Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostium Archidioecesis Brundusina-Ostunensis | |
|---|---|
 Brindisi Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Lecce |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,253 km2 (484 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2022) 263,650 (est.) 259,400 (est.) |
| Parishes | 58  |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 4th Century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale della Visitazione e S. Giovanni Battista |
| Co-cathedral | Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta |
| Secular priests | 113 (diocesan) 31 (Religious Orders)Permanent Deacons 16  |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Giovanni Intini |
| Bishops emeritus | Rocco Talucci Settimio Todisco |
| Website | |
| www.brindisiostuni.chiesacattolica.it | |
The Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostium (Latin: Archidioecesis Brundusina-Ostunensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Apulia, has carried its present name since 1986. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Lecce.[1][2]
The historical archdiocese of Brindisi was promoted from a diocese in the tenth century. The territory of the diocese of Ostuni was added to it in 1821. The archdiocese lost its status as metropolitan see in 1980.[3]
- ^ "Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostuni" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 7, 2016
- ^ "Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostuni" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved October 7, 2016
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy page