Diocese of Forlì-Bertinoro
Diocese of Forlì-Bertinoro | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Italy |
Church region | Emilia-Romagna |
Ecclesiastical province | Ravenna-Cervia |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia |
Diocesan bishop | Livio Corazza |
Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Vincenzo Zarri Lino Pizzi |
founding | September 30, 1986 |
surface | 1,182 km² |
Parishes | 128 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 189,400 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 178,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 94% |
Diocesan priest | 93 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 19 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,589 |
Permanent deacons | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Friars | 24 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 151 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Italian |
cathedral | Santa Croce Cathedral in Forlì |
Co-cathedral | Cathedral Santa Caterina in Bertinoro |
Website | www.diocesiforli.it |
Ecclesiastical province | |
The diocese Forlì-Bertinoro ( Latin Dioecesis Foroliviensis-Brittinoriensis , Italian Diocesi di Forlì-Bertinoro ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy with its seat in Forlì .
Together with the Italian dioceses of Cesena-Sarsina , Rimini and San Marino-Montefeltro, it forms the Roman Catholic church province of the Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia .
history
The diocese Forli was founded in the 4th century. The first bishop is Mercuriale of Forli, who attended the Council of Rimini in 359 and died around 406. The Bertinoro diocese is much younger: it was built in 1360. On September 30, 1986, the two dioceses were combined to form today's diocese.
To the successor of Bishop Vincenzo Zarri , whose resignation due to age reasons by Pope Benedict XVI. was accepted on November 12, 2005, the same day appointed the priest Lino Pizzi from the Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola , who had been rector of the diocesan seminary there .