Archdiocese of Benevento
Beneventan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Benevento, Italy
The Archdiocese of Benevento is an ancient Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in the Campania region of Italy, raised to archiepiscopal rank in 969. Archbishop Michele Autuoro was appointed in May 2026 and the metropolitan see oversees several suffragan dioceses.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1st century
- Latin
- Beneventan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Bartholomew the Apostle
- Annuario code
- 001000881
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 263,800
- Population
- 267,790
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 98.5%
- Priests
- 134
- Catholics per priest
- 1,969
- Extent
- 1,691 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 156
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
- Archbishop
- Michele Autuoro
- Born
- 27 December 1966
- Birthplace
- Procida
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
Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta in Cielo stands in Benevento, 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 Benevento
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Ariano Irpino–LacedoniaAriano Irpino
- Diocese of AvellinoAvellino
- Diocese of Cerreto Sannita–Telese–Sant’Agata de’ GotiCerreto Sannita
- Archdiocese of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi–Conza–Nusco–BisacciaSant’Angelo dei Lombardi
- Territorial Abbey of MontevergineMontevergine
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Five suffragan sees currently answer to Benevento: the dioceses of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Avellino, and Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti, the Territorial Abbey of Montevergine, and the archdiocese of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia. The metropolitan itself, the Archdiocese of Benevento (Latin: Archidioecesis Beneventana), is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.