Roman Catholic Diocese of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo
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Diocese of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo Dioecesis Soranus-Cassinensis-Aquinatensis-Pontiscurvi |
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Sora Cathedral
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediately subject to the Holy See |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,016 km2 (778 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2014) 235,750 (est.) 232,900 (est.) (98.8%) |
| Parishes | 144 |
| Members | 381 (2014) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 3rd century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Sora) |
| Co-cathedral | Basilica Concattedrale degli SS. Costanzo e Tommaso d’Aquino (Aquino) Concattedrale di S. Bartolomeo Apostolo (Pontecorvo) |
| Patron saint | S. Restituta V.M. (May 27) [Sora], S. Costanzo Vescovo e S. Tommaso d'Aquino (March 7) [Aquino], Martirio di S. Giovanni Battista (August 29) [Pontecorvo] |
| Secular priests | 116 (diocesan) 26 (Religious Orders) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Gerardo Antonazzo |
| Emeritus Bishops | Luca Brandolini, C.M. |
| Website | |
| www.diocesisora.it | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo (Latin: Dioecesis Soranus-Cassiensis-Aquinatensis-Pontiscurvi) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Lazio region (central Italy). It is exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province. The current Bishop of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo is Gerardo Antonazzo, who was ordained a bishop on April 8, 2013 by Pope Francis.
The Diocese of Sora originated in the 3rd century.
On June 27, 1818, it was united with the Diocese of Aquino and Pontecorvo as the Diocese of Aquino, Sora and Pontecorvo, from September 30, 1986 known as the Diocese of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo.
On October 23, 2014, the lands of the Benedictine territorial Abbey of Montecassino which were not part of the abbey proper were transferred by Pope Francis to this diocese. It was then renamed to its current title. The various religious institutions involved in this transfer included 53 parishes. In 2014 there was one priest for every 1,640 Catholics in the diocese.
The seat of the bishop is the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption (Italian: Santa Maria Assunta) in Sora.
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