Archdiocese of Benevento

Archdiocese of Benevento
Basic data
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

Development of membership numbers

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

• List of the Archbishops of Benevento

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.

The cathedral in Benevento