Roman Catholic Diocese of Aversa

Diocese of Aversa Dioecesis Aversana
File:Facciata della Cattedrale di San Paolo di Aversa.JPG Aversa Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Naples
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 560,626 545,060 (97.2%)
Parishes	94
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1053 (971 years ago)
Cathedral	Cattedrale di S. Paolo Apostolo
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Angelo Spinillo
Emeritus Bishops	Mario Milano
Website
www.diocesiaversa.it

The Diocese of Aversa (Latin: Dioecesis Aversana) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Campania, southern Italy, created in 1053. It is suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples.

History

The city of Aversa arose in the 11th century, near the destroyed Atella. The Norman Duke Robert Guiscard built a fortification which in time became an urban centre. Duke Robert, becoming a vassal of the pope and supporting him in his struggle with the Holy Roman Emperor, obtained permission from Pope Leo IX to have the Bishopric of Atella transferred to Aversa.

On Saturday, January 15, 2011, the Vatican Information Service announced that Pope Benedict XVI had appointed Bishop Angelo Spinillo, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Teggiano-Policastro, as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aversa (area 361, population 566,680, Catholics 549,070, priests 210, permanent deacons 24, religious 458), Italy. He succeeded Archbishop-Bishop Mario Milano, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Pope accepted due to age.

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