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Suffragan diocese Nardò–Gallipoli, Italy

Diocese of Nardò–Gallipoli

Neritonen(sis)-Gallipolitan(us)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Nardò-Gallipoli is a Latin Catholic see in Apulia, Italy, formed in 1986 by uniting the historic dioceses of Nardò (1413) and Gallipoli. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lecce, with its cathedral in Nardò and co-cathedral in Gallipoli.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Basilica Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, in Nardò–Gallipoli, Italy.

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Established
1413
Catholics
207,130
Priests
127
Territory
587 km²

Parishes and churches

65 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Fernando Tarcisio Filograna
Born
26 September 1952
Birthplace
Lequile

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The cathedral

Basilica Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta stands in Nardò–Gallipoli, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Basilica Concattedrale di Sant'Agata Vergine.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

Suffragan to the Archdiocese of Lecce, the Diocese of Nardò-Gallipoli (Latin: Dioecesis Neritonensis-Gallipolitana) is a Latin see of the Catholic Church in southern Italy.

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