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.
- Santa Maria delle GrazieRoscioloMass times recorded
- Santa Maria delle GrazieSante MarieView parish
- Santa Maria delle GrazieSorboView parish
- Santa Maria di CapodacquaOrtucchioView parish
- Santa Maria di CollemarcianoSanta JonaView parish
- Santa Maria in ValleverdeCelanoView parish
- Santa Maria NuovaCollelongoView parish
- Santa Vittoria Vergine e MartireCarsoliView parish
- Santi Biagio e MargheritaCappadociaView parish
- Santi Cesidio e RufinoTrasaccoMass times recorded
- Santi Cosma e DamianoTagliacozzoMass times recorded
- Santi Fabiano e SebastianoMassa d’AlbeView parish
- Santi Giacomo e PancrazioCastelnuovoView parish
- Santi Giovanni e PaoloCelanoView parish
- Santi Giustina e CiprianoScanzanoView parish
- Santi Leucio e NicolaVillavallelongaView parish
- Santi Pietro e PaoloPeretoMass times recorded
- Santi Salvatore e PotitoSan PotitoView parish
- Santissima AnnunziataTagliacozzoMass times recorded
- Santissima TrinitàAielliView parish
- Santissima TrinitàAvezzanoView parish
- Santissima TrinitàScurcola MarsicanaMass times recorded
- Santissimo SalvatoreAschiView parish
- Santissimo SalvatoreOricolaView parish
- Santissimo SalvatorePagliaraView parish
- Santo StefanoTufoView parish
- Santo Stefano ProtomartireSante MarieView parish
- Sant’AnsuinoPoggio FilippoView parish
- Sant’Antonio di PadovaTremontiView parish
- Sant’Antonio di Padova e Santa BarbaraCapistrelloView 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
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
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.