Established 1st Century | Parishes 287 Area 274 km² | |
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Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2004)1,608,0001,600,000 (99.5%) Auxiliary bishops Lucio Lemmo, Gennaro Acampa, Salvatore Angerami | ||
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naples (Italian: Arcidiocesi di Napoli; Latin: Archidioecesis Neapolitana) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese in southern Italy, the see being in Naples. A Christian community was founded there in the 1st century AD and the diocese of Naples was raised to the level of an Archdiocese in the 10th century. Two of Archbishops of Naples have been elected Pope, Paul IV and Innocent XII.
In 2004 it counted c. 1,600,000 baptized people.
The current ordinary of the Archdiocese of Naples is Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe. Lucio Lemmo and Gennaro Acampa are auxiliary bishops.
Suffragan dioceses
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