Archdiocese of Benevento
Archdiocese of Benevento | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Italy |
Church region | Campania |
Ecclesiastical province | Benevento |
Diocesan bishop | Felice Accrocca |
Vicar General | Cristino Pompilio |
surface | 1,691 km² |
Parishes | 116 (2017) |
Residents | 266,230 (2017) |
Catholics | 265,000 (2017) |
proportion of | 99.5% |
Diocesan priest | 143 (2017) |
Religious priest | 71 (2017) |
Catholics per priest | 1,238 |
Permanent deacons | 53 (2017) |
Friars | 112 (2017) |
Religious sisters | 193 (2017) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Italian |
cathedral | Maria Santissima Assunta in Benevento |
Website | www.diocesidibenevento.it |
Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia Diocese of Avellino Diocese of Cerreto Sannita Territorial Abbey of Montevergine Archdiocese of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi |
The Archdiocese of Benevento ( Latin Archidiocesis Beneventana , Italian Arcidiocesi di Benevento ) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy with its seat in Benevento .
The diocese of Benevento was established in the 1st century and on May 26, 969 raised to the archbishopric .
See also
Web links
Commons : Archdiocese of Benevento - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Benevento on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Umberto Benigni: Benevento . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 2, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1907.