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Diocese of Vallo della Lucania Dioecesis Vallensis in Lucania | |
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Salerno-Campagna-Acerno |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,562 km2 (603 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 161,000 157,000 (97.5%) |
Parishes | 138 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 12th Century |
Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Pantaleone |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Vincenzo Calvosa |
Website | |
www.diocesivallodellalucania.it |
The Italian Catholic Diocese of Vallo della Lucania (Latin : Dioecesis Vallensis in Lucania), in Campania, has existed under this name since 1945. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno. [1] [2]
Before renaming in 1945, it was the historical Diocese of Capaccio and Vallo . [3]
Latin Name: Caputaquensis
Erected: 12th Century
Latin Name: Caputaquensis et Vallensis
Name Changed: 16 July 1851
Latin Name: Vallensis in Lucania
Name Changed: 24 November 1945
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