Diocese of Sulmona–Valva
Sulmonen(sis)-Valven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sulmona–Valva, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of Sulmona-Valva is a Latin-rite diocese in the Abruzzo region of central Italy, in its current form since the 1986 union of the dioceses of Sulmona and Valva. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of L'Aquila and has been led since 2017 by Bishop Michele Fusco.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Sulmonen(sis)-Valven(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Pamphilus
- Annuario code
- 001003122
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 78,842
- Population
- 79,681
- Catholic share
- 98.9%
- Priests
- 41
- Catholics per priest
- 1,923
- Extent
- 1,814 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 43
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
- Michele Fusco
- Born
- 6 December 1963
- Birthplace
- Piano di Sorrento
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 Panfilo stands in Sulmona–Valva, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di San Pelino.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of L'Aquila
A suffragan of Archdiocese of L'Aquila.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AvezzanoAvezzano
- Archdiocese of L’AquilaL’Aquila
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Roughly 120 km (75 mi) directly east of Rome, in Italy's Abruzzi region, lies the Latin Church Diocese of Sulmona-Valva (Latin: Dioecesis Sulmonensis-Valvensis); Corfinio (Valva) sits 14 km north-northwest of Sulmona. The present configuration dates from 1986, when the two dioceses were united into one. The combined see is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of L'Aquila.
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].