Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano

Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano
Basic data
Country	Italy
Church region	Calabria
Diocesan bishop	Francescantonio Nolè OFM Conv
Emeritus diocesan bishop	Salvatore Nunnari
Vicar General	Salvatore Bartucci
surface	2,537 km²
Parishes	132 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents	384.150 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics	378,740 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of	98.6%
Diocesan priest	153 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest	83 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest	1,605
Permanent deacons	43 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Friars	90 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters	285 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Italian
cathedral	Santa Maria Assunta in Cosenza
Co-cathedral	Santa Maria Assunta in Bisignano
Website	Arcidiocesi di Cosenza-Bisignano
Suffragan dioceses	Archdiocese of Rossano-Cariati Diocese of Cassano all'Jonio Diocese of San Marco Argentano-Scalea
Ecclesiastical province

Development of membership numbers

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano ( Latin Archidioecesis Cosentina-Bisinianensis , Italian Arcidiocesi di Cosenza San Marco and Bisignano ) is in Italy located Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Cosenza .

The diocese of Cosenza was established in the 7th century and made an archbishopric in 1150. On April 4, 1979 it was united with the territories of the diocese of San Marco and Bisignano , which before the amalgamation of the diocese of Bisignano with the diocese of San Marco formed the diocese of Bisignano and renamed the " Archdiocese of Cosenza and Bisignano ". Since September 30, 1986, the diocese has been called "Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano".

On January 30, 2001, Pope John Paul II raised it to the Metropolitan Archdiocese and subordinated the dioceses of Cassano all'Jonio , Rossano-Cariati and San Marco Argentano-Scalea as Suffragan Diocese .

See also

• List of the Archbishops of Cosenza
• Roman Catholic Church in Italy

Web links

• Entry on the Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano on catholic-hierarchy.org

Santa Maria Assunta Cathedral in Cosenza