Diocese of Vallo della Lucania
Vallen(sis) in Lucania
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Vallo della Lucania, Italy
The Diocese of Vallo della Lucania is a Latin Church diocese in Campania, Italy, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno. It has carried this name since 1945, having previously been the Diocese of Capaccio and Vallo, and its bishop since 2023 is Vincenzo Calvosa.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1850
- Latin
- Vallen(sis) in Lucania
- Patron
- <li>san Pantaleón<li>san Constabilis
- Annuario code
- 001000072
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 156,300
- Population
- 158,200
- Catholic share
- 98.8%
- Priests
- 74
- Catholics per priest
- 2,112
- Extent
- 1,562 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 100
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 Calvosa
- Born
- 31 January 1964
- Birthplace
- Laino Borgo
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 San Pantaleone stands in Vallo della Lucania, 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 Salerno-Campagna-Acerno
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Amalfi–Cava de’ TirreniAmalfi
- Archdiocese of Salerno–Campagna–AcernoSalerno
- Diocese of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ TirreniSantissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni
- Diocese of Teggiano–PolicastroTeggiano–Policastro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Known until 1945 as the Diocese of Capaccio and Vallo, the Diocese of Vallo della Lucania (Latin: Dioecesis Vallensis in Lucania) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Campania, Italy. It serves as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno.
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].