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 Pio XMateraView parish
- San RoccoMateraView parish
- San RoccoMontalbano JonicoView parish
- San Vincenzo de’ PaoliLa MartellaView parish
- Santa FamigliaMateraView parish
- Santa LuciaMontescagliosoView parish
- Santa Maria della CroceFerrandinaView parish
- Santa Maria della SanitàPisticciView parish
- Santa Maria delle GrazieMontalbano JonicoView parish
- Santa Maria dell’EpiscopioMontalbano JonicoView parish
- Santa Maria MaggioreMiglionicoView parish
- Santi Luca e GiulianoGrottoleView parish
- Santi Pietro e PaoloMontescagliosoView parish
- Santi Pietro e PaoloPisticciView parish
- Santi Pietro e Paolo al Sasso CaveosoMateraView parish
- Santissima TrinitàSanta Maria d’IrsiView parish
- Santissimo CrocifissoMateraView parish
- Santissimo SalvatoreSerramarinaView parish
- Santissimo Salvatore all’ImmacolataIrsinaView parish
- Sant’AgneseMateraView parish
- Sant’AgostinoIrsinaView parish
- Sant’AgostinoMateraView parish
- Sant’AntonioPisticciView parish
- Sant’Antonio di PadovaMateraView parish
- Stella MarisPisticciView 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.