Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo

Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo
Archidioecesis Potentina-Murana-Marsicensis

Potenza Cathedral
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo
Statistics
Area 1,634 km2 (631 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2004)
152,000
151,200 (99.5%)
Parishes 61
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 5th century
Cathedral Basilica Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta e S. Gerardo Vescovo (Potenza)
Co-cathedral Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta o S. Giorgio (Marsico Nuovo)
Concattedrale di S. Nicola (Muro Lucano)
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Salvatore Ligorio (appointed by Pope Francis on Monday, October 5, 2015; formerly, Archbishop of the nearby non-metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Matera-Irsina, based in Matera, Italy and Irsina, Italy, and a suffragan see of this Archdiocese)[1][2]
Emeritus Bishops Agostino Superbo (resignation accepted by Pope Francis on Monday, October 5, 2015)
Website
www.diocesipotenza.it

The Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo (Latin: Archidioecesis Potentina-Murana-Marsicensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Basilicata, southern Italy, created in 1986. In that year the Diocese of Muro Lucano was united into the Archdiocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, which had been elevated to an archdiocese in 1973, and made a metropolitan see in 1976. The historical Diocese of Potenza was united with the Diocese of Marsico Nuovo in 1818.[3][4] The joint diocese was then a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salerno.

History

Potenza was destroyed by the Emperor Frederick II, and was rebuilt by Bishop Oberto in 1250, to be destroyed again by Charles of Anjou. On 21 December 1857, it was greatly damaged by an earthquake.

The town claims that it was evangelized by Saint Peter; Saint Aruntius and his companions suffered martyrdom there under Maximian. The first known bishop was Amandus (about 500). Other bishops were Saint Gerardo della Porta (1099-1119) - to whom the cathedral, built by Bishop Oberto and restored by Giovanni Andrea Serra (1783–99), is dedicated - and Achille Caracciolo (1616).[5]

Ordinaries

Diocese of Potenza

Erected: 490
Latin Name: Potentinus
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Acerenza e Matera

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Diocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo

United: 27 June 1818 with Diocese of Marsico Nuovo
Latin Name: Potentinus et Marsicensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Acerenza

Archdiocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo

Elevated: 1973 Feb 11
Latin Name: Potentinus et Marsicensis

Archdiocese of Potenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico Nuovo

United: 30 September 1986 with the Diocese of Muro Lucano
Latin Name: Archidioecesis Potentinus-Muranus-Marsicensis

Notes

  1. ↑ http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2015/10/05/0761/01630.html
  2. ↑ http://www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=IE8Activity&a=http%3A%2F%2Fpress.vatican.va%2Fcontent%2Fsalastampa%2Fit%2Fbollettino%2Fpubblico%2F2015%2F10%2F05%2F0761%2F01630.html
  3. 1 2 3 "Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Potenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico Nuovo" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  5. ↑ Catholic Encyclopedia article, Marsico Nuovo and Potenza
  6. ↑ "Bishop Tiberio Carafa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 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°38′00″N 15°48′00″E / 40.6333°N 15.8000°E / 40.6333; 15.8000

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