Vasto Cathedral

Vasto Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Vasto, Abruzzo, Italy, devoted to Saint Joseph. Formerly the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Vasto, it is now a co-cathedral inside the Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto. The Italian Catholic Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto acquired that call in 1986. The ancient Archdiocese of Chieti became accelerated from a diocese in 1526. Chieti is the ancient Teate. In the Gothic War it become captured with the aid of Totila; later it fell into the fingers of the Lombards, from whom it became captured with the aid of Pepin and devastated.

The Normans rebuilt the city, which thenceforth belonged to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.Vasto Cathedral was constructed a while during the 13th century as St. Augustine, however it turned into soon modified to its present day name. It changed into devoted as a cathedral by then-Pope Pius IX in 1853, but demoted to co-cathedral in 1986. Pope Pius IX, born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, changed into head of the Catholic Church from 16 June 1846 to his dying on 7 February 1878. He changed into the longest-reigning elected pope inside the records of the Catholic Church, serving for over 31 years.