Diocese of Cerreto Sannita–Telese–Sant’Agata de’ Goti
Cerretan(us)-Thelesin(us)-Sanctae Agathae Gothorum
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cerreto Sannita, Italy
The Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti is a Latin Church diocese in Campania, Italy. It traces to the ancient see of Telese and took its current combined name in 1986. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Benevento, and its bishop since 2021 is Giuseppe Mazzafaro.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Cerretan(us)-Thelesin(us)-Sanctae Agathae Gothorum
- Patron
- <li>san Antonio de Padua<li>san Alfonso María de Ligorio<li>Virgen de Gracia
- Annuario code
- 001001094
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 86,289
- Population
- 88,322
- Catholic share
- 97.7%
- Priests
- 53
- Catholics per priest
- 1,628
- Extent
- 583 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 148
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
- Giuseppe Mazzafaro
- Born
- 11 February 1955
- Birthplace
- Napoli
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 Trinità e Beata Vergine Maria Madre della Chiesa stands in Cerreto Sannita, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Benevento
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Benevento.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Ariano Irpino–LacedoniaAriano Irpino
- Diocese of AvellinoAvellino
- Archdiocese of BeneventoBenevento
- 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
Since 1986, when the Diocese of Sant'Agata de' Goti was suppressed and its territory and Catholic population joined to the Diocese of Telese-Cerreto Sannita, the Latin Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti (Latin: Dioecesis Cerretana-Thelesina-Sanctae Agathae Gothorum) has served the Catholic Church in Campania, Italy, as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Benevento. Its cathedral in Cerreto Sannita, the Cattedrale di SS. Trinità e Beata Vergine Maria Madre della Chiesa, is dedicated to the Holy Trinity and, by a late-20th century addition, to Mary Mother of the 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].