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Roman Catholic archdiocese in Italy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Italian Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche (Latin: Archidioecesis Camerinensis-Sancti Severini in Piceno) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church seated in Camerino, a city in the Province of Macerata, in the central Italian Marche region, in the Apennines. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Fermo.
Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche Archidioecesis Camerinensis-Sancti Severini in Piceno | |
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Fermo |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,603 km2 (619 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 59,738 57,250 (95.8%) |
Parishes | 95 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 3rd Century |
Cathedral | Camerino Cathedral (Cattedrale di SS. Annunziata) |
Co-cathedral | San Severino Cathedral (Concattedrale di S. Agostino) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Francesco Massara |
Bishops emeritus | Francesco Giovanni Brugnaro |
Map | |
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Website | |
arcidiocesicamerino.it |
In 1986 the historical archdiocese of Camerino, an archdiocese since 1787, was united with the diocese of San Severino.[1][2][3]
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During the persecution of Decius in 249, the priest Porphyrius, master of the youthful martyr Venantius, and the Bishop Leontius suffered martyrdom at Camerino. Gerontius appears at the Council of Rome in 464/465.
Latin Name: Camerinensis
Erected: 3rd Century
Latin Name: Camerinensis
Elevated: 17 December 1787
Immediately Subject to the Holy See
Latin Name: Camerinensis-Sancti Severini in Piceno
United: 30 September 1986 with Diocese of San Severino
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