Diocese of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti

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The Italian Catholic diocese of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, in Apulia, has existed since 1986. In that year, the territorial prelature of Altamura e Acquaviva delle Fonti was united with the diocese of Gravina. The diocese is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto.[1]

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Altamura was once a territorial prelature: an archipresbyterate, declared exempt from episcopal jurisdiction by Pope Innocent IV in 1248, and again by Pope Innocent VIII (1484-92). Acquaviva, a town of the Campagna, was declared similarly exempt by Pope Pius IX and united with Altamura, 17 August 1848.[2]

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  1. ^ Catholic Hierarchy page
  2. ^ Catholic Encyclopedia article

This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.

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