Archdiocese of Foggia

The Archdiocese of Foggia was a Roman Catholic archdiocese in Puglia, Italy, elevated in 1979. In 1986 it was merged with the Diocese of Bovino to form the Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino.^[1]

It had previously been the Diocese of Foggia, erected in June 1855.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino". catholic-hierarchy.org. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dfobo.html. 
2. ^ "Foggia". Catholic Encyclopedia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06123b.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-18. 

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