Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia Archidioecesis Spoletana-Nursina | |
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Immediately exempt to the Holy See |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,836 km2 (709 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2017) 108,700 (est,) 102,300 (guess) (94.1%) |
Parishes | 71 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1st century |
Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Spoleto) |
Co-cathedral | Concattedrale di S. Maria Argentea (Norcia) |
Secular priests | 69 (diocesan) 52 (Religious Orders) 8 Permanent Deacons |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Renato Boccardo |
Website | |
Arcidiocesi di Spoleto Norcia (in Italian) |
The Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia (Latin: Archidioecesis Spoletana-Nursina) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. Historically, it was the Diocese of Spoleto. Elevated to the status of an archdiocese since 1821, it is a non-metropolitan see and is immediately exempt to the Holy See.[1][2]