Archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano
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Archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano Archidioecesis Campobassensis-Boianensis |
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Campobasso-Boiano |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,120 km2 (430 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 125,000 123,000 (98.4%) |
| Parishes | 70 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 11th Century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale della Santissima Trinità (Campobasso) |
| Co-cathedral | Concattedrale di S. Bartolomeo (Bojano) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Giancarlo Maria Bregantini, C.S.S. |
| Emeritus Bishops | Armando Dini |
| Website | |
| www.diocesicampobassobojano.it | |
The Italian Catholic Archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano (Latin: Archidioecesis Campobassensis-Boianensis) became an archdiocese in 1973 and a metropolitan see in 1976. The historical diocese of Boiano was renamed diocese of Boiano-Campobasso in 1927. It was suffragan to the archdiocese of Benevento.
The first recorded bishop of Boiano is Adalberto (1071). Others were:
After the death of Bishop Nicolò Rosetti (elected in 1774), differences between the Holy See and the Kingdom of Naples prevented the appointment of a successor until 1836, when Giuseppe Riccardi was appointed.
Latin Name: Boianensis
Erected: 11th Century
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Benevento
Latin Name: Boianensis-Campobassensis
Name Changed: 29 June 1927
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Benevento
Latin Name: Boianensis-Campobassensis
Elevated: 11 February 1973
Metropolitan See
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.
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