The
cathedral is Cattedrale di Ss. Nazario, Celso e Vittore, dedicated to the diocesan
patron saints St. Nazarius, St. Celsus and St. Victor, in the
episcopal see of
Trivento,
Campobasso province, in
Molise administrative region. The other major sanctuary is at
Canneto, in the commune
Roccavivara, founded in the fourth century and until the tenth dependent on Montecassino.
History
According to local legend the earliest bishop of
Trivento was
St. Castus of an uncertain epoch, assigning him to the fourth century.
Established in 940 as Diocese of Trivento / Triventin(us) (Latin adjective). Historically the diocese was a suffragan of the
Archdiocese of Benevento.[3]
As of 2014[update], it pastorally served 51,786 Catholics (99.8% of 51,903 total) on 1,234 km2 in 58 parishes with 52 priests (50 diocesan, 2 religious), 1 deacon, 46 lay religious (2 brothers, 44 sisters) and 6 seminarians.
It comprises four deaneries - Agnone, Carovilli, Frosolone and Trivento - covering 40 commune (municipalities) in three administrative provinces :
in the
Province of Campobasso : Trivento, Casalciprano, Castropignano, Duronia, Fossalto, Molise, Montefalcone nel Sannio, Pietracupa, Roccavivara, Salcito, San Biase e Torella del Sannio;
in the
Province of Isernia : Agnone, Bagnoli del Trigno, Belmonte del Sannio, Capracotta, Carovilli, Castel del Giudice, Castelverrino, Chiauci, Civitanova del Sannio, Frosolone, Montenero Val Cocchiara, Pescolanciano, Pescopennataro, Pietrabbondante, Poggio Sannita, Rionero Sannitico, San Pietro Avellana, Sant'Angelo del Pesco e Vastogirardi;
in the
Province of Chieti : Borrello, Castelguidone, Castiglione Messer Marino, Celenza sul Trigno, Roio del Sangro, Rosello, San Giovanni Lipioni, Schiavi di Abruzzo e Torrebruna.
The
cathedral is Cattedrale di Ss. Nazario, Celso e Vittore, dedicated to the diocesan
patron saints St. Nazarius, St. Celsus and St. Victor, in the
episcopal see of
Trivento,
Campobasso province, in
Molise administrative region. The other major sanctuary is at
Canneto, in the commune
Roccavivara, founded in the fourth century and until the tenth dependent on Montecassino.
History
According to local legend the earliest bishop of
Trivento was
St. Castus of an uncertain epoch, assigning him to the fourth century.
Established in 940 as Diocese of Trivento / Triventin(us) (Latin adjective). Historically the diocese was a suffragan of the
Archdiocese of Benevento.[3]
As of 2014[update], it pastorally served 51,786 Catholics (99.8% of 51,903 total) on 1,234 km2 in 58 parishes with 52 priests (50 diocesan, 2 religious), 1 deacon, 46 lay religious (2 brothers, 44 sisters) and 6 seminarians.
It comprises four deaneries - Agnone, Carovilli, Frosolone and Trivento - covering 40 commune (municipalities) in three administrative provinces :
in the
Province of Campobasso : Trivento, Casalciprano, Castropignano, Duronia, Fossalto, Molise, Montefalcone nel Sannio, Pietracupa, Roccavivara, Salcito, San Biase e Torella del Sannio;
in the
Province of Isernia : Agnone, Bagnoli del Trigno, Belmonte del Sannio, Capracotta, Carovilli, Castel del Giudice, Castelverrino, Chiauci, Civitanova del Sannio, Frosolone, Montenero Val Cocchiara, Pescolanciano, Pescopennataro, Pietrabbondante, Poggio Sannita, Rionero Sannitico, San Pietro Avellana, Sant'Angelo del Pesco e Vastogirardi;
in the
Province of Chieti : Borrello, Castelguidone, Castiglione Messer Marino, Celenza sul Trigno, Roio del Sangro, Rosello, San Giovanni Lipioni, Schiavi di Abruzzo e Torrebruna.