Diocese of Isernia–Venafro
Aesernien(sis)-Venafren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Isernia–Venafro, Italy
The Diocese of Isernia-Venafro is a Latin Church diocese in Molise, Italy, formed in 1986 by the full union of the historic dioceses of Isernia and Venafro. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano, with its seat at Isernia Cathedral and a co-cathedral at Venafro.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Aesernien(sis)-Venafren(sis)
- Patron
- santos Nicandro, Marciano y Daria
- Annuario code
- 001001677
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 61,600
- Population
- 62,500
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 98.6%
- Priests
- 35
- Catholics per priest
- 1,760
- Extent
- 740 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 83
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
- Camillo Cibotti
- Born
- 28 October 1954
- Birthplace
- Casalbordino
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 Pietro Apostolo stands in Isernia–Venafro, 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 Campobasso-Boiano
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Campobasso–BoianoCampobasso
- Diocese of Termoli–LarinoTermoli
- Diocese of TriventoTrivento
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Molise, the Latin Church maintains the Diocese of Isernia-Venafro (Latin: Dioecesis Aeserniensis-Venafrensis), suffragan to the archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano. The union dates to 1852, when the historic diocese of Isernia was joined with the diocese of Venafro to form the diocese of Isernia e Venafro. Isernia Cathedral is the seat of the present bishop, while Venafro Cathedral serves the new diocese as a co-cathedral.
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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.