Archdiocese of Napoli
Neapolitan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Napoli, Italy, Italy
The Archdiocese of Naples is the metropolitan see of the Latin Catholic Church in Campania, Italy, with roots in the first century and metropolitan status since the tenth century. Its cathedral is dedicated to the Assumption and its patron is Saint Januarius (San Gennaro).
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Latin
- Neapolitan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Januarius (San Gennaro)
- Annuario code
- 001002353
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,715,000
- Population
- 1,744,000
- Catholic share
- 98.3%
- Priests
- 751
- Catholics per priest
- 2,284
- Extent
- 274 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6,259
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
- Domenico Battaglia
- Born
- 20 January 1963
- Birthplace
- Satriano
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 Napoli, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Naples
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AcerraAcerra
- Diocese of Alife–CaiazzoAlife
- Diocese of AversaAversa
- Diocese of IschiaIschia
- Diocese of PozzuoliPozzuoli
- Diocese of Sessa AuruncaSessa Aurunca
- Archdiocese of Sorrento–Castellammare di StabiaSorrento–Castellammare di Stabia
- Diocese of Teano–CalviTeano
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Christian community took root at Naples in the 1st century AD, and in the 10th century the diocese there was raised to an archdiocese. Today the Archdiocese of Naples (Italian: Arcidiocesi di Napoli; Neapolitan: Arcidiocesi 'e Napule); Latin: Archidioecesis Neapolitana) is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in southern Italy, its see in Naples. Two of its archbishops, Paul IV and Innocent XII, were elected pope, and in 2004 it counted c. 1,600,000 baptized people.
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].