Archdiocese of L’Aquila
Aquilan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · L’Aquila, Italy
The Archdiocese of L'Aquila is a Latin rite metropolitan see in Abruzzo, Italy, erected in 1257, raised to archdiocese in 1876, and made metropolitan in 1972 with suffragans Avezzano and Sulmona-Valva. Archbishop Antonio D'Angelo has led it since 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 February 1257
- Latin
- Aquilan(us)
- Patron
- <li>san Máximo de Aveia<li>san Equicio<li>san Celestino<li>san Bernardino de Siena
- Annuario code
- 001001956
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 112,720
- Population
- 117,500
- Catholic share
- 95.9%
- Priests
- 83
- Catholics per priest
- 1,358
- Extent
- 1,516 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 74
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
- Antonio D'Angelo
- Born
- 2 March 1971
- Birthplace
- Castelmauro
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 dei Santi Massimo e Giorgio stands in L’Aquila, 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 L'Aquila
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AvezzanoAvezzano
- Diocese of Sulmona–ValvaSulmona–Valva
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].