Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia Dioecesis Arianensis Hirpina-Laquedoniensis Diocesi di Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Episcopal conference | Episcopal Conference of Italy |
| Ecclesiastical region | Campania |
| Ecclesiastical province | Benevento |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 781 km2 (302 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 61,530 61,000 (guess) |
| Parishes | 43 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 10th century |
| Cathedral | Ariano Irpino Cathedral (Basilica Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta di Ariano Irpino) |
| Co-cathedral | Lacedonia Cathedral (Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta di Lacedonia) |
| Secular priests | 42 (diocesan) 9 (religious Orders) 7 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Sergio Melillo |
| Website | |
| Diocese of Ariano Arpino-Lacedonia (in Italian) | |
The Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia (Latin: Dioecesis Arianensis Hirpina-Laquedoniensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Benevento.
In 1986 the Diocese of Ariano and the Diocese of Lacedonia merged to form the current diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia,[1][2] which comprises twenty towns in the province of Avellino, three in that of Benevento, and one in the province of Foggia. There are 43 parishes in the diocese.[3]
- ^ "Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "Diocese of Ariano Irpino–Lacedonia" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ See the list of parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia.