Diocese of Altamura–Gravina–Acquaviva delle Fonti
Altamuren(sis)-Gravinen(sis)-Aquaviven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Altamura–Gravina–Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy, Italy
Latin rite diocese in Apulia, Italy, formed on 30 September 1986 by merging the diocese of Gravina with the territorial prelatures of Altamura and Acquaviva delle Fonti. It is immediately subject to the Holy See and seated at the cathedral in Altamura.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Altamuren(sis)-Gravinen(sis)-Aquaviven(sis)
- Patron
- <li>santa Irene de Lecce<li>san Miguel Arcángel<li>san Eustaquio
- Annuario code
- 001000659
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 162,800
- Population
- 166,700
- Catholic share
- 97.7%
- Priests
- 65
- Catholics per priest
- 2,505
- Extent
- 1,309 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 124
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
- Giuseppe Russo
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 Altamura–Gravina–Acquaviva delle Fonti, 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.
History
Some 40 km (25 miles) south-west of the coastal city of Bari, in Apulia, southern Italy, lies the Latin Church diocese of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti (Latin: Dioecesis Altamurensis-Gravinensis-Aquavievensis). It took its present shape in 1986, when the territorial prelature of Altamura e Acquaviva delle Fonti was joined to the diocese of Gravina. A suffragan of the archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto, the diocese seats its bishop at Altamura Cathedral, with Acquaviva Cathedral and Gravina Cathedral serving as co-cathedrals.
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].