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Diocese of Vallo della Lucania

Vallen(sis) in Lucania

The Diocese of Vallo della Lucania is a Latin Church diocese in Campania, Italy, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno. It has carried this name since 1945, having previously been the Diocese of Capaccio and Vallo, and its bishop since 2023 is Vincenzo Calvosa.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
1850
Latin
Vallen(sis) in Lucania
Patron
<li>san Pantaleón<li>san Constabilis
Annuario code
001000072

The see in figures

Catholics
156,300
Population
158,200
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
98.8%
Priests
74
Catholics per priest
2,112
Extent
1,562 km²
Catholics per km²
100

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 Calvosa
Born
31 January 1964
Birthplace
Laino Borgo

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 San Pantaleone stands in Vallo della Lucania, 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 Salerno-Campagna-Acerno

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno.

The sees of this province:

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

History

Known until 1945 as the Diocese of Capaccio and Vallo, the Diocese of Vallo della Lucania (Latin: Dioecesis Vallensis in Lucania) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Campania, Italy. It serves as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno.

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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.