Diocese of Caltagirone

Diocese of Caltagirone
Basic data
Country	Italy
Church region	Sicily
Ecclesiastical province	Catania
Metropolitan bishopric	Archdiocese of Catania
Diocesan bishop	Calogero Peri OFMCap
Vicar General	Umberto Pedi
founding	1816
surface	1,551 km²
Vicariates	3 (December 18, 2008)
Parishes	57 ( AP2008 )
Residents	154.220 ( AP2008 )
Catholics	150.982 ( AP2008 )
proportion of	97.9%
Diocesan priest	79 ( AP2008 )
Religious priest	13 ( AP2008 )
Catholics per priest	1,641
Permanent deacons	9 ( AP2008 )
Friars	15 ( AP2008 )
Religious sisters	127 ( AP2008 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Italian
cathedral	San Giuliano in Caltagirone
address	Vescovado, Piazza San Francesco d'Assisi 11, 95041 Caltagirone (CT), Italia
Website	www.diocesidicaltagirone.it/
Ecclesiastical province

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Caltagirone ( lat. : Dioecesis Calatayeronensis ) is on Sicily located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Caltagirone . It belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Catania of the ecclesiastical region of Sicily and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Catania .

Cathedral in Caltagirone

history

The diocese of Caltagirone was established on September 12, 1816.

See also

• Roman Catholic Church in Italy
• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses

Web links

Commons : Diocese of Caltagirone  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the diocese (Italian)
• Diocese of Caltagirone and map of the ecclesiastical region of Sicily on the official website of the Catholic Church of Italy (Italian)
• Entry for the diocese of Caltagirone on catholic-hierarchy.org