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Diocese of Teramo–Atri

Aprutin(us) seu Teramen(sis)-Hatrien(sis) seu Atrien(sis)

The Diocese of Teramo-Atri is an ancient Latin rite diocese in Abruzzo, Italy, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne. It took its present name and configuration in 1986, retaining two cathedral churches in Teramo and Atri.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
30 September 1986
Latin
Aprutin(us) seu Teramen(sis)-Hatrien(sis) seu Atrien(sis)
Patron
<li>san Bernardo<li>santa Reparata
Annuario code
001003201

The see in figures

Catholics
217,400
Population
219,300
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
99.1%
Priests
106
Catholics per priest
2,051
Extent
1,480 km²
Catholics per km²
147

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
Lorenzo Leuzzi
Born
25 September 1955
Birthplace
Trani

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 di Santa Maria Assunta stands in Teramo, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Basilica 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 Pescara-Penne

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Central Italy's Abruzzo region is home to the Diocese of Teramo-Atri (Latin: Dioecesis Aprutina seu Teramensis-Hatriensis seu Atriensis), a Latin Church diocese. Its present boundaries date from 1949, when the historic Diocese of Teramo was joined with the Diocese of Penne-Atri in the Abruzzo. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne.

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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.