Suffragan diocese Ugento–Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy
Diocese of Ugento–Santa Maria di Leuca
Uxentin(us)-S. Mariae Leucaden(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
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- Established
- 1201
- Catholics
- 122,800
- Priests
- 73
- Territory
- 475 km²
Parishes and churches
43 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Santa Maria delle GrazieTricaseView parish
- Santa SofiaCorsanoMass times recorded
- Santi Apostoli Pietro e PaoloTaurisanoMass times recorded
- Santi Giovanni Battista e Maria GorettiTaurisanoView parish
- Sant’Andrea ApostoloPresicceMass times recorded
- Sant’Andrea ApostoloSalignanoView parish
- Sant’Andrea ApostoloTricaseView parish
- Sant’Antonio da PadovaTricaseMass times recorded
- Sant’Antonio di PadovaDepressaView parish
- Sant’Elia ProfetaRuggianoView parish
- Sant’EufemiaTricaseView parish
- Sant’IppazioTiggianoMass times recorded
- Trasfigurazione di Nostro SignoreTaurisanoView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Vito Angiuli
- Born
- 6 August 1952
- Birthplace
- Sannicandro di Bari
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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.
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.