Diocese of Tricarico
Tricaricen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tricarico, Italy
The Diocese of Tricarico is a Latin Church diocese in Basilicata, Italy, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo. Bishop Benoni Ambarus, a native of Romania, was appointed in June 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1068
- Latin
- Tricaricen(sis)
- Patron
- <li>san Potito<li>Nuestra Señora del Carmen
- Annuario code
- 001003273
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 27,200
- Population
- 28,056
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 96.9%
- Priests
- 36
- Catholics per priest
- 756
- Extent
- 1,237 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 22
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
- Benoni Ambarus
- Born
- 22 September 1974
- Birthplace
- Somusca-Bacau
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 stands in Tricarico, 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 Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AcerenzaAcerenza
- Archdiocese of Matera–Irsina–San Michele Arcangelo di MontescagliosoMatera–Irsina–San Michele Arcangelo di Montescaglioso
- Archdiocese of Potenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico NuovoPotenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico Nuovo
- Diocese of Tursi–LagonegroTursi–Lagonegro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Basilicata, the Catholic Church maintains the Latin Diocese of Tricarico (Latin: Dioecesis Tricaricensis), which stands as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo.
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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.