Ecclesiastical province of L'Aquila
Basic data | |
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Country | Italy |
Church region | Abruzzo-Molise |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of L'Aquila |
Suffragan dioceses |
Avezzano Sulmona-Valva |
Metropolitan | Bruno Forte |
surface | 5,030 km² |
Parishes | 318 ( AP2008 ) |
Residents | 307.213 ( AP2008 ) |
Catholics | 298,508 ( AP2008 ) |
proportion of | 97.2% |
Diocesan priest | 287 ( AP2008 ) |
Religious priest | 106 ( AP2008 ) |
Catholics per priest | 760 |
Permanent deacons | 11 ( AP2008 ) |
Friars | 122 ( AP2008 ) |
Religious sisters | 518 ( AP2008 ) |
The ecclesiastical province of L'Aquila is one of the four ecclesiastical provinces of the Abruzzen-Molise ecclesiastical region of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy .
structure
The following dioceses belong to the ecclesiastical province:
- Metropolitan diocese: Archdiocese of L'Aquila
- Suffragan: Diocese of Avezzano
- Suffragan: Diocese of Sulmona-Valva