Diocese of Conversano-Monopoli Dioecesis Conversanensis-Monopolitana | |
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 Cathedral in Conversano | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Bari-Bitonto |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,099 km2 (424 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 252,707 249,650 (guess) (98.8%) |
| Parishes | 56 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 5th Century |
| Cathedral | Basilica Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta |
| Co-cathedral | Basilica Cattedrale di Maria SS. della Mactia |
| Secular priests | 94 (diocesan) 49 (Religious Orders) 17 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Giuseppe Favale |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| www.conversano.chiesacattolica.it | |
The Diocese of Conversano-Monopoli (Latin: Dioecesis Conversanensis-Monopolitana) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Apulia. It has existed since 1986, when the diocese of Monopoli was united with the historic diocese of Conversano. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto.[1][2]
- ^ "Diocese of Conversano-Monopoli" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
- ^ "Diocese of Conversano–Monopoli" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016