Diocese of Caserta
Casertan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Caserta, Italy
Latin Church diocese in Campania, southern Italy, with episcopal succession dating to the 12th century. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples, it has been led by Bishop Pietro Lagnese since 2020, who since 2023 also governs the Archdiocese of Capua.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1201
- Latin
- Casertan(us)
- Patron
- san Miguel Arcángel
- Annuario code
- 001001072
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 192,000
- Population
- 210,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 91.4%
- Priests
- 66
- Catholics per priest
- 2,909
- Extent
- 185 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1,038
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
- 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
Cattedrale di San Michele Arcangelo stands in Caserta, 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:
- Archdiocese of CapuaCapua
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Campania, southern Italy, the Diocese of Caserta (Latin: Dioecesis Casertana) stands as a Latin suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples. Pope Pius VII joined this see to the diocese of Caiazzo in 1818, but Pope Pius IX later separated them again. The ratio of priests to faithful has thinned in recent years: one priest for every 1,703 Catholics in 2013, one for every 2,008 in 2016. As of 2019 the diocesan Major Seminary had four seminarians.
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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.