Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto

Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto

Archidioecesis Barensis-Bituntina
Cathedral in Bari
Location
CountryItaly
Ecclesiastical provinceBari-Bitonto
Statistics
Area1,264 km2 (488 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2015)
749,141
736,801 (98.4%)
Parishes126
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established4th Century
CathedralCattedrale-Basilica di S. Maria
Co-cathedralConcattedrale di Maria SS. Assunta
Secular priests196 (diocesan)
155 (Religious Orders)
76 Deacons
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopGiuseppe Satriano
Map
locator map for diocese of Bari
Website
www.arcidiocesibaribitonto.it
Co-cathedral in Bitonto

The Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto (Latin: Archidioecesis Barensis-Bituntina) is Metropolitan Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the administrative Bari province, Puglia (Apulia) region, southeastern Italy (the 'Heel'), created in 1986, when the historical diocese of Bitonto was subsumed in the Archdiocese of Bari.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. retrieved March 24, 2016
  2. ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bari–Bitonto" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved March 24, 2016