Archdiocese of Otranto
Hydruntin(us)
Suffragan archdiocese · Latin Church · Otranto, Italy
The Archdiocese of Otranto is a Latin Church archdiocese in Apulia, Italy, that retains the title of archbishop but since 1980 is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lecce. Its current archbishop is Francesco Neri, appointed in 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan archdiocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1088
- Latin
- Hydruntin(us)
- Patron
- Martyrs of Otranto (Antonio Primaldo and Companions)
- Annuario code
- 001002488
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 191,700
- Population
- 193,700
- Catholic share
- 99.0%
- Priests
- 105
- Catholics per priest
- 1,826
- Extent
- 800 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 240
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
- Francesco Neri
- Born
- 21 December 1959
- Birthplace
- Catanzaro
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI CAPPUCCINI
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
Cathedral of Santa Maria Annunziata, Otranto stands in Otranto, 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 Lecce
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Lecce.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Brindisi–OstuniBrindisi–Ostuni
- Archdiocese of LecceLecce
- Diocese of Nardò–GallipoliNardò–Gallipoli
- Diocese of Ugento–Santa Maria di LeucaUgento–Santa Maria di Leuca
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Otranto Cathedral, in the Apulian city of Otranto, is the seat of the Archdiocese of Otranto (Latin: Archidioecesis Hydruntina), a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Italy and a suffragan of the archdiocese of Lecce. Donato Negro is the current archbishop.
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].