Roman Catholic Diocese of Trivento

Diocese of Trivento

Dioecesis Triventinus
Cattedrale dei Santi Nazario, Celso e Vittore
An image of a coat of arms: Red field with a yellow octogram in the upper right and yellow bend from upper left to bottom right, with a bishop's mitre surmounting the shield.
Coat of Arms of the Diocese of Trivento
Location
CountryItaly
Ecclesiastical provinceCampobasso-Boiano
Statistics
Area1,234 km2 (476 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
53,450
53,280 (99.7%)
Parishes58
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established10th Century
CathedralCattedrale di Ss. Nazaroi, Celso e Vittore
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopClaudio Palumbo
Website
www.diocesitrivento.it

The Diocese of Trivento (Latin: Dioecesis Triventinus) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. The Diocese of Trivento is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano, in the ecclesiastical region of Abruzzo-Molise, southern Italy.[1][2]

The cathedral is Cattedrale di Ss. Nazario, Celso e Vittore, dedicated to the diocesan patron saints St. Nazarius, St. Celsus and St. Victor, in the episcopal see of Trivento, Campobasso province, in Molise administrative region. The other major sanctuary is at Canneto, in the commune Roccavivara, founded in the fourth century and until the tenth dependent on Montecassino.

History

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According to local legend the earliest bishop of Trivento was St. Castus of an uncertain epoch, assigning him to the fourth century.

Statistics and extent

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  • As of 2014, it pastorally served 51,786 Catholics (99.8% of 51,903 total) on 1,234 km2 in 58 parishes with 52 priests (50 diocesan, 2 religious), 1 deacon, 46 lay religious (2 brothers, 44 sisters) and 6 seminarians.
  • It comprises four deaneries - Agnone, Carovilli, Frosolone and Trivento - covering 40 commune (municipalities) in three administrative provinces :
    • in the Province of Campobasso : Trivento, Casalciprano, Castropignano, Duronia, Fossalto, Molise, Montefalcone nel Sannio, Pietracupa, Roccavivara, Salcito, San Biase e Torella del Sannio;
    • in the Province of Isernia : Agnone, Bagnoli del Trigno, Belmonte del Sannio, Capracotta, Carovilli, Castel del Giudice, Castelverrino, Chiauci, Civitanova del Sannio, Frosolone, Montenero Val Cocchiara, Pescolanciano, Pescopennataro, Pietrabbondante, Poggio Sannita, Rionero Sannitico, San Pietro Avellana, Sant'Angelo del Pesco e Vastogirardi;
    • in the Province of Chieti : Borrello, Castelguidone, Castiglione Messer Marino, Celenza sul Trigno, Roio del Sangro, Rosello, San Giovanni Lipioni, Schiavi di Abruzzo e Torrebruna.

Episcopal ordinaries

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Bishops of Trivento

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Diocese of Trivento" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved 6 June 2017
  2. ^ "Diocese of Trivento" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. ^ Catholic Encyclopedia article
  4. ^ "Bishop Leonardo Carmini" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 17, 2016
  5. ^ "Bishop Leonardo Corbera" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved October 7, 2016
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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainHerbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Trivento". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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