Diocese of Capaccio

Diocese of Vallo della Lucania
Dioecesis Vallensis in Lucania
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Salerno-Campagna-Acerno
Statistics
Area 1,562 km2 (603 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
161,000
157,000 (97.5%)
Parishes 138
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 12th Century
Cathedral Cattedrale di S. Pantaleone
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Ciro Miniero
Emeritus Bishops Giuseppe Rocco Favale
Website
www.diocesivallodellalucania.it


The Italian Catholic Diocese of Capaccio was an historic diocese in Campania. It was erected in the 12th Century and in 1851 became the Diocese of Capaccio and Vallo.[1] Since 1945 it has been the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vallo della Lucania.

Ordinaries

Latin Name: Caputaquensis
Erected: 12th Century

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See also

References

  1. "Capaccio and Vallo". Catholic Encyclopedia.
  2. "Bishop Tommaso Caracciolo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 8, 2016
  3. "Bishop Tommaso Carafa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 10, 2016

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

Coordinates: 40°14′00″N 15°16′00″E / 40.2333°N 15.2667°E / 40.2333; 15.2667


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