Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trani-Bisceglie
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Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth) Archidioecesis Tranensis-Barolensis-Vigiliensis (-Nazarensis) |
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Bari-Bitonto |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 701 km2 (271 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2014) 292,420 (est.) 279,900 (est.) (95.7%) |
| Parishes | 66 |
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| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 6th Century |
| Cathedral | Trani Cathedral |
| Co-cathedral | Bisceglie Cathedral, Barletta Cathedral |
| Secular priests | 108 (diocesan) 37 (Religious Orders) 25 (Deacons) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Sede Vacante |
| Emeritus Bishops | Carmelo Cassati, M.S.C. |
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (Latin: Archidioecesis Tranensis-Barolensis-Vigiliensis (-Nazarensis)) is a Latin rite archbishopric in the administrative province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, in the southeastern Italian region of Apulia. In 1980 it became a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto, when it was demoted to non-Metropolitan status. It received its current name in 1986, when the Archbishopric of Trani (suffragan until 1063) added to its title the names of two suppressed bishoprics merged into it.
It archiepiscopal cathedral see is Basilica Cattedrale di S. Nicola Pellegrino, a minor basilica, in Trani.
It has three Co-cathedrals, in the two bishoprics whose titles it adopted : Basilica Concattedrale di S. Maria Maggiore, in Barletta and Basilica Concattedrale di S. Pietro Apostolo, in Bisceglie (both also Minor basilicas) and Concattedrale di S. Maria di Nazareth, also in Barletta
Furthermore, another Minor Basilica: Basilica del San Sepolcro, again in Barletta
and two Former Cathedrals: Chiesa San Giacomo Maggiore, in Barletta, and Ex cattedrale San Stefano, in Trinitapoli
The legend of St. Magnus relates that there was at Trani about the middle of the third century a bishop, Redemptus, who was succeeded by St. Magnus. The legend is recent in origin, and its character is so fantastic that it is not to be believed.
The first bishop whose date is known with certainty is Eutychius, who was present at the dedication of the Basilica of Monte Gargano in 493.
Until the end of the tenth century Trani had certainly followed the Latin Rite, and Bishop Bernardo opposed the decree of the Patriarch Polyeuctes (968) introducing the Greek Rite; it is uncertain whether Joannes, bishop of Trani, who embraced the schism of Michael Caerularius and in consequence was deposed by Pope Nicholas II (1059), belonged to the Greek Rite. His successor was Delius, and thenceforward Trani continued in the Latin Rite.
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