Diocese of Teggiano-Policastro Dioecesis Dianensis-Policastrensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Salerno-Campagna-Acerno |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,986 km2 (767 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 117,280 116,380 (99.2%) |
Parishes | 81 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 21 September 1850 |
Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Maria Maggiore e S. Michele Arcangelo (Teggiano) |
Co-cathedral | Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Policastro Bussentino) |
Secular priests | 69 (diocesan 4 (religious Orders) 6 Permanent Deacons |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Antonio De Luca, C.Ss.R. |
Website | |
www.diocesiteggiano.org |
The Diocese of Diano (Teggiano)–Policastro (Latin: Dioecesis Dianensis-Policastrensis), is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Campania, has existed since 1850, under its present name since 1986. In that year the Diocese of Diano (Teggiano) was united with the diocese of Policastro.[1][2]
The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno.[1] Its cathedral is the Cattedrale di S. Maria Maggiore e S. Michele Arcangelo, in Teggiano.[2] The current bishop is Antonio De Luca.[1]