Archdiocese of Naples

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Archdiocese of Naples
Basic data
Country Italy
Church region Campania
Diocesan bishop Crescenzio Cardinal Sepe
Auxiliary bishop Lucio Lemmo
Gennaro Acampa
surface 274 km²
Parishes 288 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents 1,806,000 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics 1,705,000 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of 94.4%
Diocesan priest 454 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest 619 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest 1,589
Permanent deacons 300 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Friars 1,461 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters 1,925 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Italian
cathedral Maria Santissima Assunta
Website www.webdiocesi.chiesacattolica.it
Suffragan dioceses Archdiocese of Capua
Archdiocese of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia
Diocese of Acerra
Diocese of Alife-Caiazzo
Diocese of Aversa
Diocese of Caserta
Diocese of Ischia
Diocese of Nola
Diocese of Pozzuoli
Diocese of Sessa Aurunca
Diocese of Teano-Calvi
Territorial Prelature Pompei
Development of membership numbers

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naples ( Latin Archidioecesis Neapolitana , Italian Arcidiocesi di Napoli ) is one in Italy located Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church , based in Naples .

It was founded in the 1st century and has been a metropolitan bishopric since the 10th century . Today it covers almost only the urban area of Naples . The archbishop is traditionally a cardinal .

Well-known church buildings in the Archdiocese of Naples are:

See also

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