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Diocese of Nocera dei Pagani-Sarno Nocera Inferiore-Sarno Dioecesis Nucerina Paganorum-Sarnensis | |
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Bishopric | |
Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical region | Campania |
Statistics | |
Area | 157 km2 (61 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | 240,500 228,350 (94.9%) |
Parishes | 54 |
Information | |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 3rd century |
Archdiocese | Salerno-Campagna-Acerno |
Cathedral | St. Priscus Cathedral , Nocera Inferiore |
Co-cathedral | St. Michael Cathedral, Sarno |
Patron saint | |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Giuseppe Giudice |
The Diocese of Nocera dei Pagani-Sarno [a] ( Latin: Dioecesis Nucerina Paganorum-Sarnensis), commonly known as Diocese of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno ( Italian: Diocesi di Nocera Inferiore-Sarno), is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the Campania region of Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno. [1] [2]
Erected: 4th century
Latin name:
Nuceria Paganorum
Metropolitan:
Archdiocese of Salerno-Acerno
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30 September 1986: United with the territory of the historical Diocese of Sarno that was previously merged into the Diocese of Cava e Sarno