Archdiocese of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia Archidioecesis Surrentina-Castri Maris o Stabiensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Naples |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 205 km2 (79 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2017) 231,201 (est.) 227,000 (guess) |
| Parishes | 88 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 5th Century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di Ss. Filippo e Giacomo (Sorrento) |
| Co-cathedral | Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Castellammare di Stabia) |
| Secular priests | 121 (diocesan) 32 (Religious Orders) 5 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Francesco Alfano |
| Website | |
| www.diocesisorrentocmare.it | |
The Archdiocese of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia (Latin: Archidioecesis Surrentina-Castri Maris o Stabiensis) is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Campania, has existed in its current form since 1986. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples, having lost its status as a metropolitan in 1979. The Diocese of Castellammare di Stabia was suppressed, and its territory united with the Archdiocese of Sorrento, in 1986.[1][2] In 2014, in the diocese of Sorrento there was one priest for every 1,503 Catholics.
- ^ "Archdiocese of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016.[self-published source]
- ^ "Archdiocese of Sorrento–Castellammare di Stabia" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016.[self-published source]