Metropolitan see Taranto, Italy
Archdiocese of Taranto
Tarentin(us)
Latin Church
Taranto is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in Apulia, southern Italy, with roots dating to the first millennium and elevated to archiepiscopal rank in the medieval period. It is the metropolitan for the suffragan dioceses of Castellaneta and Oria, and is led by Archbishop Ciro Miniero.
On the map
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- Catholics
- 415,500
- Priests
- 155
- Territory
- 1,056 km²
Parishes and churches
79 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Santa Maria della CroceMontemesolaMass times recorded
- Santa Maria della NeveCrispianoMass times recorded
- Santa Maria delle GrazieCarosinoMass times recorded
- Santa Maria GorettiCrispianoView parish
- Santa Maria in CampitelliGrottaglieMass times recorded
- Santa RitaTarantoMass times recorded
- Santa Teresa del Bambin GesùSpecchia TarantinaView parish
- Santa Teresa del Bambin GesùTarantoMass times recorded
- Santi Angeli CustodiTarantoMass times recorded
- Santi Medici Cosma e DamianoTarantoMass times recorded
- Santi Patroni d’Italia Francesco e CaterinaSan Giorgio IonicoMass times recorded
- Santissima CroceTarantoView parish
- Santissima TrinitàPulsanoView parish
- Santissimo SacramentoGrottaglieView parish
- Sant’AgostinoTarantoMass times recorded
- Sant’AntonioTarantoMass times recorded
- Sant’Egidio Maria di San GiuseppeTarantoView parish
- Spirito SantoTarantoMass times recorded
- Stella MarisTarantoView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Ciro Miniero
- Born
- 31 January 1958
- Birthplace
- Napoli
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Basilica Cattedrale di San Cataldo stands in Taranto, 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.
History
On a bay in the Gulf of Taranto in southern Italy lies the Archdiocese of Taranto (Latin: Archidioecesis Tarentina), a Latin Church archdiocese whose suffragan sees are the dioceses of Castellaneta and Oria.