Suffragan archdiocese Matera–Irsina–San Michele Arcangelo di Montescaglioso, Italy
Archdiocese of Matera–Irsina–San Michele Arcangelo di Montescaglioso
Materanen(sis)-Montis Pelusii
Latin Church
Latin rite archdiocese in Basilicata, Italy, seated at Matera with a co-cathedral in Irsina. It has existed under the name Matera-Irsina since 1986 and is a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo.
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- Established
- 1203
- Catholics
- 126,000
- Priests
- 68
- Territory
- 2,020 km²
Parishes and churches
55 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- San Michele ArcangeloMontalbano Jonico · CathedralView parish
- Santa Maria AssuntaIrsina · CathedralView parish
- Santa Maria Assunta della BrunaMatera · CathedralView parish
- Cristo ReMateraView parish
- Gesù MisericordiosoScanzano JonicoView parish
- ImmacolataMateraView parish
- Madonna del CarmineFerrandinaView parish
- Madonna del CarmineTinchi di PisticciView parish
- Maria Madre della ChiesaMateraView parish
- Maria Santissima AddolorataMateraView parish
- Maria Santissima AnnunziataMateraView parish
- Maria Santissima AnnunziataScanzano JonicoView parish
- Mater EcclesiaeBernaldaView parish
- Sacro CuoreMacchiaView parish
- San Bernardino da SienaBernaldaView parish
- San Francesco d’AssisiIrsinaView parish
- San Gerardo MaiellaMontescagliosoView parish
- San GiacomoMateraView parish
- San Giovanni BattistaMateraView parish
- San Giovanni BattistaFerrandinaView parish
- San Giovanni BoscoPisticciView parish
- San Giovanni da MateraBernaldaView parish
- San Giulio PapaTerzo CavoneView parish
- San GiuseppeTacconeView parish
- San Giuseppe ArtigianoMateraView parish
- San Giuseppe LavoratorePisticci ScaloView parish
- San Leone MagnoMetapontoView parish
- San Michele ArcangeloPomaricoView parish
- San Nicola VescovoCracoView parish
- San Paolo ApostoloMateraView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Benoni Ambarus
- Born
- 22 September 1974
- Birthplace
- Somusca-Bacau
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The cathedral
Basilica Cattedrale di Santa Maria della Bruna e Sant'Eustachio, Matera stands in Matera–Irsina–San Michele Arcangelo di Montescaglioso, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, Irsina.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Bearing its present name since 1986, the Archdiocese of Matera-Irsina (Latin: Archidioecesis Materanensis-Montis Pelusii) is a Latin archdiocese in Basilicata, Italy. The archbishop's seat is Matera Cathedral, with Irsina Cathedral serving as a co-cathedral. The see is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo.