Bishop of Pozzuoli
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Diocese of Pozzuoli Dioecesis Puteolana |
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Naples |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 105 km2 (41 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 535,817 527,490 (98.4%) |
| Parishes | 69 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1st Century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di Maria SS. Assunta |
| Secular priests | 93 (diocesan) 46 (Religious Orders) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Gennaro Pascarella |
| Emeritus Bishops | Silvio Padoin |
| Website | |
| www.diocesipozzuoli.it | |
The Diocese of Pozzuoli (Latin: Dioecesis Puteolanus) is a Roman Catholic bishopric in Campania, southern Italy. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naples, like its other neighbor dioceses, Aversa and Ischia. In 2013 in the diocese of Pozzuoli there was one priest for every 3,794 Catholics.
The diocese of Pozzuoli was founded around 100 AD.
Proculus, Acutius, Eutyches and Artemas were martyrs of Pozzuoli, and St. Januarius of Benevento and his companions suffered martyrdom here.
In 1207, it gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Cuma (Italy).
Its cathedral episcopal see is a Minor Basilica in Pozzuoli, Basilica Cattedrale di S. Procolo Martire, devoted to the local martyr Proculus of Pozzuoli.
Its Co-Cathedral in Monterusciello is the Concattedrale di S. Paolo Apostolo, devoted to St. Paul the Apostle.
It also has a Pro-Cathedral in Pozzuoli, Procattedrale di Santa Maria della Consolazione, devoted to Our Lady of Consolation, and a ruined former cathedral, also in Pozzuoli, which was devoted to regional saint S. Maximo di Cuma.
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