Roman Catholic Diocese of Bovino

The Diocese of Bovino (Latin: Bivinensis, or Bovinensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the civil province of Apulia, southern Italy. It is 23 mi (37 km) southwest of Foggia.[1][2] It was established in the tenth century, and was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Benevento.[3] In 1986 it was merged into the Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino. In 1980, the diocese claimed 23,500 adherents, served by 26 priests.[4]

The cathedral of S. Maria Assunta e S. Marco, Bovino
  1. ^ "Diocese of Bovino" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016.[self-published source]
  2. ^ "Diocese of Bovino" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016.[self-published source]
  3. ^ Kehr IX, p. 141: "Episcopatus paulo post promotionem Beneventani episcopi ad dignitatem metropolitanam erectus esse videtur, nam lohannes primus quem novimus episcopus a. 971 in quadam charta Landulfi archiep. occurrit (ed. Borgia Mem. Benevento II 270; facs. Arch, paleogr. Ital. XIII tab. 1. 2)."
  4. ^ Annuario pontificio (Rome: Vatican 1981).