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Suffragan diocese Lucera–Troia, Italy

Diocese of Lucera–Troia

Lucerin(us)-Troian(us)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Lucera-Troia is a Latin Catholic diocese in Apulia, southern Italy, formed on 30 September 1986 by the union of the historic dioceses of Lucera and Troia. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino with its seat at Lucera Cathedral.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Lucera Cathedral, in Lucera–Troia, Italy.

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Established
1986
Catholics
50,628
Priests
44
Territory
1,337 km²

Parishes and churches

30 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Giuseppe Giuliano
Born
28 June 1951
Birthplace
Napoli

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The cathedral

Lucera Cathedral stands in Lucera–Troia, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Troia Cathedral.

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History

Sometimes called Nocera, this Latin diocese of Apulia in southern Italy (Latin: Dioecesis Lucerina-Troiana) has its episcopal seat at Lucera Cathedral. Its present configuration dates to 1986, when the older diocese of Lucera was combined with the diocese of Troia; Troia Cathedral, once the seat of the latter, is now a co-cathedral of the united diocese.

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