Diocese of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni
Ss‰ae Trinitatis Caven(sis)
Suffragan territorial abbey · Latin Church · Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
The Territorial Abbey of the Santissima Trinità di Cava de' Tirreni is a Benedictine abbey nullius founded in 1011 by Saint Alferius near Cava de' Tirreni, Campania. The former Diocese of Cava was suppressed in 1986, but the territorial abbey continues as a distinct jurisdiction led by an abbot.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan territorial abbey
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1011
- Latin
- Ss‰ae Trinitatis Caven(sis)
- Patron
- The Holy Trinity
- Annuario code
- 001000306
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 36
- Population
- 36
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 100.0%
- Priests
- 4
- Catholics per priest
- 9
- Extent
- 1 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 36
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
- Abbot
- Michele Petruzzelli
- Born
- 1 August 1961
- Birthplace
- Bari
- Institute
- Congregazione Benedettina dell'Annunziata
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
Abbey Church of the Santissima Trinità stands in Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, 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 Salerno-Campagna-Acerno
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Amalfi–Cava de’ TirreniAmalfi
- Archdiocese of Salerno–Campagna–AcernoSalerno
- Diocese of Teggiano–PolicastroTeggiano–Policastro
- Diocese of Vallo della LucaniaVallo della Lucania
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.