Diocese of Aversa
Aversan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Aversa, Italy
The Diocese of Aversa is a Latin Church diocese in Campania, southern Italy, created in 1053 in the Terra di Lavoro north of Naples. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples, currently led by Bishop Angelo Spinillo.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1053
- Latin
- Aversan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Paul the Apostle
- Annuario code
- 001000763
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 538,970
- Population
- 567,566
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 95.0%
- Priests
- 184
- Catholics per priest
- 2,929
- Extent
- 361 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1,493
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Angelo Spinillo
- Born
- 1 May 1951
- Birthplace
- Sant'Arsenio
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Aversa Cathedral stands in Aversa, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Naples
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Naples.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AcerraAcerra
- Diocese of Alife–CaiazzoAlife
- Diocese of IschiaIschia
- Archdiocese of NapoliNapoli
- Diocese of PozzuoliPozzuoli
- Diocese of Sessa AuruncaSessa Aurunca
- Archdiocese of Sorrento–Castellammare di StabiaSorrento–Castellammare di Stabia
- Diocese of Teano–CalviTeano
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Created in 1053, the Diocese of Aversa (Latin: Dioecesis Aversana) is a Latin see of the Catholic Church in Campania, southern Italy. It lies in the Terra di Lavoro (Liburia), seven miles north of Naples and eight miles south of Capua, and is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Naples.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.