Suffragan territorial abbey Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
Diocese of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni
Ss‰ae Trinitatis Caven(sis)
Latin Church
The Territorial Abbey of the Santissima Trinità di Cava de' Tirreni is a Benedictine abbey nullius founded in 1011 by Saint Alferius near Cava de' Tirreni, Campania. The former Diocese of Cava was suppressed in 1986, but the territorial abbey continues as a distinct jurisdiction led by an abbot.
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- Established
- 1011
- Catholics
- 36
- Priests
- 4
- Territory
- 1 km²
Parishes and churches
2 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Santissima Trinità (Abbazia territoriale della Santissima Trinità di Cava de' Tirreni)Cava de' TirreniView parish
- Santuario di Maria Santissima AvvocataMaioriView parish
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The bishop
- Abbot
- Michele Petruzzelli
- Born
- 1 August 1961
- Birthplace
- Bari
- Institute
- Congregazione Benedettina dell'Annunziata
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The cathedral
Abbey Church of the Santissima Trinità stands in Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, 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.