The Diocese of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Lazio, Italy. It is exempt to the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical province. The current bishop of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo is Gerardo Antonazzo, who was ordained a bishop on April 8, 2013 by Pope Francis.

History

The Diocese of Sora originated in the 3rd century. On June 27, 1818, it was united with the Diocese of Aquino and Pontecorvo, as the Diocese of Aquino, Sora and Pontecorvo, from September 30, 1986 known as the Diocese of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo. On October 23, 2014, the lands of the Benedictine territorial Abbey of Montecassino which were not part of the abbey proper were transferred by Pope Francis to this diocese. It was then renamed to its current title. The various religious institutions involved in this transfer included 53 parishes. In 2020 there was one priest for every 2,122 Catholics in the diocese.

Cathedrals

The seat of the bishop is the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in Sora. Both former cathedrals, St. Bartholomew the Apostle in Pontecorvo and Aquino’s Sts. Constantius and Thomas Aquinas Cathedral, are now ranked as co-cathedrals and were granted the status of minor basilica.

Bishops

Bishops of Sora

Latin Name: Sorana Erected: 3rd Century

Bishops of Aquino, Sora, and Pontecorvo

Latin Name: Aquinatensis, Sorana et Pontiscurvi United: 27 June 1818 with the Diocese of Aquino and Pontecorvo

Bishops of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo

Latin Name: Sorana-Aquinatensis-Pontiscurvi Name Changed: 30 September 1986

Bishops of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo

Territory added: 23 October 2014 with the Territorial Abbey of Montecassino