Metropolitan see L’Aquila, Italy
Archdiocese of L’Aquila
Aquilan(us)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1257
- Catholics
- 112,720
- Priests
- 83
- Territory
- 1,516 km²
Parishes and churches
144 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Santa Maria MaddalenaAmiternumView parish
- Santa Maria MediatriceL’AquilaView parish
- Santa Maria PaganicaL’AquilaView parish
- Santa RitaL’AquilaMass times recorded
- Santa VittoriaSanta VittoriaView parish
- Santi Cipriano e GiustinaPagoView parish
- Santi Cosma e DamianoCagnanoView parish
- Santi Marciano e NicandroRoio PianoView parish
- Santi Marciano e NicandroL’AquilaView parish
- Santi Paolo e VitoBareteView parish
- Santi Stefano e SilvestoCastelnuovoView parish
- Santissima ConcezioneFiugniView parish
- Santissimo SalvatoreBusciView parish
- Santissimo SalvatoreAringoView parish
- Santissimo SalvatoreCivitaretengaView parish
- Santo StefanoRocca Santo StefanoView parish
- Santo Stefano ProtomartirePizzoliView parish
- Sant’AgataTussilloView parish
- Sant’AndreaLucoliView parish
- Sant’Andrea ApostoloStiffeView parish
- Sant’AntonioL’AquilaView parish
- Sant’EugeniaCollefracidoView parish
- Sant’EusanioSant’Eusanio ForconeseView parish
- Sant’EutizioMaranaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Antonio D'Angelo
- Born
- 2 March 1971
- Birthplace
- Castelmauro
Explore the ministry of 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.
This see in the wire
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Published on the see's own news feed. A diocese reports on the whole Church, so these are often about somewhere else.
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Diocese of L’Aquila to host “Le pietre raccontano” conference on September 24, 2026
The Diocese of L’Aquila will host the sixth meeting of the "Le pietre raccontano" conference series on September 24, 2026. The event begins at 17.00 at the Istituto Superiore di Scienze Religiose “Fides et Ratio” in L’Aquila. The conference focuses on L’Aquila as the Italian Capital of Culture 2026. Speakers include Massimo Sericola and Raffaele Daniele, the deputy mayor of L’Aquila. Archbishop Antonio D’Angelo and Daniele Pinton will host the meeting, which professor Gianluigi Simone will moderate. The discussion will address how the reconstruction of historical and artistic heritage can foster knowledge and participation following a historic seismic event. The meeting also examines the "L’Aquila città multiverso" project, which links culture to social cohesion, innovation, and environmental sustainability.
- Diocese of L’Aquila hosts XXVII Cammino di Fraternità
- Diocese of L’Aquila schedules 8 clergy meetings
- Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça opens 732nd Perdonanza celestiniana in L’Aquila
- Diocese of L’Aquila holds youth vigil
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