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Diocese of Sessa Aurunca

Dioecesis Suessana



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Bishop(s)

  • Giacomo Cirulli, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 5th Century
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 338 (130 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Campania
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesisessa.it/
  • Mailing Address: Via XXI Luglio 148, 81037 Sessa Aurunca [Caserta], Italia
  • Telephone: 0823.93.71.67
  • Fax: (same)

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
5th CenturyErectedDiocese of Sessa Aurunca (erected)
27 June 1818Territory AddedDiocese of Carinola (Calina) (suppressed) Diocese of Sessa Aurunca
21 March 1977Territory AddedTerritorial Abbey of Montecassino (Sorbello in Sessa Aurunca) Diocese of Sessa Aurunca
30 April 1979Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Sessa Aurunca (from Capua)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
188632,168.0%130041OTC
194960,00060,000100.0%6066690971542ap1951
197073,92074,23099.6%4915641,155156049ap1971
198095,93096,50099.4%4012521,84421611051ap1981
1990106,800110,00097.1%4118591,8102011342ap1991
199973,99074,24099.7%3919581,27572110042ap2000
200074,30075,00099.1%3913521,4287169642ap2001
200174,50076,00098.0%3911501,4907149742ap2002
200274,50076,00098.0%4112531,4057159842ap2003
200385,50087,72097.5%4112531,6137149842ap2004
200485,50087,72097.5%3812501,7107157142ap2005
201086,90088,90097.8%4113541,6098135242ap2011
201488,30090,30097.8%4312551,6056126342ap2015
201788,00092,00095.7%4312551,6006125042ap2018
202088,73092,00096.4%3612481,8486125042ap2021

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 467, and Page 468
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 243
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 305
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 324
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 365
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 388
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 353
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 921, to Page 922
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 69, Page 217, to Page 219
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 71, Page 562, and Page 563

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