Diocese of Teano
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Diocese of Teano-Calvi Dioecesis Theanensis-Calvensis |
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Naples |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 663 km2 (256 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2014) 84,400 (est.) 82,600 (est.) (97.9%) |
| Parishes | 70 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 5th Century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di San Giovanni ante Portam Latinam (Teano) |
| Co-cathedral | Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta (Calvi) |
| Secular priests | 50 (diocesan) 19 (Religious Orders) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Arturo Aiello |
| Website | |
| www.diocesiteanocalvi.it | |
The Diocese of Teano-Calvi (Latin: Dioecesis Theanensis-Calvensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Campania, southern Italy, created in 1986. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples. The historic Diocese of Teano and Diocese of Calvi Risorta were united in 1818, forming the diocese of Calvi e Teano. In 2014, in the diocese of Teano-Calvi there was one priest for every 1,197 Catholics.
Calvi is the ancient Cales or Calenum, not far from Capua. Towards the end of the fifth century it was certainly a bishopric, since Valerius, Bishop of Calenum, was present at the Roman Council held by Pope Symmachus in 499. Destroyed in the 9th century by the Saracens, it was rebuilt by Atenulf I of Capua, at which time, probably, the see was re-established. It certainly had a bishop at the end of the eleventh century.
Latin Name: Calvensis
Erected: 5th Century
Latin Name: Calvensis et Theanensis
United: 27 June 1818 with Diocese of Teano
Latin Name: Theanensis-Calvensis
Name Changed: 30 September 1986
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Teano". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.
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