Diocese of Termoli–Larino
Thermularum-Larinen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Termoli, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of Termoli-Larino is a Latin rite diocese in the Molise region of Italy, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano. The diocese of Larino was united to Termoli in its current configuration in 1986. Bishop Claudio Palumbo was appointed in December 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Thermularum-Larinen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Bassus
- Annuario code
- 001003203
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 107,800
- Population
- 108,000
- Catholic share
- 99.8%
- Priests
- 51
- Catholics per priest
- 2,114
- Extent
- 1,424 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 76
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
- Claudio Palumbo
- Born
- 30 January 1965
- Birthplace
- Venafro
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
Termoli Cathedral stands in Termoli, 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 Campobasso-Boiano
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Campobasso–BoianoCampobasso
- Diocese of Isernia–VenafroIsernia–Venafro
- Diocese of TriventoTrivento
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Situated in the province of Campobasso in the Molise region, the Diocese of Termoli-Larino (Latin: Dioecesis Thermularum-Larinensis) is a Latin Church diocese whose seat, the commune of Termoli, serves as an important regional seaport on the Adriatic. Its current configuration dates from 1986, when the diocese of Larino was suppressed and its territory added. The diocese is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano.
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].