Diocese of Tursi–Lagonegro
Tursien(sis)-Lacunerulonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tursi–Lagonegro, Italy
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:
- 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 TricaricoTricarico
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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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.