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Suffragan archdiocese Sorrento–Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

Archdiocese of Sorrento–Castellammare di Stabia

Surrentin(us)-Castri Maris seu Stabien(sis)

Latin Church

The Archdiocese of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia is a Latin Church see in Campania, Italy, formed in 1986 by uniting the historic sees of Sorrento and Castellammare di Stabia. It carries the archiepiscopal title but is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples, having lost metropolitan status in 1979.

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The address the register holds for Cattedrale dei Santi Filippo e Giacomo, Sorrento, in Sorrento–Castellammare di Stabia, Italy.

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Established
420
Catholics
227,000
Priests
121
Territory
205 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Francesco Alfano
Born
13 June 1956
Birthplace
Nocera Inferiore

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The cathedral

Cattedrale dei Santi Filippo e Giacomo, Sorrento stands in Sorrento–Castellammare di Stabia, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, Castellammare di Stabia.

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History

This Latin archdiocese in Campania has held its present form since 1986, when the Diocese of Castellammare di Stabia was suppressed and its territory joined to the Archdiocese of Sorrento (Latin: Archidioecesis Surrentina-Castri Maris o Stabiensis). Having lost metropolitan status in 1979, it is now a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples. In 2014 the diocese of Sorrento counted one priest for every 1,503 Catholics.

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