Diocese of Caltanissetta

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Diocese of Caltanissetta
Map of the Diocese of Caltanissetta
Basic data
Country Italy
Church region Sicily
Ecclesiastical province Agrigento
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Agrigento
Diocesan bishop Mario Russotto
Vicar General Liborio Campione
founding 1844
surface 1,120 km²
Vicariates 4 (Dec 15, 2008)
Parishes 69 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents 167,500 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics 166,700 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of 99.5%
Diocesan priest 102 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest 19 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest 1,378
Permanent deacons 14 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Friars 38 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters 202 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Italian
cathedral Santa Maria La Nova in Caltanissetta
Website www.diocesicaltanissetta.it
Ecclesiastical province
Map of the ecclesiastical province of Agrigento

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Caltanissetta ( lat. : Dioecesis Calatanisiadensis , ital. : Diocese of Caltanissetta ) is an on Sicily located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Caltanissetta . It belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Agrigento in the ecclesiastical region of Sicily and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Agrigento .

history

The diocese of Caltanissetta was established on May 25, 1844 from part of the territory of the diocese of Agrigento . It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Monreale. When the ecclesiastical province of Monreale was dissolved on December 2, 2000, the diocese was assigned to the newly founded ecclesiastical province of Agrigento .

See also

Web links

Commons : Diocese of Caltanissetta  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Cathedral of S. Maria La Nova in Caltanissetta