Archdiocese of Campobasso–Boiano
Campobassen(sis)-Boianen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Campobasso, Italy, Italy
Metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Church in Campobasso, Molise, southern Italy. Raised to archdiocese in 1973 and made a metropolitan see in 1976, it is led by Archbishop Biagio Colaianni since 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1982
- Latin
- Campobassen(sis)-Boianen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001036
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 120,500
- Population
- 124,000
- Catholic share
- 97.2%
- Priests
- 75
- Catholics per priest
- 1,607
- Extent
- 1,120 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 108
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
- Biagio Colaianni
- Born
- 3 June 1957
- Birthplace
- Matera
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 della Santissima Trinita stands in Campobasso, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di San Bartolomeo.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Campobasso-Boiano
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Isernia–VenafroIsernia–Venafro
- Diocese of Termoli–LarinoTermoli
- Diocese of TriventoTrivento
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the commune of Campobasso, capital of the province of the same name in the Molise region of Southern Italy, sits the Archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano (Latin: Archidioecesis Campobassensis-Boianensis). The see's modern shape took form in stages: in 1927 the episcopal seat and bishop's residence of the diocese of Boiano moved to Campobasso, the diocese taking the name Boiano-Campobasso and remaining ecclesiastically suffragan to the archdiocese of Benevento. It was raised to an archdiocese in 1973 and became a metropolitan see in 1976.
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].