Diocese of Acerra
Acerrarum
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Acerra, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of Acerra is a Latin Church diocese in the Campania region of southern Italy, with bishops attested from the late 11th century. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples, with the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta as its seat.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1098
- Latin
- Acerrarum
- Patron
- Saint Alphonsus Liguori and Saint Conon
- Annuario code
- 001000595
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 121,810
- Population
- 125,657
- Catholic share
- 96.9%
- Priests
- 36
- Catholics per priest
- 3,384
- Extent
- 157 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 776
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Antonio Di Donna
- Born
- 1 September 1952
- Birthplace
- Ercolano
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 Acerra, 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 Naples
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Naples.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Alife–CaiazzoAlife
- Diocese of AversaAversa
- Diocese of IschiaIschia
- Archdiocese of NapoliNapoli
- Diocese of PozzuoliPozzuoli
- Diocese of Sessa AuruncaSessa Aurunca
- Archdiocese of Sorrento–Castellammare di StabiaSorrento–Castellammare di Stabia
- Diocese of Teano–CalviTeano
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Eight miles east of Naples, in the part of Campania once called Terra Laboris (Liburia), lies the Latin diocese of Acerra (Latin: Dioecesis Acerrarum). The see dates from the 11th century and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples. Within the diocese there is one priest for every 2,436 Catholics.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].