Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche

Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche
Archidioecesis Camerinensis-Sancti Severini in Piceno

Cathedral of Camerino
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Fermo
Statistics
Area 1,603 km2 (619 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
59,738
57,250 (95.8%)
Parishes 95
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 3rd Century
Cathedral Cattedrale di SS. Annunziata (Camerino)
Co-cathedral Concattedrale di S. Agostino (San Severino Marche)
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Francesco Giovanni Brugnaro
Emeritus Bishops Angelo Fagiani
Map
Website
www.arcidiocesicamerino.it

The Italian Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche (Latin: Archidioecesis Camerinensis-Sancti Severini in Piceno) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory, with episcopal see Camerino, a city in the Province of Macerata, in the central Italian Marche region, in the Apennines. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Fermo.

In 1986 the historical archdiocese of Camerino, an archdiocese since 1787, was united with the diocese of San Severino.[1][2]

History

During the persecution of Decius in 249, the priest Porphyrius, master of the youthful martyr Venantius, and the Bishop Leontius suffered martyrdom at Camerino. Gerontius appears at the Council of Rome in 464/465.

Other bishops of the diocese were:

Source

Notes

  1. Catholic Hierarchy page
  2. Portale della Arcidiocesi di Camerino-San Severino Marche - Content

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.

Coordinates: 43°08′09″N 13°04′06″E / 43.1359°N 13.0684°E