Roman Catholic Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti
The Italian Catholic Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti (Latin: Dioecesis Cerretana-Thelesina-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-Cerreto Sannita. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Benevento.[1][2]
Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de' Goti Dioecesis Cerretana-Thelesina-Sanctae Agathae Gothorum | |
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Cathedral in Cerreto Sannita | |
Location | |
Country | ![]() |
Ecclesiastical province | Benevento |
Statistics | |
Area | 583 km2 (225 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (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 | Giuseppe Mazzafaro |
Bishops emeritus | Michele De Rosa |
Website | |
www.diocesicerreto.it |
It has its cathedral episcopal see Cattedrale di SS. Trinità e Beata Vergine Maria Madre della Chiesa, [clarification needed] 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.