Diocese of Sessa Aurunca
Suessan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sessa Aurunca, Italy
The Diocese of Sessa Aurunca is a Latin Church diocese in the Campania region of southern Italy, dating to the 5th century. It has been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples since 1979 and is led by Bishop Giacomo Cirulli since 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 400
- Latin
- Suessan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Castus
- Annuario code
- 001003032
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 88,000
- Population
- 92,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 95.7%
- Priests
- 43
- Catholics per priest
- 2,047
- Extent
- 338 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 260
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
- Giacomo Cirulli
- Born
- 25 September 1952
- Birthplace
- Cerignola
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 dei Santi Pietro e Paolo stands in Sessa Aurunca, 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 Naples
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Naples.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AcerraAcerra
- Diocese of Alife–CaiazzoAlife
- Diocese of AversaAversa
- Diocese of IschiaIschia
- Archdiocese of NapoliNapoli
- Diocese of PozzuoliPozzuoli
- Archdiocese of Sorrento–Castellammare di StabiaSorrento–Castellammare di Stabia
- Diocese of Teano–CalviTeano
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.