Archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano Archidioecesis Campobassensis-Boianensis |
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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 domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.