Territorial Abbey of Montevergine
Montisvirginis
Suffragan territorial abbey · Latin Church · Montevergine, Italy
The Territorial Abbey of Montevergine, a Benedictine territorial abbey in Campania, Italy, within the ecclesiastical province of Benevento, grew from the monastery founded by St. William of Vercelli around 1120 and consecrated in 1124. Its abbey church is the Marian sanctuary of Santa Maria di Montevergine, a major pilgrimage shrine whose present basilica was built in 1961. Riccardo Luca Guariglia, O.S.B., is the 106th abbot ordinary.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan territorial abbey
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1879
- Latin
- Montisvirginis
- Annuario code
- 001000297
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 15,800
- Population
- 16,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 98.8%
- Priests
- 12
- Catholics per priest
- 1,317
- Extent
- 48 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 329
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
- Abbot Ordinary
- Rt. Rev. Riccardo Luca Guariglia, O.S.B.
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
Santuario di Santa Maria di Montevergine stands in Montevergine, 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 Benevento
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Ariano Irpino–LacedoniaAriano Irpino
- Diocese of AvellinoAvellino
- Archdiocese of BeneventoBenevento
- Diocese of Cerreto Sannita–Telese–Sant’Agata de’ GotiCerreto Sannita
- Archdiocese of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi–Conza–Nusco–BisacciaSant’Angelo dei Lombardi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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.