Suffragan diocese Avezzano, Italy
Diocese of Avezzano
Marsorum
Latin Church
The Diocese of Avezzano, historically the Diocese of the Marsi, is a Latin Church diocese in the Abruzzo region of Italy, with its episcopal seat in Avezzano since 1925. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of L'Aquila, led by Bishop Giovanni Massaro.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Catholics
- 105,000
- Priests
- 81
- Territory
- 1,700 km²
Parishes and churches
95 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- San Bartolomeo ApostoloAvezzano · CathedralView parish
- Santa Maria delle GraziePescina · CathedralMass times recorded
- Madonna del Buon ConsiglioCasali d’AschiView parish
- Madonna del PassoAvezzanoMass times recorded
- Madonna delle GrazieRovereMass times recorded
- Perpetuo SoccorsoTrasaccoView parish
- Regina della PaceBorgo Strada QuattordiciMass times recorded
- Sacro CuoreCelanoMass times recorded
- Sacro CuoreCivita d’OricolaView parish
- San FrancescoCarritoView parish
- San GiacomoColle San GiacomoView parish
- San GiorgioPeretoView parish
- San GiovanniAvezzanoMass times recorded
- San Giovanni BattistaCelanoView parish
- San Giovanni BattistaLuco dei MarsiView parish
- San Giovanni BattistaMontesabineseView parish
- San Giovanni BattistaOrtona dei MarsiView parish
- San Giovanni BattistaSan GiovanniView parish
- San GiuseppeAielli StazioneView parish
- San GiuseppePescinaView parish
- San Giuseppe ArtigianoCaruscinoView parish
- San LorenzoCorcumelloView parish
- San MartinoCastelvecchioView parish
- San Michele ArcangeloPetrella LiriView parish
- San Michele ArcangeloSan PelinoView parish
- San Nicola di BariBorgo SperoneView parish
- San Nicola di BariCappelle dei MarsiMass times recorded
- San Nicola di BariCastellafiumeView parish
- San Nicola di BariColli di Monte BoveView parish
- San Nicola di BariTagliacozzoView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Giovanni Massaro
- Born
- 28 June 1967
- Birthplace
- Andria
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The cathedral
Avezzano Cathedral stands in Avezzano, 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
Known for most of its history as the Diocese of Marsi, a name it retains in Latin (Dioecesis Marsorum), the Diocese of Avezzano is a Latin Church see in central Italy whose Italian name was changed in 1986. Since 1972 it has been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of L'Aquila.