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Diocese of Lucera-Troia

Dioecesis Lucerina-Troiana



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Bishop(s)

  • Giuseppe Giuliano, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • United: 30 September 1986
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 1,336 (516 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Puglia
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesiluceratroia.it/
  • Mailing Address: Palazzo Vescovile, Piazza Duomo 13, 71036 Lucera [Foggia], Italia
  • Telephone: 0881.52.08.82
  • Fax: 0881.52.08.828

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Lucera
4th CenturyErectedDiocese of Lucera (erected)
1391Territory AddedDiocese of Fiorentino (suppressed) Diocese of Lucera
1409Territory AddedDiocese of Tortiboli (suppressed) Diocese of Lucera
27 June 1818Territory AddedDiocese of Vulturara e Montecorvino (suppressed) Diocese of Lucera
30 April 1979Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Lucera (from Benevento)
21 January 1983Territory LostArchdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano (Sassinore)
Diocese of Lucera (San Bartolomeo in Galdo)
Archdiocese of Benevento
Diocese of Lucera-Troia
30 September 1986UnitedDiocese of Lucera
Diocese of Troia
Diocese of Lucera-Troia

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Lucera
188668,232.0%193017OTC
1950104,700105,00099.7%84191031,016278521ap1951
196997,27198,15399.1%5424781,2473411824ap1971
198094,30096,00098.2%5321741,274239625ap1981
Diocese of Lucera-Troia
199075,00078,10096.0%692190833238632ap1991
199973,00076,28095.7%6220828902248633ap2000
200074,00077,00096.1%6220829023278633ap2001
200174,00077,00096.1%6419838914268633ap2002
200274,00077,00096.1%6419838914268633ap2003
200374,00076,54396.7%6519848804268633ap2004
200474,00076,54396.7%6419838914268633ap2005
201366,00067,00098.5%5420748917262833ap2014
201666,30067,60098.1%5520758846242833ap2017
201959,85066,84089.5%5115669065182933ap2020
202156,98861,06593.3%4522678505222933ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Lucera
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 315
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 181
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 229
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 225
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 248, and Page 249
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 267
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 891, to Page 892
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 71, Page 563, and Page 564
  • Diocese of Lucera-Troia
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 79, Page 727, to Page 729

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