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Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo

Archidioecesis Potentina-Murana-Marsicensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Davide Carbonaro, O.M.D., Archbishop-Elect
  • Salvatore Ligorio, Archbishop Emeritus
  • Agostino Superbo, Archbishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • United: 30 September 1986
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 1,634 (631 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Basilicata
  • Official Web Site: http://www.arcidiocesipotenza.it/
  • Mailing Address: Largo Duomo 5, 85100 Potenza, Italia
  • Telephone: 0971.26.426; 0971.41.17.06
  • Fax: 0971.26.535

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Potenza
5th CenturyErectedDiocese of Potenza (erected)
Diocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo
27 June 1818UnitedDiocese of Marsico Nuovo
Diocese of Potenza
Diocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo
2 July 1954Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo (from Salerno (-Acerno))
Archdiocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo
11 February 1973ElevatedDiocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo Archdiocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo
31 May 1973Territory AddedDiocese of Campagna (Sacred Heart of Jesus and St. Michael (in S. Angelo Le Fratte), S. Peter the Apostle (in Satriano di Lucania), S. Nicolai Barensis (in Savoia di Lucania), and St. .Nicolai of Myrensis (in Vietri di Potenza)) Archdiocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo
21 August 1976ElevatedArchdiocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo (became a Metropolitan)
8 September 1976Territory AddedTerritorial Abbey of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni (Tramutola) Archdiocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo
8 September 1976Territory LostArchdiocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo (Moliterno and Sarconi) Diocese of Anglona-Tursi
8 September 1976Territory AddedDiocese of Acerenza (B. Maria Virginis a Monte Carmelo (in Castelglorioso-Arioso)) Archdiocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo
8 September 1976Territory AddedDiocese of Melfi e Rapolla (Immaculate Conception B. M. V. (in Inforchia)) Archdiocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo
Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo
30 September 1986UnitedDiocese of Muro Lucano
Archdiocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo
Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo
188692,467.0%219021OTC
195087,05087,050100.0%6524899783613625ap1951
1970111,457.0%54399304621833ap1971
Archdiocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo
1980133,400136,40097.8%6433971,3753520142ap1981
Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo
1990153,800154,80099.4%68381061,45034022057ap1991
1999152,000152,60099.6%72311031,475133317859ap2000
2000152,000152,60099.6%73311041,461133313559ap2001
2001178,000180,00098.9%77301071,663183213061ap2002
2002173,500175,00099.1%78321101,577203312061ap2003
2003151,200152,00099.5%84411251,209195123061ap2004
2004151,200152,00099.5%82371191,270198620061ap2005
2013152,200154,30098.6%86311171,30023388064ap2014
2016151,300158,40095.5%86341201,26024447664ap2017
2019154,000156,95598.1%81281091,412184111160ap2020
2021153,000155,10098.6%71301011,514174310061ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Potenza
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 407
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 218, and Page 219
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 279
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 287
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 322, and Page 323
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 347
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 693
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 913, to Page 914
  • Diocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 46, Page 522, to Page 524
  • Archdiocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 65, Page 131, to Page 133
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 65, Page 503, to Page 504
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 68, Page 593, and Page 594
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 68, Page 675, to Page 677
  • Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 79, Page 764, to Page 766

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