Diocese of Teggiano–Policastro
Dianen(sis)-Policastren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Teggiano–Policastro, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of Teggiano-Policastro is a Latin rite see in Campania, southern Italy, taking its current form in 1986 from the union of the diocese of Diano (Teggiano) and the diocese of Policastro. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno and is led by Bishop Antonio De Luca, C.Ss.R.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Dianen(sis)-Policastren(sis)
- Patron
- <li>san Cono<li>san Pedro de Pappacarbone
- Annuario code
- 001003185
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 115,000
- Population
- 116,000
- Catholic share
- 99.1%
- Priests
- 72
- Catholics per priest
- 1,597
- Extent
- 1,986 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 58
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
- Antonio De Luca
- Born
- 1 July 1956
- Birthplace
- Torre del Greco
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DEL SANTISSIMO REDENTORE (REDENTORISTI O LIGUORINI) (C.SS.R.)
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 Maggiore e San Michele Arcangelo stands in Teggiano–Policastro, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Amalfi–Cava de’ TirreniAmalfi
- Archdiocese of Salerno–Campagna–AcernoSalerno
- Diocese of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ TirreniSantissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni
- Diocese of Vallo della LucaniaVallo della Lucania
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church diocese in Campania, the Diocese of Diano (Teggiano)-Policastro (Latin: Dioecesis Dianensis-Policastrensis) has existed since 1850 and has carried its present name since 1986, the year the Diocese of Diano (Teggiano) was joined with the diocese of Policastro. It stands as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, with its cathedral, the Cattedrale di S. Maria Maggiore e S. Michele Arcangelo, in Teggiano. Antonio De Luca is the current bishop.
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].