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Diocese of Sora–Cassino–Aquino–Pontecorvo

Soran(us)-Cassinen(sis)-Aquinaten(sis)-Pontiscurvi

The Diocese of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo is a Latin Church see in Lazio, Italy, taking its current name and form on 23 October 2014. It is immediately subject to the Holy See.

The see

Rank
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
2014
Latin
Soran(us)-Cassinen(sis)-Aquinaten(sis)-Pontiscurvi
Patron
Saint Restituta
Annuario code
001003092

The see in figures

Catholics
219,938
Population
229,520
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
95.8%
Priests
96
Catholics per priest
2,291
Extent
2,016 km²
Catholics per km²
109

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
Gerardo Antonazzo
Born
20 May 1956
Birthplace
Supersano

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, Sora stands in Sora, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale del SS. Salvatore (Cassino); Concattedrale dei Santi Costanzo e Tommaso d'Aquino (Aquino); Concattedrale di San Bartolomeo Apostolo.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

In Lazio, Italy, the Diocese of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo (Latin: Dioecesis Sorana-Cassiensis-Aquinatensis-Pontiscurvi) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction that stands outside any ecclesiastical province: it is exempt, depending directly upon the Holy See. Its current bishop, Gerardo Antonazzo, received his appointment from Pope Francis on 8 April 2013.

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Sources

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.