Diocese of Ischia Dioecesis Isclana | |
|---|---|
 Ischia Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Naples |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 46 km2 (18 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 70,043 60,282 (86.1%) |
| Parishes | 25 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 12th century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta |
| Secular priests | 30 (diocesan) 6 (Religious Orders) 9 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Gennaro Pascarella |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| www.chiesaischia.it | |
The Diocese of Ischia (Latin: Dioecesis Isclana) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Campania, southern Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples.[1][2] The diocese comprises the entire island of Ischia, which contains seven communes divided into two circumscriptions.[3] In 1743, the population was about 4,000. The city of Ischia constituted one single parish, with two religious houses of men and one of women.[4] In 2018, the population of the town of Ischia was 20,118.
- ^ Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Ischia". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.self-published
- ^ Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Ischia (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.self-published
- ^ Scotti, p. 270 column 2.
- ^ Ritzler-Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 246, note 1. These were suppressed by the Law of 7 July 1866: G. D'Ascia, Storia dell' isola d'Ischia (Napoli 1867) p. 280. Danilo Breschi, "Le leggi di liquidazione dell’asse ecclesiastico nel biennio 1866-1867: un iter complesso e una soluzione traumatica," (in Italian), in: Z. Ciuffoletti and G. L. Corradi (edd.), La soppressioione delle corporazioni religiose e la liquidazione dell'asse ecclesiastica nell'Italia unita: il caso toscano e le fonti archivistiche (1866-1867) (Firenze: Mandragora 2014), pp. 23-43, at 29-31.