Roman Catholic Diocese of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano

Diocese of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano
Dioecesis Ceriniolensis-Asculanus Apuliae
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Foggia-Bovino
Statistics
Area 1,327 km2 (512 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2006)
106,600
102,600 (96.2%)
Parishes 40
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 11th Century
Cathedral Cattedrale di S. Pietro Apostolo (Cerignola)
Co-cathedral Concattedrale della Natività della Beata V. Maria (Ascoli Satriano)
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Felice di Molfetta
Map
Website
www.cerignola.chiesacattolica.it

The Italian Roman Catholic Diocese of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano (Latin: Dioecesis Ceriniolensis-Asculanus Apuliae) in Apulia, has existed under this name since 1986. It's bishop is a suffragan of the Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino. Historically the Diocese of Ascoli Satriano was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Benevento, and changed its name to Diocese of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola in 1819.[1][2]

History

In 969, Ausculum Appulum (now Ascoli Satriano) appears as an episcopal city amongst the suffragan sees of Beneventum, but the first bishop of whom we have any knowledge is Maurus, present at the consecration of the Church of St. Angelo at Volturno (1059). Cerignola on account of its relative importance, may have been formerly a diocese, but history is silent in the matter; Carinola is a titular see,[3] but Carinola is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region of Campania. When Pope Pius VII reorganized the ecclesiastical provinces of the Kingdom of Naples, on the occasion of the Concordat (16 February 1818) with Ferdinand I, King of the two Sicilies, he gave Cerignola its episcopal dignity and united it aeque principaliter to the Diocese of Ascoli Satriano.[4]

Ordinaries

Diocese of Ascoli Satriano

Erected: 11th century

Diocese of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola

Name Changed: 14 June 1819

Diocese of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano

Name Changed: 30 September 1986

Notes

  1. ↑ "Diocese of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. ↑ "Diocese of Ascoli Satriano" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. ↑ Carinola (Titular See) [Catholic-Hierarchy]
  4. ↑ Catholic Encyclopedia article
  5. ↑ "Bishop Marco Landi" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016

See also

Coordinates: 41°16′00″N 15°54′00″E / 41.2667°N 15.9000°E / 41.2667; 15.9000

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