Roman Catholic Diocese of Ischia

Diocese of Ischia

Dioecesis Isclana
Ischia Cathedral
Location
CountryItaly
Ecclesiastical provinceNaples
Statistics
Area46 km2 (18 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2016)
70,043
60,282 (86.1%)
Parishes25
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established12th century
CathedralCattedrale di S. Maria Assunta
Secular priests30 (diocesan)
6 (Religious Orders)
9 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopGennaro Pascarella
Map
Locator map for island of Ischia in Bay of Naples
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.

  1. ^ Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Ischia". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.self-published
  2. ^ Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Ischia (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.self-published
  3. ^ Scotti, p. 270 column 2.
  4. ^ 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.