Archdiocese of Benevento Archidioecesis Beneventana Arcidiocesi di Benevento | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Territory | Province of Benevento |
| Episcopal conference | Episcopal Conference of Italy |
| Ecclesiastical region | Campania |
| Ecclesiastical province | Benevento |
| Coordinates | 41°07′47″N 14°46′21″E / 41.1298°N 14.7725°E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,691 km2 (653 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 267,790 (estimate) 263,800 (guess) |
| Parishes | 116 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | c. 3rd century (as Diocese of Benevento) 969 (as Archdiocese of Benevento) |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di Maria SS. Assunta in Cielo (Benevento) |
| Secular priests | 134 (diocesan) 72 (Religious Orders) 59 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Felice Accrocca |
| Bishops emeritus | Andrea Mugione |
| Map | |
 Location of Archdiocese of Benevento in Italy | |
| Website | |
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The Archdiocese of Benevento (Latin: Archidioecesis Beneventana) is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church. It currently has five suffragan dioceses: the diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, the diocese of Avellino, the diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti, the Territorial Abbey of Montevergine, and the archdiocese of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia.[1][2][3]
- ^ "Archdiocese of Benevento" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. retrieved March 24, 2016. [self-published source?]
- ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Benevento" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved March 24, 2016. [self-published source?]
- ^ Umberto Benigni, "Benevento," The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907retrieved: 10 January 2018, gives as suffragans the diocese of Alife, Ariano, diocese of Ascoli and Cerignola, Avellino, diocese of Boiano, diocese of Bovino, diocese of Larino, diocese of Lucera, diocese of San Severo, Sant' Agata de' Goti, diocese of Telese, and diocese of Termoli.