Roman Catholic Diocese of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi
Diocese of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi Dioecesis Melphictensis-Rubensis-Iuvenacensis-Terlitiensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Bari-Bitonto |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 442 km2 (171 sq mi) |
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| Parishes | 36 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 12th Century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta |
| Co-cathedral | Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Ruvo) Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Giovinazzo) Concattedrale di S. Michele Arcangelo (Terlizzi) |
| Secular priests | 72 (diocesan) 19 (religious Orders) 9 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Domenico Cornacchia |
| Website | |
| Diocesi di Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi (in Italian) | |
The Diocese of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi (Latin: Dioecesis Melphictensis-Rubensis-Iuvenacensis-Terlitiensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Apulia, southern Italy, which was established in 1986, when the diocese of Molfetta-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi was united with the diocese of Ruvo. Giovinazzo is only four miles south-east of Molfetta along the Adriatic coast, and Ruvo only ten miles inland to the south-west; Terlizzi is likewise only four miles from Molfetta, some four miles nearer than Ruvo. The historical diocese of Molfetta was expanded in 1818. The current diocese is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto.