Roman Catholic Diocese of Avellino

Diocese of Avellino Dioecesis Abellinensis
Cathedral in Avellino
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Benevento
Statistics
Area	394 km² (152 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 162,500 159,500 (98.2%)
Parishes	64
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	2nd Century
Cathedral	Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Francesco Marino
Website
www.diocesi.avellino.it

The Italian Catholic Diocese of Avellino (Latin: Dioecesis Abellinensis) is in the Naples region. It is suffragan to the archdiocese of Benevento.

Avellino was founded by St. Sabinus at the beginning of the 2nd century. The list of bishops dates from 1124. The Diocese of Frigento, whose list runs from 1080 to 1455, was united with that of Avellino from 9 May 1466, until 27 June 1818, when it was suppressed. Avellino was vacant from 1782 to 1792.

References

Annuario Eccl. (Rome, 1907)
Cappelletti, Chiese d'Italia (1884), xix
Zingarelli, Storia della cattedra di Avelino e di suoi pastori, etc. (Naples, 1856)

External links

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

Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Benevanto

Archdiocese of Benevanto Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia Diocese of Avellino Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata dei Goti Territorial Abbey of Montevergine Archdiocese of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia

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