Diocese of Avellino Dioecesis Abellinensis | |
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 Cathedral in Avellino | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Episcopal conference | Episcopal Conference of Italy |
| Ecclesiastical region | Campania |
| Ecclesiastical province | Benevento |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 394 km2 (152 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 162,000 (est.) 156,000 (est.) |
| Parishes | 66 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 2nd Century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta |
| Secular priests | 68 (diocesan) 14 (Religious Orders) 17 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Arturo Aiello |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| www.diocesi.avellino.it | |
The Diocese of Avellino (Latin: Dioecesis Abellinensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the territory of the Irpini, some 55 km (30 mi) east of Naples and 23 km (14 mi) south of Benevento, in the modern Republic of Italy. It is suffragan to the archdiocese of Benevento.[1][2] The bishop of Avellino, along with the bishop of S. Agata de' Goti, had the privilege, recognized at the provincial synod of 1654, of being summoned to attend upon the death and obsequies of the archbishop of Benevento.[3]
Bishop Lorenzo Pollicini (1653–1656) attended the provincial synod in Benevento in 1654, and also held a diocesan synod in May 1654.[4]
- ^ "Diocese of Avellino" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved December 4, 2015.[self-published source]
- ^ "Diocese of Avellino" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016.[self-published source]
- ^ Vincenzo Maria Orsini (1724). Synodicon S. Beneventanensis ecclesiae, continens Concilia XXI (in Latin) (secunda ed.). Roma: ex typographia Rochi Bernabo. p. 432.
- ^ Adolphe Charles Peltier (1846). J.-P. Migne (ed.). Dictionnaire universel et complet des conciles: tant généraux que particuliers, des principaux synodes diocésains (in French). Vol. Tome I. Paris: Chez l'éditeur. p. 243.