Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostuni

The Archdiocese of Brindisi - Ostuni (Latin: Archidioecesis Brundusinus - Ostunensis, Italian: Arcidiocesi di Brindisi - Ostuni ) is a located in Italy Roman Catholic archdiocese based in Brindisi.

History

The Archdiocese of Brindisi - Ostuni was built in the 4th century as the Diocese of Brindisi. In the 10th century the diocese of Brindisi was raised to an archbishopric. The bishoprics of Ostuni and Monopoli were the Archdiocese of Brindisi assumed as suffragan.

On May 14, 1821 the Archdiocese of Brindisi was annexed by Pope Pius VII, with the Apostolic Constitution En utiliori the Diocese of Ostuni. The Archdiocese of Brindisi lost on 20 October 1980 by the Apostolic Constitution Conferentia episcopalis Apuliae the status of a metropolitan diocese and the Archdiocese of Lecce was a suffragan. On September 30, 1986, the Archdiocese of Brindisi was renamed by the Congregation for Bishops with the decree Instantibus votis in Archdiocese of Brindisi - Ostuni.

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