Diocese of Lucera–Troia
Lucerin(us)-Troian(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Lucera–Troia, Italy
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Lucerin(us)-Troian(us)
- Annuario code
- 001002059
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 50,628
- Population
- 61,044
- Catholic share
- 82.9%
- Priests
- 44
- Catholics per priest
- 1,151
- Extent
- 1,337 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 38
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
- Giuseppe Giuliano
- Born
- 28 June 1951
- Birthplace
- Napoli
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
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.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Foggia-Bovino
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Cerignola–Ascoli SatrianoCerignola–Ascoli Satriano
- Archdiocese of Foggia–BovinoFoggia–Bovino
- Archdiocese of Manfredonia–Vieste–San Giovanni RotondoManfredonia
- Diocese of San SeveroSan Severo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].