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Diocese of Sessa Aurunca

Diocese of Sessa Aurunca
Dioecesis Suessana
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Sessa Aurunca Cathedral
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Naples
Statistics
Area 338 km2 (131 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2014)
90,300 (est.)
88,300 (est.) (97.8%)
Parishes 42
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 5th Century
Cathedral Basilica-Cattedrale di Ss. Pietro e Paolo
Secular priests 43 (diocesan)
12 (Religious Orders)
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Orazio Francesco Piazza
Emeritus Bishops Antonio Napolitano
Website
www.diocesisessa.it

The Diocese of Sessa Aurunca (Latin: Dioecesis Suessana) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in southern Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples. In 2014, in the diocese of Sessa there was one priest for every 1,605 Catholics.

The inhabitants of Sessa Aurunca venerate as patron saint their Bishop, St. Castus, a martyr at the end of the third century. There still remain ruins of the ancient basilica dedicated to him, with which catacombs are still connected. The first bishop of certain date was Fortunatus (499); but until the end of the tenth century the names of the bishops are unknown.

In 985 Pope John XIV confirmed the right of the Archbishop of Benevento to consecrate a number of suffragan bishops, including the Bishop of Sessa (Sessula). The right was confirmed by Pope Gregory V in 998, by Pope Benedict VIII in 1018, by Pope Leo IX in 1054. In the twelfth century, under the Normans, Suessa was part of the ecclesiastical province of Capua. The new cathedral was consecrated in 1113.

Coordinates: 41°14′00″N 13°56′00″E / 41.2333°N 13.9333°E / 41.2333; 13.9333


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