Diocese of Lucera–Troia
Lucerin(us)-Troian(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Lucera–Troia, Italy
The Diocese of Lucera-Troia is a Latin Catholic diocese in Apulia, southern Italy, formed on 30 September 1986 by the union of the historic dioceses of Lucera and Troia. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino with its seat at Lucera Cathedral.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Lucerin(us)-Troian(us)
- Patron
- S. Maria Assunta
- Annuario code
- 001002059
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 50,628
- Population
- 61,044
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 82.9%
- Priests
- 44
- Catholics per priest
- 1,151
- Extent
- 1,337 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 38
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 Giuliano
- Born
- 28 June 1951
- Birthplace
- Napoli
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
Lucera Cathedral stands in Lucera–Troia, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Troia Cathedral.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Foggia-Bovino
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Cerignola–Ascoli SatrianoCerignola–Ascoli Satriano
- Archdiocese of Foggia–BovinoFoggia–Bovino
- Archdiocese of Manfredonia–Vieste–San Giovanni RotondoManfredonia
- Diocese of San SeveroSan Severo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Sometimes called Nocera, this Latin diocese of Apulia in southern Italy (Latin: Dioecesis Lucerina-Troiana) has its episcopal seat at Lucera Cathedral. Its present configuration dates to 1986, when the older diocese of Lucera was combined with the diocese of Troia; Troia Cathedral, once the seat of the latter, is now a co-cathedral of the united diocese.
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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.