Diocese of Mantua
| Diocese of Mantua | |
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| Country | Italy |
| Church region | Lombardy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Milan |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Milan |
| Diocesan bishop | Gianmarco Busca |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Roberto Busti Egidio Caporello |
| surface | 2,080 km² |
| Parishes | 168 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 376.015 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 324,568 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 86.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 165 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 19 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,764 |
| Permanent deacons | 12 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 21 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 239 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Italian |
| cathedral | San Pietro Apostolo |
| Co-cathedral | Sant'Andrea Apostolo |
| address | Palazzo Vescovile Piazza Sordello 15 46100 Mantova Italia |
| Website | www.diocesidimantova.it |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mantua ( lat. Dioecesis Mantuana , ital. Diocesi di Mantova ) is one in Italy located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church , based in Mantua .
history
The diocese was founded in 804. In the Middle Ages it belonged to the ecclesiastical province of the Patriarchate of Aquileia . In 1453 it was made at the request of the Gonzaga family , the dukes of Mantua immediately . Because the Gonzaga did not want to tolerate any ecclesiastical authorities in their domain, which in turn was under the rule of the Republic of Venice . In 1803 the diocese was subordinated to the ecclesiastical province of Ferrara . Since 1820 it has been subordinate to the Archdiocese of Milan as a suffragan .
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Footnotes
- ↑ Giuseppe Cappelletti : Montova . In: Ders .: Le Chiese d'Italia della loro origine sino ai nostri giorni , Vol. 12. Antonelli, Venice 1857, pp. 7–123, here pp. 74–75.
