Diocese of Molfetta–Ruvo–Giovinazzo–Terlizzi
Melphicten(sis)-Ruben(sis)-Iuvenacen(sis)-Terlitien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Molfetta–Ruvo–Giovinazzo–Terlizzi, Italy
The Diocese of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi is a Latin Church diocese in Apulia, Italy, formed in 1986 by uniting four historic sees. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto, led since January 2026 by Bishop Domenico Basile.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Melphicten(sis)-Ruben(sis)-Iuvenacen(sis)-Terlitien(sis)
- Patron
- San Corrado di Baviera
- Annuario code
- 001002264
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 125,758
- Population
- 128,730
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 97.7%
- Priests
- 87
- Catholics per priest
- 1,445
- Extent
- 442 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 285
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
- Domenico Basile
- Born
- 3 June 1966
- Birthplace
- Andria
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 stands in Molfetta–Ruvo–Giovinazzo–Terlizzi, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrali: Santa Maria Assunta (Ruvo), Santa Maria Assunta (Giovinazzo), San Michele Arcangelo.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Puglia
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the 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.