Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sorrento
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Archdiocese of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia Archidioecesis Surrentina-Castri Maris o Stabiensis |
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Sorrento Cathedral
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Naples |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 205 km2 (79 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2014) 243,700 (est.) 240,600 (est.) (98.7%) |
| Parishes | 87 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 5th Century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di Ss. Filippo e Giacomo (Sorrento) |
| Co-cathedral | Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Castellammare di Stabia) |
| Secular priests | 129 (diocesan) 31 (Religious Orders0 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Francesco Alfano |
| Emeritus Bishops | Felice Cece |
| Website | |
The Italian Catholic Archdiocese of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia (Latin: Archidioecesis Surrentina-Castri Maris o Stabiensis) in Campania, has existed since 1986. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples, having lost its status as a metropolitan in 1979. The Diocese of Castellammare di Stabia was united into the historic Archdiocese of Sorrento, in 1986. In 2014, in the diocese of Sorrento there was one priest for every 1,503 Catholics.
In the tenth century Sorrento became a metropolitan see, the first archbishop being Leo Parus. Among its bishops were Francesco Remolino (1501), who was made a prisoner by the Turks and ransomed with the treasures of the church (in part his own donations), and Filippo Strozzi (1525), said to have been three times rescued from prison in the sack of Rome in 1527.
In 1558 the Turks under Piyale Pasha effected a landing at Salerno, and plundered and burned the city, on which occasion the archives perished. The new bishop, Giulio Pavesi, sought to repair the damages. Diego Pietra (1680) founded the seminary, afterwards enlarged by Filippo Anastasi (1699); the latter defended the immunities of the Church and was forcibly exiled to Terracina. In 1861 Francesco Apuzzo was, by order of the new Government, exiled to France.
In 1818 the diocese of Massa Lubrense, diocese of Vico Equense, a suffragan of the archdiocese of Amalfi, and the diocese of Capri were united with Sorrento.
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