Roman Catholic Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti
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The Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti (Latin: Dioecesis Cerretana-Thelesina-Sanctae Agathae Gothorum) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Campania, Italy, has existed since 1986, when the Diocese of Sant'Agata de' Goti was suppressed, and its territory and Catholic population united to the Diocese of Telese-Cerreto Sannita. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Benevento.[1][2]
Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de' Goti Dioecesis Cerretana-Thelesina-Sanctae Agathae Gothorum | |
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Benevento |
Statistics | |
Area | 583 km2 (225 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 88,322 86,289 (97.7%) |
Parishes | 60 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 5th Century |
Cathedral | SS. Trinità e Beata Vergine Maria Madre della Chiesa (Cerreto Sannita) |
Co-cathedral | Santissima Trinità (Telese Terme) S. Maria Assunta (Sant’Agata de’ Goti) |
Secular priests | 53 (diocesan) 14 (Religious Orders) 2 Permanent Deacons |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Giuseppe Mazzafaro |
Bishops emeritus | Michele De Rosa |
Website | |
www.diocesicerreto.it |
The cathedral of the diocese, the Cattedrale di SS. Trinità e Beata Vergine Maria Madre della Chiesa, dedicated to the Holy Trinity and, in a late-20th century addition, to Mary Mother of the Church, is located in Cerreto Sannita.