Diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro
Diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro | |
Basic data | |
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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 .
San Donato Cathedral in Arezzo
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro (Italian)
- Entry on the diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)