Roman Catholic Diocese of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti
| Diocese of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti Dioecesis Altamurensis-Gravinensis-Aquavievensis | |
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 Cathedral in Bari | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Bari-Bitonto |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,309 km2 (505 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 168,658 163,735 (97.1%) |
| Parishes | 40 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1248 (768 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta |
| Co-cathedral |
Basilica Concattedrale di Maria SS. Assunta Concattedrale di S. Eustachio |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Mario Paciello |
| www.diocesidialtamura.it | |
The Diocese of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti (Latin: Dioecesis Altamurensis-Gravinensis-Aquavievensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Apulia, southern Italy, created in 1986. In that year, the territorial prelature of Altamura e Acquaviva delle Fonti was united with the diocese of Gravina. The present diocese is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto.[1]
The seat of the bishop is at Altamura Cathedral, with Acquaviva Cathedral and Gravina Cathedral as co-cathedrals.
History
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 delle Fonti, a town of the Campagna, was declared similarly exempt by Pope Pius IX and united with Altamura on 17 August 1848.[2]
Notes
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.
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Coordinates: 40°49′00″N 16°33′00″E / 40.8167°N 16.5500°E