Parishes 87 Area 205 km² Emeritus bishop Felice Cece | Established 5th Century Phone +39 081 878 1244 Archbishop Francesco Alfano | |
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Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2014)243,700 (est.)240,600 (est.) (98.7%) Co-cathedral Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Castellammare di Stabia) Address Via Santa Maria della Pietà, 46, 80067 Sorrento NA, Italy Similar Cathedral, Curia Arcivesco, Chiesa dei Santi Ciro e Giovanni, Sant'Anto, StFrancis Church and Conv Profiles |
The Italian Catholic Archdiocese of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia (Latin: Archidioecesis Surrentina-Castri Maris o Stabiensis) in Campania, has existed since 1986. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples, having lost its status as a metropolitan in 1979. The Diocese of Castellammare di Stabia was united into the historic Archdiocese of Sorrento, in 1986. In 2014, in the diocese of Sorrento there was one priest for every 1,503 Catholics.
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History
In the tenth century Sorrento became a metropolitan see, the first archbishop being Leo Parus. Among its bishops were Francesco Remolino (1501), who was made a prisoner by the Turks and ransomed with the treasures of the church (in part his own donations), and Filippo Strozzi (1525), said to have been three times rescued from prison in the sack of Rome in 1527.
In 1558 the Turks under Piyale Pasha effected a landing at Salerno, and plundered and burned the city, on which occasion the archives perished. The new bishop, Giulio Pavesi, sought to repair the damages. Diego Pietra (1680) founded the seminary, afterwards enlarged by Filippo Anastasi (1699); the latter defended the immunities of the Church and was forcibly exiled to Terracina. In 1861 Francesco Apuzzo was, by order of the new Government, exiled to France.
In 1818 the diocese of Massa Lubrense, diocese of Vico Equense, a suffragan of the archdiocese of Amalfi, and the diocese of Capri were united with Sorrento.
Diocese of Sorrento
Erected: 5th Century
Latin Name: Surrentinus The first known bishop is Renatus of Sorrento, at the beginning of the fifth century.
Archdiocese of Sorrento
Elevated: 1068
Latin Name: Surrentinus
Territory Added: 1818 from the suppressed Diocese of Massa Lubrense, the suppressed Diocese of Vico Equense, and the suppressed Diocese of Capri
Archdiocese of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia
United: 30 September 1986 with the Diocese of Castellammare di Stabia
Latin Name: Surrentinus-Castri Maris o Stabiensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Naples