Diocese of Caserta Dioecesis Casertana | |
|---|---|
 Caserta Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Naples |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 185 km2 (71 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 210,000 (est.) 192,000 (guess) |
| Parishes | 65 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 12th Century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Michele Arcangelo |
| Secular priests | 66 (diocesan) 25 (Religious Orders) 40 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Pietro Lagnese |
| Bishops emeritus | Raffaele Nogaro |
| Website | |
| www.diocesicaserta.it | |
The Diocese of Caserta (Latin: Dioecesis Casertana) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Campania, southern Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples.[1][2] In 1818 Pope Pius VII united this see with the diocese of Caiazzo, but Pope Pius IX made them separate sees.[3] In 2013 in the diocese of Caserta there was one priest for every 1,703 Catholics; in 2016, there was one priest for every 2,008 Catholics. The diocesan Major Seminary currently (2019) has four seminarians.[4]
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- ^ "Diocese of Caserta" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved 29 February 2016.[self-published source]
- ^ Umberto Benigni. "Caserta." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. Retrieved: 13 October 2016.
- ^ Seminario di Caserta, "Communita seminario"; retrieved: 12 September 2019. (in Italian)