Archdiocese of Brindisi–Ostuni
Brundusin(us)-Ostunen(sis)
Suffragan archdiocese · Latin Church · Brindisi–Ostuni, Italy
The Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostuni is a Latin Church archdiocese in Apulia, Italy, bearing its current combined name since 1986. It lost metropolitan rank in 1980 and is now a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lecce, led by Archbishop Giovanni Intini.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan archdiocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Brundusin(us)-Ostunen(sis)
- Patron
- Ss. Oronzo e Leucio
- Annuario code
- 001000956
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 259,400
- Population
- 263,650
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 98.4%
- Priests
- 113
- Catholics per priest
- 2,296
- Extent
- 1,253 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 207
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
- Giovanni Intini
- Born
- 28 December 1965
- Birthplace
- Gioia del Colle
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
Cathedral of the Visitation and Saint John the Baptist stands in Brindisi–Ostuni, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Lecce
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Lecce.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of LecceLecce
- Diocese of Nardò–GallipoliNardò–Gallipoli
- Archdiocese of OtrantoOtranto
- Diocese of Ugento–Santa Maria di LeucaUgento–Santa Maria di Leuca
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Apulia, the Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostium (Latin: Archidioecesis Brundusina-Ostunensis) has carried its present name since 1986 and is suffragan to the archdiocese of Lecce. The historical archdiocese of Brindisi had been promoted from a diocese in the tenth century; the territory of the diocese of Ostuni was joined to it in 1821, and in 1980 the archdiocese lost its status as metropolitan see.
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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.