Diocese of Aversa Dioecesis Aversana | |
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Naples |
Statistics | |
Area | 361 km2 (139 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2015) 567,566 543,260 (95.7%) |
Parishes | 94 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1053 |
Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Paolo Apostolo |
Secular priests | 184 (diocesan) 29 (Religious Orders) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Angelo Spinillo |
Bishops emeritus | Mario Milano |
Map | |
Website | |
Diocese of Aversa website (in Italian) |
The Diocese of Aversa (Latin: Dioecesis Aversana) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Campania, southern Italy, created in 1053. It is situated in the Terra di Lavoro (Liburia), seven miles north of Naples, and eight miles south of Capua.[1] It is suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples.[2][3]