Archdiocese of Matera–Irsina–San Michele Arcangelo di Montescaglioso
Materanen(sis)-Montis Pelusii
Suffragan archdiocese · Latin Church · Matera–Irsina–San Michele Arcangelo di Montescaglioso, Italy
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan archdiocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Materanen(sis)-Montis Pelusii
- Annuario code
- 001002187
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 126,000
- Population
- 146,000
- Catholic share
- 86.3%
- Priests
- 68
- Catholics per priest
- 1,853
- Extent
- 2,020 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 62
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
- Benoni Ambarus
- Born
- 22 September 1974
- Birthplace
- Somusca-Bacau
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
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.
The province of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AcerenzaAcerenza
- Archdiocese of Potenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico NuovoPotenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico Nuovo
- Diocese of TricaricoTricarico
- Diocese of Tursi–LagonegroTursi–Lagonegro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].