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Diocese of Tursi–Lagonegro

Tursien(sis)-Lacunerulonen(sis)

The Diocese of Tursi-Lagonegro is a Latin Catholic diocese in Basilicata, southern Italy, with its cathedral in Tursi and a co-cathedral in Lagonegro. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo and has been led by Bishop Vincenzo Carmine Orofino since 2016.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
11th century
Latin
Tursien(sis)-Lacunerulonen(sis)
Patron
Virgen de Anglona
Annuario code
001000022

The see in figures

Catholics
123,700
Population
124,690
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
99.2%
Priests
71
Catholics per priest
1,742
Extent
2,509 km²
Catholics per km²
49

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
Vincenzo Carmine Orofino
Born
8 July 1953
Birthplace
San Severino Lucano

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 Tursi–Lagonegro, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di San Nicola di Bari.

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:

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

History

Southern Italy's Basilicata region contains the Diocese of Tursi-Lagonegro (Latin: Dioecesis Tursiensis-Lacunerulonensis), a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church that serves as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo.

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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.