Diocese of Ischia
Isclan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ischia, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of Ischia is a Latin Church diocese covering the island of Ischia in Campania, southern Italy, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Naples. Bishop Carlo Villano has led the diocese since June 2023, holding it in personal union with the neighboring Diocese of Pozzuoli.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1179
- Latin
- Isclan(us)
- Patron
- <li>santa Restituta<li>san Juan José de la Cruz
- Annuario code
- 001001676
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 61,232
- Population
- 70,043
- Catholic share
- 87.4%
- Priests
- 30
- Catholics per priest
- 2,041
- Extent
- 46 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1,331
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
- Carlo Villano
- Born
- 25 August 1969
- Birthplace
- Aversa
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 stands in Ischia, 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 Naples
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Naples.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AcerraAcerra
- Diocese of Alife–CaiazzoAlife
- Diocese of AversaAversa
- Archdiocese of NapoliNapoli
- Diocese of PozzuoliPozzuoli
- Diocese of Sessa AuruncaSessa Aurunca
- Archdiocese of Sorrento–Castellammare di StabiaSorrento–Castellammare di Stabia
- Diocese of Teano–CalviTeano
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The island of Ischia, off Campania in southern Italy, forms in its entirety the territory of the Diocese of Ischia (Latin: Dioecesis Isclana), a Latin diocese suffragan to the Archdiocese of Naples. Seven communes, divided into two circumscriptions, make up the island. In 1743 the population stood at about 4,000, and the city of Ischia formed one single parish with two religious houses of men and one of women. By 2018 the town of Ischia counted 20,118 inhabitants.
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].