Diocese of San Severo
Sancti Severi
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · San Severo, Italy
Latin rite diocese in Puglia, Italy, with origins in the medieval Diocese of Civitate and the episcopal seat transferred to San Severo in 1580. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino, with its cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in San Severo.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1580
- Latin
- Sancti Severi
- Patron
- Our Lady of Sorrows
- Annuario code
- 001002942
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 103,500
- Population
- 115,400
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 89.7%
- Priests
- 53
- Catholics per priest
- 1,953
- Extent
- 1,270 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 81
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 Mengoli
- Born
- 16 March 1965
- Birthplace
- Collepasso
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 San Severo, 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 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
- Diocese of Lucera–TroiaLucera–Troia
- Archdiocese of Manfredonia–Vieste–San Giovanni RotondoManfredonia
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.