Bishop of Tricarico
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Diocese of Tricarico Dioecesis Tricaricensis |
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Tricarico Cathedral
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,237 km2 (478 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 36,700 35,000 (95.4%) |
| Parishes | 32 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 11th century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Vincenzo Carmine Orofino |
| Website | |
| www.webdiocesi.chiesacattolica.it | |
The Italian Catholic Diocese of Tricarico (Latin: Dioecesis Tricaricensis) is in Basilicata. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo.
Tricarico Cathedral was erected in 968 by Polyeuctos, Patriarch of Constantinople. The names of the bishops of Tricarico, then of the Greek Rite, are not known.
Of the Latin bishops after the Norman conquest the first was Arnoldo (1068); others were:
From 1805 to 1819 the see remained vacant. The diocese was in the past a suffragan of the archdiocese of Acerenza and Matera.
Erected: 11th Century
Latin Name: Dioecesis Tricaricensis
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Tricarico". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.
Coordinates: 40°37′00″N 16°09′00″E / 40.6167°N 16.1500°E
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