Diocese of Conversano–Monopoli
Conversanen(sis)-Monopolitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Conversano–Monopoli, Italy
The Diocese of Conversano-Monopoli is a Latin Church diocese in Apulia, Italy, formed in 1986 by uniting the historic dioceses of Conversano and Monopoli. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto, led by Bishop Giuseppe Favale since 2016.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Conversanen(sis)-Monopolitan(us)
- Patron
- Maria SS. della Fonte, Maria SS. della Madia
- Annuario code
- 001001205
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 246,530
- Population
- 248,754
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 99.1%
- Priests
- 120
- Catholics per priest
- 2,054
- Extent
- 1,099 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 224
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
- Giuseppe Favale
- Born
- 29 February 1960
- Birthplace
- Palagiano
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
Conversano Cathedral stands in Conversano–Monopoli, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Monopoli Cathedral.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Bari-Bitonto
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AndriaAndria
- Archdiocese of Bari–BitontoBari–Bitonto
- Archdiocese of Trani–Barletta–Bisceglie–NazarethTrani–Barletta–Bisceglie–Nazareth
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Since 1986, when the diocese of Monopoli was joined to the historic diocese of Conversano, the Diocese of Conversano-Monopoli (Latin: Dioecesis Conversanensis-Monopolitana) has served the Catholic Church in Apulia as a Latin diocese. It stands as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto.
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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.