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Diocese of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo Dioecesis Sorana-Cassinensis-Aquinatensis-Pontiscurvi | |
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Immediately exempt to the Holy See |
Statistics | |
Area | 2,016 km2 (778 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 229,373 (est.) 222,794 (est.) (97.1%) |
Parishes | 141 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 3rd century |
Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Sora) |
Co-cathedral |
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Patron saint | |
Secular priests | 105 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Gerardo Antonazzo |
Bishops emeritus | Luca Brandolini, C.M. |
Website | |
www.diocesisora.it |
The Diocese of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo (Latin: Dioecesis Sorana-Cassiensis-Aquinatensis-Pontiscurvi) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Lazio, Italy.[1][2] It is exempt to the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical province. The current bishop of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo is Gerardo Antonazzo, who was ordained a bishop on April 8, 2013 by Pope Francis.