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Diocese of Matera–Irsina–San Michele Arcangelo di Montescaglioso
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Latin rite archdiocese in Basilicata, Italy, seated at Matera with a co-cathedral in Irsina. It has existed under the name Matera-Irsina since 1986 and is a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo.
- Archbishop
- Benoni Ambarus
- Latin name
- Materanen(sis)-Montis Pelusii
- Erected
- 30 September 1986 (origins 1203)
- Cathedral
- Basilica Cattedrale di Santa Maria della Bruna e Sant'Eustachio, Matera
- Co-cathedral
- Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, Irsina
- Rank
- Suffragan Archdiocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo (Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo)
- Catholics
- 126,000
- Chancery
- Arcivescovado, Piazza Duomo 7, 75100 Matera, Italia
- Telephone
- Tel. 0835.33.20.12
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
Parishes near the see
- Santi Pietro e Paolo al Sasso Caveoso · Matera <1 km
- Sant’Agostino · Matera <1 km
- San Giovanni Battista · Matera <1 km
- Maria Santissima Addolorata · Matera 1 km
- Maria Santissima Annunziata · Matera 1 km
- Santissimo Crocifisso · Matera 1 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001002187 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08