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Diocese of San Severo

Dioecesis Sancti Severi



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Bishop(s)

  • Giuseppe Mengoli, Bishop
  • Lucio Angelo Renna, O. Carm., Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 21 February 1580
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 1,270 (490 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Puglia
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesisansevero.it/
  • Mailing Address: Curia Vescovile, Via Carmine Cannelonga 28, 71016 San Severo [Foggia], Italia
  • Telephone: 0882.21.16.26

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Civitate (Città or Civita)
11th CenturyErectedDiocese of Civitate (Città or Civita) (erected)
Diocese of San Severo
21 February 1580Name ChangedDiocese of Civitate (Città or Civita) Diocese of San Severo
23 February 1916Territory AddedArchdiocese of Benevento (Lesina and Poggio Imperiale) Diocese of San Severo
30 April 1979Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of San Severo (from Benevento)
1 January 1994Territory LostDiocese of San Severo (Convento Maria SS.ma di Stignano (in S. Marco)) Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of San Severo
188631,466.0%8907OTC
194979,90080,00099.9%602080998266513ap1951
197091,30092,75398.4%4011511,790137818ap1971
1980100,000105,00095.2%4112531,8861410624ap1981
1990127,200130,50097.5%488562,271188036ap1991
1999128,500130,50098.5%4814622,07211511436ap2000
2000128,500130,50098.5%4711582,21511311036ap2001
2001128,500130,50098.5%4911602,14111310836ap2002
2002128,500130,50098.5%4911602,14111310636ap2003
2003128,500130,50098.5%4913622,07221510636ap2004
2004128,500130,50098.5%5113642,00711410636ap2005
2010128,000131,20097.6%5413671,91021510637ap2011
2014120,000158,70075.6%4310532,2642129434ap2015
2017119,200153,40077.7%488562,128286333ap2018
202096,340119,52180.6%542561,72022435ap2021
2022103,959115,51090.0%512531,96122435ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Civitate (Città or Civita)
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 189
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 129
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 167, and Page 168
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 923
    • Crontassi Iconografia ed Araldica dell'Episcopato Pugliese, Page 161, to Page 162
  • Diocese of San Severo
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 313, and Page 314
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 355
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 377, and Page 378
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 8, Page 102, and Page 103
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 71, Page 563, and Page 564

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