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Metropolitan see Pescara–Penne, Italy

Archdiocese of Pescara–Penne

Piscarien(sis)-Pinnen(sis)

Latin Church

The Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne is a metropolitan Latin Church see in Abruzzo, Italy, elevated to archdiocese in 1982. Its current archbishop is Tommaso Valentinetti, appointed in 2005, with the Diocese of Teramo-Atri as suffragan.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cattedrale di S. Cetteo Vescovo e Martire, in Pescara–Penne, Italy.

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Established
1982
Catholics
285,900
Priests
112
Territory
1,600 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Tommaso Valentinetti
Born
11 August 1952
Birthplace
Ortona

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The cathedral

Cattedrale di S. Cetteo Vescovo e Martire stands in Pescara–Penne, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di S. Massimo.

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

History

On the east coast of central Italy, the Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne (Latin: Archidioecesis Piscariensis-Pinnensis) is a Latin Church diocese that was raised to a metropolitan archbishopric in 1982, when its name changed from the Diocese of Penne e Pescara to Pescara-Penne. That earlier diocese had been created in 1949 through the division of the historic diocese of Penne-Atri, with Atri passing to the newly formed Diocese of Teramo-Atri; the Diocese of Atri had itself been united with the Diocese of Penne since 1252. The archbishops have their seat in the Pescara Cathedral.