Diocese of Molfetta–Ruvo–Giovinazzo–Terlizzi
Melphicten(sis)-Ruben(sis)-Iuvenacen(sis)-Terlitien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Molfetta–Ruvo–Giovinazzo–Terlizzi, Italy
The Diocese of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi is a Latin Church diocese in Apulia, Italy, formed in 1986 by uniting four historic sees. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto, led since January 2026 by Bishop Domenico Basile.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Melphicten(sis)-Ruben(sis)-Iuvenacen(sis)-Terlitien(sis)
- Patron
- San Corrado di Baviera
- Annuario code
- 001002264
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 125,758
- Population
- 128,730
- Catholic share
- 97.7%
- Priests
- 87
- Catholics per priest
- 1,445
- Extent
- 442 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 285
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
- Domenico Basile
- Born
- 3 June 1966
- Birthplace
- Andria
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
Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta stands in Molfetta–Ruvo–Giovinazzo–Terlizzi, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrali: Santa Maria Assunta (Ruvo), Santa Maria Assunta (Giovinazzo), San Michele Arcangelo.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Puglia
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the 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].