Archdiocese of Trani–Barletta–Bisceglie–Nazareth
Tranen(sis)-Barolen(sis)-Vigilien(sis)
Suffragan archdiocese · Latin Church · Trani–Barletta–Bisceglie–Nazareth, Italy
The Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie is a Latin archdiocese in Apulia, Italy, with roots around 250 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1063. It is now a non-metropolitan archdiocese suffragan to Bari-Bitonto and led by Archbishop Leonardo D'Ascenzo.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan archdiocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Tranen(sis)-Barolen(sis)-Vigilien(sis)
- Patron
- <li>san Nicolás de Trani<li>san Rogelio de Cannas<li>santos Mauro, Sergio y Pantaleón
- Annuario code
- 001003266
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 276,612
- Population
- 287,048
- Catholic share
- 96.4%
- Priests
- 119
- Catholics per priest
- 2,324
- Extent
- 701 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 395
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
- Archbishop
- Leonardo D’Ascenzo
- Born
- 31 August 1961
- Birthplace
- Valmontone
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
Trani Cathedral stands in Trani–Barletta–Bisceglie–Nazareth, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Barletta Cathedral (Santa Maria Maggiore); Bisceglie Cathedral.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Bari-Bitonto
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AndriaAndria
- Archdiocese of Bari–BitontoBari–Bitonto
- Diocese of Conversano–MonopoliConversano–Monopoli
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the Apulian province of Barletta-Andria-Trani lies the Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (Latin: Archidioecesis Tranensis-Barolensis-Vigiliensis (-Nazarensis)), a Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church in Italy. Once a metropolitan see, it was made a suffragan archdiocese in 1980 within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto. The present name dates from 1986, when the Archdiocese of Trani (which had itself been a suffragan until 1063) took into its title the names of two suppressed dioceses that were merged into it.
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].