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Archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano

Archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano
Archidioecesis Campobassensis-Boianensis
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Campobasso-Boiano
Statistics
Area 1,120 km2 (430 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
125,000
123,000 (98.4%)
Parishes 70
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 11th Century
Cathedral Cattedrale della Santissima Trinità (Campobasso)
Co-cathedral Concattedrale di S. Bartolomeo (Bojano)
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Giancarlo Maria Bregantini, C.S.S.
Emeritus Bishops Armando Dini
Website
www.diocesicampobassobojano.it

The Italian Catholic Archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano (Latin: Archidioecesis Campobassensis-Boianensis) became an archdiocese in 1973 and a metropolitan see in 1976. The historical diocese of Boiano was renamed diocese of Boiano-Campobasso in 1927. It was suffragan to the archdiocese of Benevento.

The first recorded bishop of Boiano is Adalberto (1071). Others were:

After the death of Bishop Nicolò Rosetti (elected in 1774), differences between the Holy See and the Kingdom of Naples prevented the appointment of a successor until 1836, when Giuseppe Riccardi was appointed.

Latin Name: Boianensis
Erected: 11th Century
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Benevento

Latin Name: Boianensis-Campobassensis
Name Changed: 29 June 1927
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Benevento

Latin Name: Boianensis-Campobassensis
Elevated: 11 February 1973
Metropolitan See

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainHerbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton. 


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