Roman Catholic Diocese of Alife-Caiazzo
| Diocese of Alife-Caiazzo Dioecesis Aliphana-Caiacensis o Caiatina | |
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 Alife Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Naples |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 580 km2 (220 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 70,500 70,200 (99.6%) |
| Parishes | 44 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 5th Century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Alife) |
| Co-cathedral | Concattedrale di Maria SS. Assunta (Caiazzo) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Valentino Di Cerbo |
| Website | |
| www.diocesi-alife-caiazzo.it | |
The Diocese of Alife-Caiazzo (Latin: Dioecesis Aliphana-Caiacensis o Caiatina) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Campania, southern Italy, created in 1986. In that year the historic Diocese of Alife was united with the Diocese of Caiazzo. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples.[1]
History
The old diocese of Alife was made up of twelve communes in the province of Caserta, Archbishopric of Benevento. The name of a Bishop of Alife appears for the first time among the signatories of the Roman Synod of 499, in the time of Pope Symmachus (Clarus episcopus Ecclesiœ Allifanœ subscripsi); see "Monumenta Germaniæ Historica," auct. Antiquiss., XII, 400.[2]
Notes
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.
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