Archdiocese of Foggia–Bovino
Fodian(us)-Bovinen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Foggia–Bovino, Italy
The Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino is a Latin Church metropolitan see in Apulia, Italy, formed in 1986 from the union of the dioceses of Foggia and Bovino. It was elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1979 and its suffragans include Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, Lucera-Troia, Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, and San Severo.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Fodian(us)-Bovinen(sis)
- Patron
- <li>Virgen de los Siete Velos<li>san Marcos de Aeca
- Annuario code
- 001001423
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 210,700
- Population
- 210,895
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 99.9%
- Priests
- 77
- Catholics per priest
- 2,736
- Extent
- 1,666 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 126
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
- Giorgio Ferretti
- Born
- 27 November 1967
- Birthplace
- Genova
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 Foggia–Bovino, 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 Foggia-Bovino
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Cerignola–Ascoli SatrianoCerignola–Ascoli Satriano
- Diocese of Lucera–TroiaLucera–Troia
- Archdiocese of Manfredonia–Vieste–San Giovanni RotondoManfredonia
- Diocese of San SeveroSan Severo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Apulia, southern Italy, the Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino (Latin: Archidioecesis Fodiana-Bovinensis) took shape in two steps: the bishopric of Foggia was promoted to an archdiocese in 1979, and in 1986 the bishopric of Bovina was merged into it, its name entering the title.
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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.