Diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro

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Diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro
Basic data
Country Italy
Church region Tuscany
Ecclesiastical province Florence
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Florence
Diocesan bishop Riccardo Fontana
Vicar General Giovacchino Dallara
founding September 30, 1986
surface 3,425 km²
Parishes 245 (2015 / AP 2016 )
Residents 365,000 (2015 / AP 2016 )
Catholics 347,000 (2015 / AP 2016 )
proportion of 95.1%
Diocesan priest 172 (2015 / AP 2016 )
Religious priest 95 (2015 / AP 2016 )
Catholics per priest 1,300
Permanent deacons 25 (2015 / AP 2016 )
Friars 112 (2015 / AP 2016 )
Religious sisters 305 (2015 / AP 2016 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Italian
cathedral Cattedrale di San Donato in Arezzo
Co-cathedral Concattedrale di Santa Maria in Cortona
Concattedrale di San Giovanni Evangelista in Sansepolcro
Website www.diocesiarezzo.it

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Arezzo-Cortona- Sansepolcro ( Latin Dioecesis Arretina-Cortonensis-Biturgensis seu Burgi Sancti Sepulchri , Italian Diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro ) is in Italy situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Arezzo .

history

In the 3rd century the diocese of Arezzo was established. This gave up on November 10, 1561 parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Montepulciano . The Bishop of Arezzo has had the right to wear the pallium since 1730 .

On September 30, 1986, the diocese of Arezzo was annexed by the Congregation for the Bishops with the decree Instantibus votis, the dioceses of Cortona and Sansepolcro . The diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Florence as a suffragan .

See also

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Congregatio pro Episcopis: Decretum Instantibus votis , AAS 79 (1987), n. 6, pp. 654ff.