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Suffragan diocese Ugento–Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy

Diocese of Ugento–Santa Maria di Leuca

Uxentin(us)-S. Mariae Leucaden(sis)

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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The address the register holds for Cattedrale di Maria SS. Assunta in Cielo, Ugento, in Ugento–Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy.

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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.

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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.

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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.