Diocese of Avellino
Abellinen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Avellino, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of Avellino is a Latin Church diocese in Campania, Italy, in the territory of the Irpini, attested as a see and made suffragan of Benevento in 969. Its cathedral is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and Saint Modestinus.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 969
- Latin
- Abellinen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Modestinus
- Annuario code
- 001000762
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 156,000
- Population
- 162,000
- Catholic share
- 96.3%
- Priests
- 68
- Catholics per priest
- 2,294
- Extent
- 394 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 396
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
- Arturo Aiello
- Born
- 14 May 1955
- Birthplace
- Vico Equense
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
Avellino Cathedral stands in Avellino, 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 Benevento
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Benevento.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Ariano Irpino–LacedoniaAriano Irpino
- Archdiocese of BeneventoBenevento
- Diocese of Cerreto Sannita–Telese–Sant’Agata de’ GotiCerreto Sannita
- Archdiocese of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi–Conza–Nusco–BisacciaSant’Angelo dei Lombardi
- Territorial Abbey of MontevergineMontevergine
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the territory of the Irpini, some 55 km (30 mi) east of Naples and 23 km (14 mi) south of Benevento in the modern Republic of Italy, lies the Diocese of Avellino (Latin: Dioecesis Abellinensis), a Latin see suffragan to the archdiocese of Benevento. A privilege recognised at the provincial synod of 1654 gave the bishop of Avellino, together with the bishop of S. Agata de' Goti, the right to be summoned to attend upon the death and obsequies of the archbishop of Benevento. Bishop Lorenzo Pollicini (1653-1656) was present at that Benevento provincial synod of 1654 and held a diocesan synod of his own in May 1654.
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].