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Diocese of Aversa

Diocese of Aversa
Dioecesis Aversana
Facciata della Cattedrale di San Paolo di Aversa.JPG
Aversa Cathedral
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Naples
Statistics
Area 361 km2 (139 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2015)
567,566
543,260 (95.7%)
Parishes 94
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 1053 (964 years ago)
Cathedral Cattedrale di S. Paolo Apostolo
Secular priests 184 (diocesan)
29 (Religious Orders0
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Angelo Spinillo
Emeritus Bishops Mario Milano
Website
www.diocesiaversa.it

The Diocese of Aversa (Latin: Dioecesis Aversana) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Campania, southern Italy, created in 1053. It is suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples.

The city of Aversa arose in the 11th century, near the destroyed Atella. The Norman Duke Robert Guiscard built a fortification which in time became an urban centre. Duke Robert, becoming a vassal of the pope and supporting him in his struggle with the Holy Roman Emperor, obtained permission from Pope Leo IX to have the Bishopric of Atella transferred to Aversa.

On Saturday, January 15, 2011, the Vatican Information Service announced that Pope Benedict XVI had appointed Bishop Angelo Spinillo, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Teggiano-Policastro, as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aversa. He succeeded Archbishop-Bishop Mario Milano, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese was accepted by the Pope on the grounds that he had reached the canonical age of retirement (75).

Erected: 1053
Latin Name: Aversanus
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Napoli

 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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