Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostium Archidioecesis Brundusina-Ostunensis | |
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![]() Brindisi Cathedral | |
Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Lecce |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,253 km2 (484 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2022) 263,650 (est.) 259,400 (est.) |
Parishes | 58 ![]() |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 4th Century |
Cathedral | Cattedrale della Visitazione e S. Giovanni Battista |
Co-cathedral | Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta |
Secular priests | 113 ![]() 31 ![]() Permanent Deacons 16 ![]() |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Giovanni Intini |
Bishops emeritus | Rocco Talucci Settimio Todisco |
Website | |
www.brindisiostuni.chiesacattolica.it |
The Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostium (Latin: Archidioecesis Brundusina-Ostunensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Apulia, has carried its present name since 1986. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Lecce.[1][2]
The historical archdiocese of Brindisi was promoted from a diocese in the tenth century. The territory of the diocese of Ostuni was added to it in 1821. The archdiocese lost its status as metropolitan see in 1980.[3]