Diocese of Tricarico
Tricaricen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tricarico, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of Tricarico is a Latin Church diocese in Basilicata, Italy, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo. Bishop Benoni Ambarus, a native of Romania, was appointed in June 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1068
- Latin
- Tricaricen(sis)
- Patron
- <li>san Potito<li>Nuestra Señora del Carmen
- Annuario code
- 001003273
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 27,200
- Population
- 28,056
- Catholic share
- 96.9%
- Priests
- 36
- Catholics per priest
- 756
- Extent
- 1,237 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 22
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
- Benoni Ambarus
- Born
- 22 September 1974
- Birthplace
- Somusca-Bacau
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 Assunta stands in Tricarico, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AcerenzaAcerenza
- Archdiocese of Matera–Irsina–San Michele Arcangelo di MontescagliosoMatera–Irsina–San Michele Arcangelo di Montescaglioso
- Archdiocese of Potenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico NuovoPotenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico Nuovo
- Diocese of Tursi–LagonegroTursi–Lagonegro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Basilicata, the Catholic Church maintains the Latin Diocese of Tricarico (Latin: Dioecesis Tricaricensis), which stands as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo.
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].