Roman Catholic Diocese of Aversa

Diocese of Aversa
Dioecesis Aversana

Aversa Cathedral
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Naples
Statistics
Area 361 km2 (139 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
560,626
545,060 (97.2%)
Parishes 94
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 1053 (963 years ago)
Cathedral Cattedrale di S. Paolo Apostolo
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Angelo Spinillo
Emeritus Bishops Mario Milano
Website
www.diocesiaversa.it

The Diocese of Aversa (Latin: Dioecesis Aversana) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Campania, southern Italy, created in 1053. It is suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples.[1][2]

History

The city of Aversa arose in the 11th century, near the destroyed Atella. The Norman Duke Robert Guiscard built a fortification which in time became an urban centre. Duke Robert, becoming a vassal of the pope and supporting him in his struggle with the Holy Roman Emperor, obtained permission from Pope Leo IX to have the Bishopric of Atella transferred to Aversa.[3]

On Saturday, January 15, 2011, the Vatican Information Service announced that Pope Benedict XVI had appointed Bishop Angelo Spinillo, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Teggiano-Policastro, as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aversa (area 361, population 566,680, Catholics 549,070, priests 210, permanent deacons 24, religious 458), Italy. He succeeded Archbishop-Bishop Mario Milano, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Pope accepted due to age.

Ordinaries

Diocese of Aversa

Erected: 1053
Latin Name: Aversanus
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Napoli

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Notes

  1. "Diocese of Aversa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved April 16, 2016
  2. "Diocese of Aversa" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. Catholic Encyclopedia: Aversa
  4. "Leonardo Cardinal Patrasso". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  5. "Rinaldo Cardinal Brancaccio". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  6. "Luigi Cardinal d’Aragona". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  7. "Sigismondo Cardinal Gonzaga". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  8. "Pompeo Cardinal Colonna". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016. Guilelmus van Gulik and Conradus Eubel, Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi Volumen III, editio altera (Monasterii 1923), p. 126.
  9. "Patriarch Fabio Colonna". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  10. "Bishop Georgius Manzolus". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  11. "Bishop Pietro Orsini" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  12. "Bishop Bernardino Morra". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 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°58′36″N 14°12′12″E / 40.9766°N 14.2033°E / 40.9766; 14.2033

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