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Diocese of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo

Dioecesis Sorana-Cassinensis-Aquinatensis-Pontiscurvi



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Bishop(s)

  • Gerardo Antonazzo, Bishop
  • Luca Brandolini, C.M., Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 23 October 2014
  • Immediately Subject to the Holy See
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 2,016 (778 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Lazio
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesisora.it/
  • Mailing Address: Vescovado, Via 11 Febbraio 1929, n. 3, 03039 Sora [Frosinone], Italia
  • Telephone: 0776.83.10.82
  • Fax: 0776.82.01.60

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Sora
3rd CenturyErectedDiocese of Sora (erected)
Diocese of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo
27 June 1818UnitedDiocese of Aquino e Pontecorvo
Diocese of Sora
Diocese of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo
21 March 1977Territory AddedTerritorial Abbey of Montecassino (S. Peter in Curulis in Esperia) Diocese of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo
Diocese of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo
30 September 1986Name ChangedDiocese of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo Diocese of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo
Diocese of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo
23 October 2014Name ChangedTerritorial Abbey of Montecassino (Everything except the Abbey and its properties)
Diocese of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo
Diocese of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo
1886126,816.0%386069OTC
1950191,000.0%15915905123988ap1951
1959167,686167,721100.0%130441749635328098ap1960
1970150,184150,52099.8%1214816988865268103ap1971
1980155,900157,15099.2%1194015998057248106ap1981
Diocese of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo
1990156,547156,71799.9%102431451,0794823291ap1991
1999151,996153,55099.0%91331241,22563619991ap2000
2000152,351153,77299.1%91331241,22863619291ap2001
2001151,636153,01999.1%92301221,24293419591ap2002
2002152,146153,52099.1%88291171,30093118191ap2003
2003151,779153,37999.0%85271121,35592917591ap2004
2004151,100152,89398.8%77301071,412173415591ap2005
2010151,932154,85598.1%91181091,393171917591ap2011
2013154,200157,10098.2%7618941,640161915991ap2014
Diocese of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo
2014232,900235,75098.8%116261421,6401926181144ap2015
2017230,750234,13598.6%109291381,6721729170145ap2018
2020223,302229,73897.2%112241361,6411924169140ap2021
2022221,572229,15196.7%99181171,8931942140142ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Sora
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 458
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 240
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 302
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 319, and Page 320
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 360, and Page 361
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 384, and Page 385
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 350
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 925
  • Diocese of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 114
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 62
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 69, Page 217, to Page 219
  • Diocese of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 79, Page 648, to Page 650
  • Diocese of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 106, Page 920, to Page 923
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 107, Page 122, to Page 124

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