The ecclesiastical region of Campania is one of the sixteen
ecclesiastical region
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Catholic Church
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s of the
Catholic Church in Italy
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. It consists of three
ecclesiastical province
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s, twenty-two dioceses, one territorial prelature, and two territorial abbeys. Its territory roughly corresponds with the
Italian Republic
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Area (km2): 13.879
Inhabitants: 5.911.843
Parishes: 1.821
Number of secular priests: 2261
Number of regular priests: 1307
Number of permanent deacons: 489
Subdivision
This ecclesiastical region is made up of twenty-five
diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, prov ...
s:
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Metropolitan
Metropolitan may refer to:
Areas and governance (secular and ecclesiastical)
* Metropolitan archdiocese, the jurisdiction of a metropolitan archbishop
** Metropolitan bishop or archbishop, leader of an ecclesiastical "mother see"
* Metropolitan ar ...
Archdiocese of Naples
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(
ecclesiastical province
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), whose
suffragan
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district
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Diocese of Alife-Caiazzo
The Diocese of Alife-Caiazzo () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Campania, southern Italy, created in 1986. In that year the historic Diocese of Alife was united with the Diocese of Caiazzo. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdioc ...
**
Diocese of Aversa
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...
Diocese of Caserta
The Diocese of Caserta () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Campania, southern Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples.Diocese of Ischia
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Metropolitan
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Areas and governance (secular and ecclesiastical)
* Metropolitan archdiocese, the jurisdiction of a metropolitan archbishop
** Metropolitan bishop or archbishop, leader of an ecclesiastical "mother see"
* Metropolitan ar ...
Archdiocese of Benevento
The Archdiocese of Benevento () is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church. It currently has five suffragan dioceses: the diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, the diocese of Avellino, the diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti ...
(
ecclesiastical province
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), whose
suffragan
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In the Catholic Church, a suffragan bishop leads a diocese within an ecclesiastical province other than the principal diocese, the metropolitan archdiocese; the diocese led ...
district
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Territorial Abbey of Montevergine
The Territorial Abbey of Montevergine () is a Latin Church territorial abbey located in the commune of Montevergine in the ecclesiastical province of Benevento in Italy.
About 1120 William of Vercelli founded an abbey of eremitic inspiratio ...
Metropolitan
Metropolitan may refer to:
Areas and governance (secular and ecclesiastical)
* Metropolitan archdiocese, the jurisdiction of a metropolitan archbishop
** Metropolitan bishop or archbishop, leader of an ecclesiastical "mother see"
* Metropolitan ar ...
Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno
The Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Campania, southern Italy, created in 1986. The historic Archdiocese of Salerno was in existence from the tenth century, having been elevated from a ...
(
ecclesiastical province
An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian churches, including those of both Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity, that have traditional hierarchical structures. An ecclesiastical province consist ...
), whose
suffragan
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In the Catholic Church, a suffragan bishop leads a diocese within an ecclesiastical province other than the principal diocese, the metropolitan archdiocese; the diocese led ...
district
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Diocese of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno
The Diocese of Nocera dei Pagani-Sarno (), commonly known as Diocese of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno (), is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the Campania region of Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna ...
Cardinal
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**''Cardinalis'', genus of three species in the family Cardinalidae
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Crescenzio Sepe
Crescenzio Sepe (; born 2 June 1943) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Naples from 2006 to 2020. He served in the Roman Curia as Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 2001 to ...
,
Archbishop
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of
Naples
Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...
* Vice President: Luigi Moretti,
Archbishop
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Bishop
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of
Acerra
Acerra () is a town and ''comune'' of Campania, southern Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Naples, about northeast of the capital in Naples. It is part of the Agro Acerrano plain.
History
Acerra is one of the most ancient cities of the regi ...
Campania
Campania is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy located in Southern Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian Peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islan ...