The Archdiocese of Pescara Penne ( Latin: Archidioecesis Piscariensis-Pinnensis , Italian: Arcidiocesi di Pescara-Penne ) The Archdiocese is the Metropolitanate of the Roman Catholic Church , which is part of the church region of Abruzzo Molise . Currently, the archdiocese is governed by the archbishop , Metropolitan Tommaso Valentinetti . The vicar bishop is Giuseppe Comerliati. Honorary Bishop - Francesco Cuccarese.
| Archdiocese of Pescara Penne | |
|---|---|
| lat Archidioecesis piscariensis-pinnensis ital. Arcidiocesi di pescara-penne | |
 Cathedral of San Cetteo in Pescara | |
| Latin rite | |
| Main city | Pescara |
| A country | Italy |
| Established | V century |
| Cathedral | San chetteo |
| Dioceses of Suffragans | Diocese of Teramo Atri |
| Parishes | 126 |
| Hierarch | Tommaso Valentinetti |
| Diocese Square | 1600 kmΒ² |
| Diocese population | 298,000 people |
| The number of Catholics | 292,000 people |
| Share of Catholics | 98%% |
| Site | diocesipescara.it |
The clergy of the diocese includes 197 priests (132 diocesan and 65 monastic priests ), 16 deacons , 72 monks, 398 nuns.
Diocese address: Piazza dello Spirito Santo 5, 65122 Pescara. Phone: 085 4222571. Fax: 085 4213149. Email: info@diocesipescara.it.
The patrons of the archdiocese of Pescara Penne are Saint Tseti (in the city of Pescara) and Saint Maxim (in the city of Penne).
Content
Territory
The jurisdiction of the archdiocese includes 125 parishes in 41 communes of Abruzzo : 31 in the province of Pescara , 10 in the province of Teramo and the Pretaro faction in the commune of Francavilla al Mare in the province of Chieti (until 2010).
All parishes are united in 12 deans : Castiglione Messer Raimondo , Cepagatti , Cermignano , Montesilvano , Penne , Pescara Centrale , Pescara Collie , Pescara Nord , Pescara Potra Nuova , Pescara Sud , Spoltore e Torre de Passeri .
The bishop's chair is located in the city of Pescara in the church of St. Tsetei , in the city of Penne there is the Co-Cathedral of St. Maximus . The Cathedral of St. Tetei, consecrated in honor of St. Tetei and All the Holy Popes, is a temple of national reconciliation, as it was built in 1933 on the occasion of the signing of the Lateran Accords. The Penne Cathedral was consecrated in honor of St. Maxim , whose relics have been resting in the temple since 868.
The composition of the metropolis (church province) of Pescara Penne includes:
- Archdiocese of Pescara Penne;
- Diocese of Teramo Atri .
History
The department at Penn has been known since the 5th century , but the first written evidence of it dates back to the Carolingian era. According to legend, the founder of the department was Patras , a disciple of Jesus Christ .
On March 15, 1252, the diocese was united with the diocese of Atri bulla Licet ea of Pope Innocent IV .
On June 1, 1526, Pope Clement VII Bull of Super Universas transformed her into the Vicar of the diocese of Chieti . In 1539 , at the request of Margarita of Austria , Duchess of Penne, Pope Paul III reassigned the diocese back directly to the Holy See .
After the founding of the city of Pescara , on July 1, 1949, Pope Pius XII, with a bull, Dioecesium circumscriptiones, joined the diocese of Penne to the diocese of Chieti , and the diocese of Atri became part of the diocese of Teramo . Reorganized in this way, the diocese received the new name of the diocese of Penne and Pescara, remaining directly subordinate to the Holy See.
March 2, 1982 by the bull Ad maiorem quidem of Pope John Paul II , the status of the diocese was elevated to the archdiocese - the metropolis with a new name - the archdiocese of Pescara Penne.
On May 31, 2010, the parish of Mary the Holy Mother of God in the faction (village) of Pretaro, in the commune of Francavilla al Mare, was included in the archdiocese of Chieti Vasto.
Ordinaries of the diocese
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Statistics
At the end of 2004, out of 298,000 people living in the diocese, 292,000 were Catholics, which corresponds to 98% of the total population of the diocese.
| year | population | priests | permanent deacons | the monks | parishes | ||||||
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| Catholics | Total | % | Total | secular clergy | black clergy | the number of Catholics per priest | men | women | |||
| 1950 | 234.500 | 235.000 | 99.8 | 171 | 102 | 69 | 1.371 | 69 | 150 | 71 | |
| 1970 | 270,000 | 270.500 | 99.8 | 165 | 115 | 50 | 1.636 | 60 | 440 | 103 | |
| 1980 | 255.300 | 255.900 | 99.8 | 159 | 131 | 28 | 1.605 | one | 36 | 426 | 120 |
| 1990 | 274.400 | 275.600 | 99.6 | 205 | 138 | 67 | 1.338 | 7 | 85 | 402 | 139 |
| 1999 | 292.680 | 298.680 | 98.0 | 206 | 139 | 67 | 1.420 | 14 | 76 | 395 | 126 |
| 2000 | 292.000 | 298.000 | 98.0 | 212 | 147 | 65 | 1.377 | 15 | 72 | 403 | 126 |
| 2001 | 292.000 | 298.000 | 98.0 | 208 | 143 | 65 | 1.403 | 15 | 72 | 398 | 126 |
| 2002 | 292.000 | 298.000 | 98.0 | 205 | 140 | 65 | 1.424 | 15 | 72 | 398 | 126 |
| 2003 | 292.000 | 298.000 | 98.0 | 201 | 136 | 65 | 1.452 | sixteen | 72 | 398 | 126 |
| 2004 | 292.000 | 298.000 | 98.0 | 197 | 132 | 65 | 1.482 | sixteen | 72 | 398 | 126 |
Sources
- Annuario pontificio for 2005 and previous years at Catholic-hierarchy.org , page [1]
- Official site of the archdiocese of Pescara Penne
- Vincenzo Di Michele, Intermesoli, Storia e leggenda , pp. 23β26.
- Bulla Licet ea , in Bullarum diplomatum et privilegiorum sanctorum Romanorum pontificum Taurinensis editio , Volume III, p. 547-549 (lat.)
- Bull Dioecesium circumscriptiones' , AAS 42 (1950), p. 135 (lat.)
- Bull Ad maiorem quidem (lat.)
- Scheda dell'arcidiocesi on gcatholic.org (Italian)
See also
- Pescara
- Cathedral of St. Tsetei (Pescara)
- St. Maxim's Cathedral (Penne)