Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne

Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne
Basic data
Country	Italy
Church region	Abruzzo-Molise
Diocesan bishop	Tommaso Valentinetti
Emeritus diocesan bishop	Francesco Cuccarese
Vicar General	Gustavo Britti
surface	1,600 km²
Parishes	124 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents	315,400 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics	306,800 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of	97.3%
Diocesan priest	118 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest	55 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest	1,773
Permanent deacons	18 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Friars	62 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters	376 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Italian
cathedral	San Cetteo Vescovo e Martire
Co-cathedral	San Massimo
address	Piazza dello Spirito Santo 5 65122 Pescara Italia
Website	www.diocesipescara.it
Suffragan dioceses	Teramo-Atri diocese

Development of membership numbers

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne ( Latin Archidioecesis Piscariensis-Pinnensis , Italian Arcidiocesi di Pescara-Penne ) is in Italy located Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Pescara .

It was founded as the diocese of Penne in the 5th century. Already united with the diocese of Atri on March 15, 1252 , from then on it was called the diocese of Penne-Atri . The diocese changed its name in 1949 to the diocese of Penne and Pescara and became an immediates diocese, so it did not belong to any ecclesiastical province . On March 2, 1982, the diocese not only changed its name to Pescara-Penne , but was also raised to an archbishopric and metropolitan seat with the suffragan Teramo-Atri .

See also

• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses
• Roman Catholic Church in Italy

Web links

• Entry for the Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Homepage of the Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne

Cathedral of San Cetteo Vescovo e Martire in Pescara