Diocese of Ugento–Santa Maria di Leuca
Uxentin(us)-S. Mariae Leucaden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ugento–Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca is a Latin Church diocese in the Salento region of Apulia, Italy, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Lecce since 1980. Its bishop is Vito Angiuli, appointed in 2010.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1201
- Latin
- Uxentin(us)-S. Mariae Leucaden(sis)
- Patron
- san Vicente de Huesca
- Annuario code
- 001000038
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 122,800
- Population
- 125,700
- Catholic share
- 97.7%
- Priests
- 73
- Catholics per priest
- 1,682
- Extent
- 475 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 259
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
- Vito Angiuli
- Born
- 6 August 1952
- Birthplace
- Sannicandro di Bari
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 Maria SS. Assunta in Cielo, Ugento stands in Ugento–Santa Maria di Leuca, 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 Lecce
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Lecce.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Brindisi–OstuniBrindisi–Ostuni
- Archdiocese of LecceLecce
- Diocese of Nardò–GallipoliNardò–Gallipoli
- Archdiocese of OtrantoOtranto
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Apulia, the Diocese of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca (Latin: Dioecesis Uxentina-S. Mariae Leucadensis) has carried its present name since 1959 and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lecce. The historic Diocese of Ugento reaches back to the thirteenth century.
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].