Archdiocese of Gaeta Archidioecesis Caietana | |
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Immediately exempt to the Holy See |
Statistics | |
Area | 603 km2 (233 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 162,457 157,457 (96.9%) |
Parishes | 57 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 8th century |
Cathedral | Cattedrale-Basilica di Santi Erasmo e Marciano e Maria SS. Assunta |
Secular priests | 54 (diocesan) 18 (Religious Orders) 26 Permanent Deacons |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Luigi Vari |
Bishops emeritus | Bernardo Fabio D’Onorio, O.S.B. |
Website | |
www.arcidiocesigaeta.it |
The Archdiocese of Gaeta (Latin: Archidioecesis Caietana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in southern Italy, in the city of Gaeta, in the Lazio region. The archbishop's cathedra is located in the Cathedral of SS. Erasmus and Marcianus and the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in the episcopal see of Gaeta. A non-metropolitan see, the archdiocese is immediately exempt to the Holy See.[1][2]