Diocese of Frascati
Diocese of Frascati | |
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Country | Italy |
Church region | Lazio |
Ecclesiastical province | Rome Suburbicarian Diocese |
Metropolitan bishopric | Diocese of Rome |
Cardinal Bishop | Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone SDB |
Diocesan bishop |
Raffaello Martinelli (since July 2, 2009) |
Episcopal Vicar |
Leonardo D'Angelone Piero Coda |
surface | 220 km² |
Parishes | 24 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 140,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 117,685 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 84.1% |
Diocesan priest | 28 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 22 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 2,354 |
Permanent deacons | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Friars | 71 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 393 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Italian |
cathedral | San Pietro Apostolo |
address | Piazza Paolo III 10 00044 Frascati [Roma], Italia |
Website | www.diocesidifrascati.it |
The diocese of Frascati ( Latin Dioecesis Tusculana , Italian Diocesi di Frascati ) is a suburbicarian diocese and as such belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Rome .
The diocese , based in Frascati , was founded in the 3rd century in the south of Rome . Today it covers an area in the south and south-east of Rome, which includes the places Frascati, Colonna , Grottaferrata , Monte Compatri , Monte Porzio Catone , Rocca di Papa , Rocca Priora and about 18.5 square kilometers of the Italian capital. The Latin name is derived from the villa town of Tusculum .
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