Archdiocese of Potenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico Nuovo
Potentin(us)-Muran(us)-Marsicen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Potenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico Nuovo, Italy
The Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo is a metropolitan see in the Basilicata region of southern Italy, with its cathedral in Potenza. The ancient see of Potenza was elevated to an archdiocese in 1973, and the current name reflects a 1986 merger with the dioceses of Muro Lucano and Marsico Nuovo.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Potentin(us)-Muran(us)-Marsicen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Gerard of Potenza
- Annuario code
- 001002656
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 153,000
- Population
- 155,500
- Catholic share
- 98.4%
- Priests
- 76
- Catholics per priest
- 2,013
- Extent
- 1,634 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 94
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
- Davide Carbonaro
- Born
- 1 January 1967
- Birthplace
- Rosolini
- Institute
- CHIERICI REGOLARI DELLA MADRE DI DIO
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 Santa Maria Assunta e San Gerardo Vescovo stands in Potenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico Nuovo, 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 Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AcerenzaAcerenza
- Archdiocese of Matera–Irsina–San Michele Arcangelo di MontescagliosoMatera–Irsina–San Michele Arcangelo di Montescaglioso
- Diocese of TricaricoTricarico
- Diocese of Tursi–LagonegroTursi–Lagonegro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Created in 1986, the Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo (Latin: Archidioecesis Potentina-Murana-Marsicensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Basilicata, southern Italy. That year saw the Diocese of Muro Lucano united into the Archdiocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, which had become an archdiocese in 1973 and a metropolitan see in 1976. Earlier still, in 1818, the historical Diocese of Potenza had been joined with the Diocese of Marsico Nuovo.
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].