Diocese of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato
| Diocese of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Italy |
| Church region | Liguria |
| Ecclesiastical province | Genoa |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Genoa |
| Diocesan bishop | Luigi Ernesto Palletti |
| founding | September 30, 1986 |
| surface | 881 km² |
| Parishes | 186 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 221,663 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 219.024 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 98.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 103 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 30 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,647 |
| Permanent deacons | 19 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 31 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 100 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Italian |
| cathedral | Cattedrale di Cristo Re (Christ the King) in La Spezia |
| Co-cathedral | Concattedrale di Maria Assunta in Sarzana Concattedrale dei Santi Pietro, Lorenzo e Colombano in Brugnato |
| Website | www.chiesacattolica.it |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of La Spezia-Sarzana -Brugnato ( lat. : Dioecesis Spediensis-Sarzanensis-Brugnatensis , ital. : Diocesi della Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato ) is in Italy situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in La Spezia .
history
The diocese of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato was established in 465 by Pope Hilarius as the diocese of Luni . On 21 July 1465 the was the diocese of Luni the diocese Sarzana affiliated. The diocese of Luni and Sarzana was attached to the diocese of Brugnato on November 25, 1820 by Pope Pius VII with the Apostolic Constitution Sollicita quam .
On January 12, 1929, the diocese of Luni, Sarzana and Brugnato was renamed the Diocese of Luni o La Spezia, Sarzana and Brugnato . The diocese of Luni o La Spezia, Sarzana and Brugnato was renamed on August 4, 1975 in the Diocese of La Spezia, Sarzana and Brugnato . On September 30, 1986, the diocese of La Spezia, Sarzana and Brugnato was renamed by the Congregation for the Bishops with the decree Instantibus votis in the diocese of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato .
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato (Italian)
- Entry on the Diocese of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Diocese of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato on gcatholic.org