Diocese of Cosenza–Bisignano

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The Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano is a Latin Church metropolitan see in Calabria, Italy, with roots dating to the medieval period and raised to a metropolitan archdiocese on January 30, 2001. Archbishop Giovanni Checchinato has led it since 2022.

Archbishop
Giovanni Checchinato
Latin name
Cosentin(us)-Bisinianen(sis)
Erected
30 September 1986 (origins 1050)
Cathedral
Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta (Cosenza)
Co-cathedral
Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta (Bisignano)
Patron
Madonna del Pilerio
Rank
Metropolitan See
Rite
Latin
Province
Cosenza-Bisignano (Cosenza-Bisignano (metropolitan see))
Catholics
374,100
Chancery
Arcivescovado, Piazza A. G. Parrasio 16, 87100 Cosenza, Italia
Telephone
Tel. 0984.68.77.21; fax 0984.25.883

Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.

Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001001223 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08

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