Roman Catholic Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti

Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti
Dioecesis Cerretanus-Thelesinus-Sanctae Agathae Gothorum

Cathedral in Cerreto Sannita
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Benevento
Statistics
Area 583 km2 (225 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
91,242
90,109 (98.8%)
Parishes 60
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 5th Century
Cathedral Cattedrale di SS. Trinità e Beata Vergine Maria Madre della Chiesa (Cerreto Sannita)
Co-cathedral Concattedrale della Santissima Trinità (Telese Terme)
Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Sant’Agata de’ Goti)
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Michele De Rosa
Website
www.diocesicerreto.it

The Italian Catholic Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti (Latin: Dioecesis Cerretanus-Thelesinus-Sanctae Agathae Gothorum), in Campania, Italy, has existed since 1986, when the Diocese of Sant'Agata de' Goti was united into the historical Diocese of Telese o Cerreto Sannita. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Benevento.[1]

History

The first bishop of Telese mentioned is Agnellus (487). Having fallen into decay, the town was rebuilt in the ninth century. From the tenth century it was subject to the Archbishop of Benevento.

In 1612 Bishop Gian Francesco Leoni (1508) transferred the episcopal residence to Cerreto Sannita. In 1818 the see was united to the diocese of Piedimonte d'Alife,[2] but it was re-established in 1852. Among its bishops were:

Ordinaries

Diocese of Telese o Cerreto Sannita

Latin Name: Thelesinus et Cerretanus
Erected: 5th Century

Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti

United: 30 September 1986 with Diocese of Sant’Agata de’ Goti'
Latin Name: Cerretanus-Thelesinus-Sanctae Agathae Gothorum

Notes

  1. Catholic Hierarchy page
  2. Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy
  3. Catholic Encyclopedia article

 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. 

Co-cathedrals: Cathedral in Telese Terme (left) Cathedral in Sant'Agata de' Goti (right)

Coordinates: 41°16′57″N 14°33′18″E / 41.28250°N 14.55500°E / 41.28250; 14.55500

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