Diocese of Oria
Uritan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Oria, Italy
The Diocese of Oria is a Latin Church diocese in Apulia, southern Italy, established in 1591. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Taranto, with Oria Cathedral as its seat.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1591
- Latin
- Uritan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Barsanuphius of Gaza
- Annuario code
- 001002467
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 167,800
- Population
- 177,743
- Catholic share
- 94.4%
- Priests
- 76
- Catholics per priest
- 2,208
- Extent
- 921 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 182
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
- Vincenzo Pisanello
- Born
- 3 May 1959
- Birthplace
- Galatina
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 S. Maria Assunta in Cielo, Oria stands in Oria, 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 Taranto
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Taranto.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CastellanetaCastellaneta
- Archdiocese of TarantoTaranto
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Apulia is home to the Diocese of Oria, a Latin see of the Catholic Church whose Latin title is Dioecesis Uritana and whose metropolitan is the Archdiocese of Taranto.
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].