Diocese of Teggiano–Policastro
Dianen(sis)-Policastren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Teggiano–Policastro, Italy
The Diocese of Teggiano-Policastro is a Latin rite see in Campania, southern Italy, taking its current form in 1986 from the union of the diocese of Diano (Teggiano) and the diocese of Policastro. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno and is led by Bishop Antonio De Luca, C.Ss.R.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Dianen(sis)-Policastren(sis)
- Patron
- <li>san Cono<li>san Pedro de Pappacarbone
- Annuario code
- 001003185
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 115,000
- Population
- 116,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 99.1%
- Priests
- 72
- Catholics per priest
- 1,597
- Extent
- 1,986 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 58
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
- Antonio De Luca
- Born
- 1 July 1956
- Birthplace
- Torre del Greco
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DEL SANTISSIMO REDENTORE (REDENTORISTI O LIGUORINI) (C.SS.R.)
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 Maggiore e San Michele Arcangelo stands in Teggiano–Policastro, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta.
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 Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ TirreniSantissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni
- Diocese of Vallo della LucaniaVallo della Lucania
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church diocese in Campania, the Diocese of Diano (Teggiano)-Policastro (Latin: Dioecesis Dianensis-Policastrensis) has existed since 1850 and has carried its present name since 1986, the year the Diocese of Diano (Teggiano) was joined with the diocese of Policastro. It stands as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, with its cathedral, the Cattedrale di S. Maria Maggiore e S. Michele Arcangelo, in Teggiano. Antonio De Luca is the current bishop.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.