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Diocese of Sessa Aurunca Dioecesis Suessana | |
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 Sessa Aurunca Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Naples |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 338 km2 (131 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2017) 92,000 (est.) 88,000 (guess) |
| Parishes | 42 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 5th Century |
| Cathedral | Basilica-Cattedrale di Ss. Pietro e Paolo |
| Secular priests | 43 (diocesan) 12 (Religious Orders) 6 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Orazio Francesco Piazza |
| Bishops emeritus | Antonio Napolitano |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| www.diocesisessa.it | |
The Diocese of Sessa Aurunca (Latin: Dioecesis Suessana) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in southern Italy. Since 1979 it has been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples.[1][2]
- ^ "Diocese of Sessa Aurunca" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016.[self-published source]
- ^ "Diocese of Sessa Aurunca" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016.[self-published source]