Skip to the diocese
Catholic Intelligence
J.M.J.Search

Suffragan diocese Pozzuoli, Italy

Diocese of Pozzuoli

Puteolan(us)

The Diocese of Pozzuoli is a Latin Catholic diocese in the Campania region of Italy, with its see in Pozzuoli near Naples. One of the oldest sees in Italy, tracing its origins to early Christianity, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Basilica Cattedrale di San Procolo Martire, in Pozzuoli, Italy.

Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.

Established
100
Catholics
539,950
Priests
89
Territory
105 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Carlo Villano
Born
25 August 1969
Birthplace
Aversa

Explore the ministry of the bishop.

The cathedral

Basilica Cattedrale di San Procolo Martire stands in Pozzuoli, 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.

History

In Campania, in southern Italy, the Catholic Church maintains the Latin Diocese of Pozzuoli (Latin: Dioecesis Puteolana). Together with the neighboring dioceses of Aversa and Ischia, it serves as a suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Naples.