Diocese of Nola
Nolan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Nola, Italy
The Diocese of Nola is a Latin Church diocese in Campania, Italy, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples. One of the oldest sees in Italy, traditionally founded in the 3rd century, it has been led by Bishop Francesco Marino since November 2016.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 200
- Latin
- Nolan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Felix of Nola
- Annuario code
- 001002404
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 500,000
- Population
- 525,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 95.2%
- Priests
- 145
- Catholics per priest
- 3,448
- Extent
- 450 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1,111
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
- Francesco Marino
- Born
- 24 November 1955
- Birthplace
- Cesa
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 Maria Santissima Assunta, Nola stands in Nola, 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 Ecclesiastical Province of Naples
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Naples.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Nola, a Campanian city that is today a suburb of Naples, is the seat of the Diocese of Nola (Latin: Dioecesis Nolana), a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples. Its cathedral honors the Assumption (Italian: Basilica Cattedrale di Maria SS Assunta); the original dedication was to Saint Stephen the Protomartyr, changed to the Assumption after the second reconstruction. Tradition credits this see with bringing bells into Christian worship.
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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.