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Suffragan diocese Teramo, Italy

Diocese of Teramo–Atri

Aprutin(us) seu Teramen(sis)-Hatrien(sis) seu Atrien(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Basilica Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, in Teramo, Italy.

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Established
1251
Catholics
217,400
Priests
106
Territory
1,480 km²

Parishes and churches

185 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Lorenzo Leuzzi
Born
25 September 1955
Birthplace
Trani

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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.

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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.

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