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Archdiocese of Matera-Irsina Archidioecesis Materanensis-Montis Pelusii | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,020 km2 (780 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 149,800 (est.) 129,800 (est.) |
| Parishes | 56 |
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| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 2 July 1954 (70 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Basilica Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta della Bruna (Matera) |
| Co-cathedral | Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Irsina) |
| Secular priests | 68 (diocesan) 23 (religious orders) 4 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Antonio Giuseppe Caiazzo |
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| Arcidiocesi di Matera-Irsini (in Italian) | |
The Archdiocese of Matera-Irsina (Latin: Archidioecesis Materanensis-Montis Pelusii) is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Basilicata, Italy. It has existed under this name since 1986. The archbishop is seated at Matera Cathedral. (Irsina Cathedral is a co-cathedral). It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo.
On Monday, October 5, 2015, Archbishop Salvatore Ligorio was elevated by Pope Francis to be Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo (in Potenza, Italy), to whose province the Archdiocese of Matera-Irsina (in Matera, Italy, and Irsina, Italy) belongs. It is not the norm, but by no means irregular to have a non-metropolitan archdiocese under a metropolitan archdiocese.[citation needed]