Archdiocese of Benevento
Beneventan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Benevento, Italy, Italy
The Archdiocese of Benevento is an ancient Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in the Campania region of Italy, raised to archiepiscopal rank in 969. Archbishop Michele Autuoro was appointed in May 2026 and the metropolitan see oversees several suffragan dioceses.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Latin
- Beneventan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Bartholomew the Apostle
- Annuario code
- 001000881
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 263,800
- Population
- 267,790
- Catholic share
- 98.5%
- Priests
- 134
- Catholics per priest
- 1,969
- Extent
- 1,691 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 156
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
- Archbishop
- Michele Autuoro
- Born
- 27 December 1966
- Birthplace
- Procida
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 in Cielo stands in Benevento, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Ariano Irpino–LacedoniaAriano Irpino
- Diocese of AvellinoAvellino
- 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
Five suffragan sees currently answer to Benevento: the dioceses of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Avellino, and Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti, the Territorial Abbey of Montevergine, and the archdiocese of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia. The metropolitan itself, the Archdiocese of Benevento (Latin: Archidioecesis Beneventana), is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church.
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].