Suffragan diocese Sulmona–Valva, Italy
Diocese of Sulmona–Valva
Sulmonen(sis)-Valven(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
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- Established
- 1300
- Catholics
- 78,842
- Priests
- 41
- Territory
- 1,814 km²
Parishes and churches
75 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Santa Maria della ValleScannoMass times recorded
- Santa Maria delle ConcanelleBugnaraView parish
- Santa Maria dell’AssuntaBussi sul TirinoMass times recorded
- Santa Maria di LoretoVillalagoMass times recorded
- Santa Maria Madre della ChiesaPettorano sul GizioView parish
- Santa Maria MaggioreRaianoMass times recorded
- Santa Maria MaggioreRocca PiaView parish
- Santa Maria NuovaGoriano SicoliView parish
- Santi Apostoli Pietro e PaoloAlfedenaView parish
- Santi Giovanni Battista ed EvangelistaCastelvecchio SubequoView parish
- Santissimo CrocifissoSulmonaView parish
- Santo Stefano ProtomartireSanto Stefano di SessanioView parish
- Sant’Alessandro I PapaCorfinioView parish
- Sant’Antonino MartirePalenaView parish
- Sant’Eustachio MartireCampo di GioveMass times recorded
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Michele Fusco
- Born
- 6 December 1963
- Birthplace
- Piano di Sorrento
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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.
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.