Diocese of Melfi–Rapolla–Venosa
Melphien(sis)-Rapollen(sis)-Venusin(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Melfi–Rapolla–Venosa, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa is a Latin rite see in Basilicata, Italy, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo. It took its current combined name from the historic sees of Melfi, Rapolla, and Venosa, and is led by Bishop Ciro Fanelli.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Melphien(sis)-Rapollen(sis)-Venusin(us)
- Patron
- saint Alexandre
- Annuario code
- 001002214
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 79,000
- Population
- 85,000
- Catholic share
- 92.9%
- Priests
- 27
- Catholics per priest
- 2,926
- Extent
- 1,316 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 60
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
- Ciro Fanelli
- Born
- 2 October 1964
- Birthplace
- Lucera
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 Assunta stands in Melfi–Rapolla–Venosa, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di Sant'Andrea (Venosa); Concattedrale di San Michele Arcangelo.
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 (Basilicata)
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Basilicata, southern Italy, the Diocese of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa (Latin: Dioecesis Melphiensis-Rapollensis-Venusina, Italian: Diocesi di Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa) took its present shape in 1986, when the historic Diocese of Melfi-Rapolla was joined with the Diocese of Venosa. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, and the Abbey of the Santissima Trinità at Venosa falls within its bounds.
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].