Archdiocese of Capua
Capuan(us)
Suffragan archdiocese · Latin Church · Capua, Italy
Titular archdiocese of the Latin Church in Capua, Campania, that lost metropolitan rank in 1979 and is now a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples. Since 2023 it has been governed together with the neighboring Diocese of Caserta by Archbishop Pietro Lagnese.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan archdiocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2nd century
- Latin
- Capuan(us)
- Patron
- <li>san Esteban mártir <li>san Roberto Belarmino
- Annuario code
- 001001052
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 196,200
- Population
- 207,200
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 94.7%
- Priests
- 77
- Catholics per priest
- 2,548
- Extent
- 500 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 392
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
- Pietro Lagnese
- Born
- 9 September 1961
- Birthplace
- Vitulazio
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
Basilica Cattedrale di Maria Santissima Assunta in Cielo stands in Capua, 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 Campania (Naples)
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Naples.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CasertaCaserta
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Once a metropolitan see, the Archdiocese of Capua (Latin: Archidioecesis Capuana) in Capua, Campania, Italy, no longer heads an ecclesiastical province: since 1979 its archbishop has held no metropolitan rank, and the see stands as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Napoli.
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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.