Roman Catholic Diocese of Avellino

The Italian Catholic diocese of Avellino is in the Naples region. It is suffragan to the archdiocese of Benevento.

Avellino was founded by St. Sabinus at the beginning of the 2nd century. The list of bishops dates from 1124. The diocese of Frigento, whose list runs from 1080 to 1455, was united with that of Avellino from 9 May 1466, until 27 June 1818, when it was suppressed. Avellino was vacant from 1782 to 1792.

References

• Annuario Eccl. (Rome, 1907)
• Cappelletti, Chiese d'Italia (1884), xix
• Zingarelli, Storia della cattedra di Avelino e di suoi pastori, etc. (Naples, 1856)

External links

• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Source

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company. 

This article about a Roman Catholic diocese in Italy is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Roman Catholic dioceses in Italy Bishops of Avellino European Roman Catholic diocese stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая? Stanisław Zaremba (bishop of Kiev) John Coyne (writer) Look at other dictionaries: Roman Catholic Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia — The Italian Catholic diocese of Ariano was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Benevento. In 1986 it was united with the diocese of Lacedonia to form the current diocese of Ariano Irpino Lacedonia.[1] Contents 1 History 2 References 3 Notes …   Wikipedia Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Benevento — The cathedral of Benevento, Maria SS. Assunta in Cielo, which was dedicated for the first time in the late 8th century. The Italian Catholic archdiocese of Benevento (Latin: Archidioecesis Beneventanus) has a long history; it now has as suffragan …   Wikipedia Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia — The Italian Catholic archdiocese of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi Conza Nusco Bisaccia, in Campania, has existed since 1986. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Benevento. [1] Contents 1 Organizational changes 2 History 3 References …   Wikipedia List of Roman Catholic dioceses (structured view) — The Roman Catholic church in its entirety contains over 3,000 dioceses, 800 archdioceses as well as military ordinaries, Apostolic vicariates, and prefectures around the world. This is a structural list to show the relationships of each diocese… …   Wikipedia List of the Roman Catholic dioceses in Italy — The following is the List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of Italy. The Roman Catholic Church in Italy is composed of hundreds of particular churches, most of which are dioceses led by bishops. Dioceses led by archbishops are called archdioceses.… …   Wikipedia List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Europe — In the birthplace of the Catholic church, there are a large number of dioceses principally centred in the countries of Italy, Spain, France, Ireland, and Poland. Italy has the largest number of dioceses per capita of any country, although Brazil… …   Wikipedia Diocese of Nusco — was a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Campania, southern Italy, existing until 1986. In that year it was united into the archdiocese of Conza Sant Angelo dei Lombardi Bisaccia, to form the Archdiocese of Conza Sant Angelo dei Lombardi… …   Wikipedia Diocese of Sant' Angelo de' Lombardi-Bisaccia — The former Italian Catholic Diocese of Sant Angelo dei Lombardi Bisaccia, in the Province of Avellino, Southern Italy, existed until 1921. In that year it was united into the Archdiocese of Conza Campagna, to form the Archdiocese of Conza Sant… …   Wikipedia General Roman Calendar as in 1954 — The following is a list of the feast days of the General Roman Calendar as it was in 1954. It thus incorporates changes that were made by Pope Pius XI (1922 1939), such as the institution of the Feast of Christ the King, but not those made in… …   Wikipedia Montemarano —   Comune   Comune di Montemarano …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”