Diocese of Nocera Inferiore–Sarno
Nucerin(us) Paganorum-Sarnen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Nocera Inferiore, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno is a Latin Church diocese in Campania, Italy, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno. Its origins trace to the ancient Diocese of Nocera, with the current combined title established on September 30, 1986, and it is led by Bishop Giuseppe Giudice.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Nucerin(us) Paganorum-Sarnen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Priscus of Nocera
- Annuario code
- 001002402
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 228,300
- Population
- 240,350
- Catholic share
- 95.0%
- Priests
- 75
- Catholics per priest
- 3,044
- Extent
- 157 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1,454
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
- Giuseppe Giudice
- Born
- 10 September 1956
- Birthplace
- Sala Consilina
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 San Prisco, Nocera Inferiore stands in Nocera Inferiore, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Cattedrale di San Michele Arcangelo, Sarno.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Ecclesiastical Province of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the Campania region of Italy lies the Diocese of Nocera dei Pagani-Sarno (Latin: Dioecesis Nucerina Paganorum-Sarnensis), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church commonly called the Diocese of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno (Italian: Diocesi di Nocera Inferiore-Sarno). It stands as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno.
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].