Diocese of Sulmona-Valva Dioecesis Sulmonensis-Valvensis | |
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 Sulmona Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | L'Aquila |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,814 km2 (700 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 85,000 (est.) 83,000 (guess) |
| Parishes | 76 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 6th Century |
| Cathedral | Basilica Cattedrale di S. Panfilo Vescovo (Sulmona) |
| Co-cathedral | Concattedrale di S. Pelino (Corfinio) |
| Patron saint | Saint Pamphilus |
| Secular priests | 45 (diocesan) 22 (Religious Orders) 8 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Michele Fusco |
| Bishops emeritus | Giuseppe Di Falco |
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| Website | |
| www.diocesisulmona-valva.it | |
The Diocese of Sulmona-Valva (Latin: Dioecesis Sulmonensis-Valvensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in central Italy, in the Abruzzi region, approximately 120 km (75 mi) directly east of Rome. Corfinio (Valva) is 14 km north-northwest of Sulmona.
The current configuration was created in 1986, through the union of the two dioceses into one. The combined single diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of L'Aquila. In 1818, the status of the Diocese of Sulmona and the Diocese of Valva was acknowledged, as two separate dioceses united in having one and the same person as bishop of both dioceses, aeque personaliter, an arrangement which stretched all the way back to the 13th century, and earlier.