Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie ) is a Latin rite archbishopric in the administrative province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, in the southeastern Italian region of Apulia. In 1980 it became a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto, when it was demoted to non-Metropolitan status. It received its current name in 1986, when the Archbishopric of Trani added to its title the names of two suppressed bishoprics merged into it.
It archiepiscopal cathedral see is Basilica Cattedrale di S. Nicola Pellegrino, a minor basilica, in Trani.
It has three Co-cathedrals, in the two bishoprics whose titles it adopted : Basilica Concattedrale di S. Maria Maggiore, in Barletta and Basilica Concattedrale di S. Pietro Apostolo, in Bisceglie and Concattedrale di S. Maria di Nazareth, also in Barletta
Furthermore, another Minor Basilica: Basilica del San Sepolcro, again in Barletta
and two Former Cathedrals: Chiesa San Giacomo Maggiore, in Barletta, and Ex cattedrale San Stefano, in Trinitapoli

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