Diocese of Telese
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Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti Dioecesis Cerretanus-Thelesinus-Sanctae Agathae Gothorum |
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Cathedral in Cerreto Sannita
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| Location | |
| Country |  Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Benevento |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 583 km2 (225 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 91,242 90,109 (98.8%) |
| Parishes | 60 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 5th Century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di SS. Trinità e Beata Vergine Maria Madre della Chiesa (Cerreto Sannita) |
| Co-cathedral | Concattedrale della Santissima Trinità (Telese Terme) Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Sant’Agata de’ Goti) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Michele De Rosa |
| Website | |
| www.diocesicerreto.it | |
The Italian Catholic Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti (Latin: Dioecesis Cerretanus-Thelesinus-Sanctae Agathae Gothorum), in Campania, Italy, has existed since 1986, when the Diocese of Sant'Agata de' Goti was united into the historical Diocese of Telese = of Cerreto Sannita. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Benevento.
It has its cathedral episcopal see Cattedrale di SS. Trinità e Beata Vergine Maria Madre della Chiesa, dedicated to the Holy Trinity and to Mary Mother of the Church, in Cerreto Sannita
and a Co-Cathedral: Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta, dedicated to the Assumption of Mary, in Sant’Agata de’ Goti
but the former Cathedral (now ruined): Ex cattedrale Santa Croce, dedicated to the Holy Cross, in Telese, remains decommissioned
There is also a Minor Basilica: Basilica-Santuario di S. Maria Assunta e S. Filippo Neri, in Guardia Sanframondi.
As per 2014, it pastorally served 89,753 Catholics (98.2% of 91,388 total) on 583 km² in 60 parishes and 50 missions with 73 priests (57 diocesan, 16 religious), 2 deacons, 98 lay religious (17 brothers, 81 sisters) and 6 seminarians.
The first bishop of Telese mentioned is Agnellus (487). Having fallen into decay, the town was rebuilt in the ninth century. From the tenth century it was subject to the Archbishop of Benevento.
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