Diocese of Teramo-Atri Dioecesis Aprutina seu Teramensis-Hatriensis seu Atriensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Pescara-Penne |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,480 km2 (570 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 223,000 (est.) 222,000 (guess) |
Parishes | 187 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 5th century |
Cathedral | Basilica Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Teramo) |
Co-cathedral | Basilica Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Atri) |
Secular priests | 108 (diocesan) 1 (Religious Orders) 12 Permanent Deacons |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Lorenzo Leuzzi |
Bishops emeritus | Michele Seccia |
Map | |
Website | |
www.diocesiteramoatri.it |
The Diocese of Teramo-Atri (Latin: Dioecesis Aprutina seu Teramensis-Hatriensis seu Atriensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Abruzzo, central Italy. The current extent of the diocese was established in 1949, when the historic Diocese of Teramo was combined with the Diocese of Penne-Atri, in the Abruzzo. It is suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne.[1][2]