Diocese of Teramo–Atri
Aprutin(us) seu Teramen(sis)-Hatrien(sis) seu Atrien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Teramo, Italy
The Diocese of Teramo-Atri is an ancient Latin rite diocese in Abruzzo, Italy, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne. It took its present name and configuration in 1986, retaining two cathedral churches in Teramo and Atri.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Aprutin(us) seu Teramen(sis)-Hatrien(sis) seu Atrien(sis)
- Patron
- <li>san Bernardo<li>santa Reparata
- Annuario code
- 001003201
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 217,400
- Population
- 219,300
- Catholic share
- 99.1%
- Priests
- 106
- Catholics per priest
- 2,051
- Extent
- 1,480 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 147
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
- Lorenzo Leuzzi
- Born
- 25 September 1955
- Birthplace
- Trani
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 Santa Maria Assunta stands in Teramo, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Basilica 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 Pescara-Penne
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Pescara–PennePescara–Penne
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Central Italy's Abruzzo region is home to the Diocese of Teramo-Atri (Latin: Dioecesis Aprutina seu Teramensis-Hatriensis seu Atriensis), a Latin Church diocese. Its present boundaries date from 1949, when the historic Diocese of Teramo was joined with the Diocese of Penne-Atri in the Abruzzo. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne.
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].