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Diocese of Sessa Aurunca Dioecesis Suessana | |
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Naples |
Statistics | |
Area | 338 km2 (131 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2017) 92,000 (est.) 88,000 (guess) |
Parishes | 42 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 5th Century |
Cathedral | Basilica-Cattedrale di Ss. Pietro e Paolo |
Secular priests | 43 (diocesan) 12 (Religious Orders) 6 Permanent Deacons |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Orazio Francesco Piazza |
Bishops emeritus | Antonio Napolitano |
Map | |
Website | |
www.diocesisessa.it |
The Diocese of Sessa Aurunca (Latin: Dioecesis Suessana) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in southern Italy. Since 1979 it has been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples.[1][2]