Diocese of Pozzuoli
Puteolan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Pozzuoli, Italy, Italy
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 100
- Latin
- Puteolan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Proculus of Pozzuoli
- Annuario code
- 001002662
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 539,950
- Population
- 556,280
- Catholic share
- 97.1%
- Priests
- 89
- Catholics per priest
- 6,067
- Extent
- 105 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5,142
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
- Carlo Villano
- Born
- 25 August 1969
- Birthplace
- Aversa
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 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.
The province of Naples
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Naples.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AcerraAcerra
- Diocese of Alife–CaiazzoAlife
- Diocese of AversaAversa
- Diocese of IschiaIschia
- Archdiocese of NapoliNapoli
- Diocese of Sessa AuruncaSessa Aurunca
- Archdiocese of Sorrento–Castellammare di StabiaSorrento–Castellammare di Stabia
- Diocese of Teano–CalviTeano
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].