019 )
Residents	752.923 (2018 / AP 2019 )
Catholics	739,533 (2018 / AP 2019 )
proportion of	98.2%
Diocesan priest	196 (2018 / AP 2019 )
Religious priest	155 (2018 / AP 2019 )
Catholics per priest	2,107
Permanent deacons	73 (2018 / AP 2019 )
Friars	406 (2018 / AP 2019 )
Religious sisters	418 (2018 / AP 2019 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Italian
cathedral	San Sabino in Bari
Co-cathedral	San Valentino in Bitonto
address	Piazza Odegitria 30 70122 Bari Italia
Website	www.arcidiocesibaribitonto.it
Suffragan dioceses	Bishopric Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti Bishopric Andria Bishopric Conversano-Monopoli Bishopric Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi Archdiocese Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie

Development of membership numbers

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto ( lat. : Archidioecesis Barensis-Bituntina , ital. : Arcidiocesi di Bari-Bitonto ) is in Italy located Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church , based in Bari .

history

The diocese of Bari was founded in the 4th century. After the victory of the Byzantine general over the Ostrogoths in the battle of Mons Lactarius in 552, the diocese of Bari was subordinate to the Patriarch of Constantinople , who elevated it to an archbishopric in the 6th century . In 1071, after three years of siege , the Normans under Robert Guiskard conquered Bari, the last important Italian city still in the possession of Byzantium. From then on, the Archdiocese of Bari was again subordinate to the Pope.

On September 30, 1986, Pope John Paul II united it with the Bishopric of Bitonto to form the Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto.

See also

• List of the Archbishops of Bari
• List of the Bishops of Bitonto
• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses
• List of former Catholic dioceses

literature

• Arcidiocesi di Bari-Bitonto: Proprio della liturgia delle ore dell'Arcidiocesi di Bari-Bitonto e della pontificia basilica di S. Nicola . Ecumenica editrice, Bari 1989.
• Gerardo Cioffari: Storia della chiesa di Bari. Dalle origini alla fine del dominio bizantino (1071) . Centro Studi Nicolaiani, Bari 1992.
• Salvatore Palese, Dario Morfini (ed.): Culto eucaristico nella storia dell'Arcidiocesi di Bari. Testimonianze liturgiche, artistiche, devozionali e pastorali . Edipuglia, Bari 2004, ISBN 88-7228-408-2 .

Web links

Commons : Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto (Italian)
• Entry on the Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Archdiocese of Bari at Catholic Encyclopedia (English)

San Sabino Cathedral in Bari

San Valentino Co-cathedral in Bitonto