Diocese of Sora–Cassino–Aquino–Pontecorvo
Soran(us)-Cassinen(sis)-Aquinaten(sis)-Pontiscurvi
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Sora, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo is a Latin Church see in Lazio, Italy, taking its current name and form on 23 October 2014. It is immediately subject to the Holy See.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2014
- Latin
- Soran(us)-Cassinen(sis)-Aquinaten(sis)-Pontiscurvi
- Patron
- Saint Restituta
- Annuario code
- 001003092
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 219,938
- Population
- 229,520
- Catholic share
- 95.8%
- Priests
- 96
- Catholics per priest
- 2,291
- Extent
- 2,016 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 109
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
- Gerardo Antonazzo
- Born
- 20 May 1956
- Birthplace
- Supersano
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
Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, Sora stands in Sora, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale del SS. Salvatore (Cassino); Concattedrale dei Santi Costanzo e Tommaso d'Aquino (Aquino); Concattedrale di San Bartolomeo Apostolo.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
In Lazio, Italy, the Diocese of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo (Latin: Dioecesis Sorana-Cassiensis-Aquinatensis-Pontiscurvi) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction that stands outside any ecclesiastical province: it is exempt, depending directly upon the Holy See. Its current bishop, Gerardo Antonazzo, received his appointment from Pope Francis on 8 April 2013.
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].