Diocese of Cerignola–Ascoli Satriano
Ceriniolen(sis)-Asculan(us) Apuliae
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cerignola–Ascoli Satriano, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano is a Latin Church diocese in Apulia, Italy. The historic see of Ascoli Satriano dates to the 11th century, and the diocese took its current name in 1986. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino, and its bishop since 2022 is Fabio Ciollaro.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Ceriniolen(sis)-Asculan(us) Apuliae
- Patron
- <li>san Pedro<li>san Potito
- Annuario code
- 001001092
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 102,749
- Population
- 108,816
- Catholic share
- 94.4%
- Priests
- 39
- Catholics per priest
- 2,635
- Extent
- 1,327 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 77
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
- Fabio Ciollaro
- Born
- 21 September 1961
- Birthplace
- San Vito dei Normanni
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 S. Pietro Apostolo stands in Cerignola–Ascoli Satriano, 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 Foggia-Bovino
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Foggia–BovinoFoggia–Bovino
- Diocese of Lucera–TroiaLucera–Troia
- Archdiocese of Manfredonia–Vieste–San Giovanni RotondoManfredonia
- Diocese of San SeveroSan Severo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Bearing its present name since 1986, the Diocese of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano (Latin: Dioecesis Ceriniolensis-Asculana Apuliae) is a Latin Church jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Apulia, and its bishop has answered to the Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino as a suffragan since 1979. The older Diocese of Ascoli Satriano had historically been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Benevento. When the diocese of Cerignola was established in 1819, a single bishop governed both sees under the title Diocese of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola.
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].