Archdiocese of Matera–Irsina–San Michele Arcangelo di Montescaglioso
Materanen(sis)-Montis Pelusii
Suffragan archdiocese · Latin Church · Matera–Irsina–San Michele Arcangelo di Montescaglioso, Italy
Latin rite archdiocese in Basilicata, Italy, seated at Matera with a co-cathedral in Irsina. It has existed under the name Matera-Irsina since 1986 and is a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan archdiocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Materanen(sis)-Montis Pelusii
- Patron
- Maria SS. La Bruna
- Annuario code
- 001002187
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 126,000
- Population
- 146,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 86.3%
- Priests
- 68
- Catholics per priest
- 1,853
- Extent
- 2,020 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 62
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
- Benoni Ambarus
- Born
- 22 September 1974
- Birthplace
- Somusca-Bacau
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
Basilica Cattedrale di Santa Maria della Bruna e Sant'Eustachio, Matera stands in Matera–Irsina–San Michele Arcangelo di Montescaglioso, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, Irsina.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AcerenzaAcerenza
- Archdiocese of Potenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico NuovoPotenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico Nuovo
- Diocese of TricaricoTricarico
- Diocese of Tursi–LagonegroTursi–Lagonegro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Bearing its present name since 1986, the Archdiocese of Matera-Irsina (Latin: Archidioecesis Materanensis-Montis Pelusii) is a Latin archdiocese in Basilicata, Italy. The archbishop's seat is Matera Cathedral, with Irsina Cathedral serving as a co-cathedral. The see is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo.
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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.