Suffragan territorial abbey Montevergine, Italy
Territorial Abbey of Montevergine
Montisvirginis
Latin Church
The Territorial Abbey of Montevergine, a Benedictine territorial abbey in Campania, Italy, within the ecclesiastical province of Benevento, grew from the monastery founded by St. William of Vercelli around 1120 and consecrated in 1124. Its abbey church is the Marian sanctuary of Santa Maria di Montevergine, a major pilgrimage shrine whose present basilica was built in 1961. Riccardo Luca Guariglia, O.S.B., is the 106th abbot ordinary.
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- Established
- 1879
- Catholics
- 15,800
- Priests
- 12
- Territory
- 48 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Abbot Ordinary
- Rt. Rev. Riccardo Luca Guariglia, O.S.B.
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The cathedral
Santuario di Santa Maria di Montevergine stands in Montevergine, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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