Diocese of Tursi–Lagonegro
Tursien(sis)-Lacunerulonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tursi–Lagonegro, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of Tursi-Lagonegro is a Latin Catholic diocese in Basilicata, southern Italy, with its cathedral in Tursi and a co-cathedral in Lagonegro. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo and has been led by Bishop Vincenzo Carmine Orofino since 2016.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Latin
- Tursien(sis)-Lacunerulonen(sis)
- Patron
- Virgen de Anglona
- Annuario code
- 001000022
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 123,700
- Population
- 124,690
- Catholic share
- 99.2%
- Priests
- 71
- Catholics per priest
- 1,742
- Extent
- 2,509 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 49
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
- Vincenzo Carmine Orofino
- Born
- 8 July 1953
- Birthplace
- San Severino Lucano
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 Tursi–Lagonegro, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di San Nicola di Bari.
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 TricaricoTricarico
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Southern Italy's Basilicata region contains the Diocese of Tursi-Lagonegro (Latin: Dioecesis Tursiensis-Lacunerulonensis), a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church that serves 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].