Diocese of Andria Dioecesis Andriensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Metropolitan | Bari-Bitonto |
Statistics | |
Area | 799 km2 (308 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2015) 141,229 140,000 (est.) (99.1%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 11th Century |
Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta |
Patron saint | Richard of Andria [1] |
Secular priests | 69 (diocesan) 20 (religious Orders) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Luigi Mansi |
Map | |
The Diocese of Andria (Latin: Dioecesis Andriensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Apulia, seated at Andria Cathedral which is built over a church dedicated to St. Peter, about ten miles southwest of Trani. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto. The diocese has 39 parishes, with one priest for every 1,573 Catholics.[2][3]