Diocese of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli
| Diocese of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Italy |
| Church region | Tuscany |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Pisa |
| Diocesan bishop | Giovanni Santucci |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Eugenio Binini |
| Vicar General | Lucio Filippi |
| founding | 1988 |
| surface | 1,174 km² |
| Parishes | 244 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 206,750 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 201,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 97.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 103 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 22 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,608 |
| Permanent deacons | 28 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 26 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 182 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Italian |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Santi Pietro e Francesco in Massa |
| Co-cathedral | Santa Maria del Popolo in Pontremoli |
| Website | massacarrara.chiesacattolica.it |
The diocese of Massa Carrara Pontremoli ( lat. : Dioecesis Massensis-Apuana , ital. : Diocese of Massa Carrara Pontremoli ) is in Italy located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church , headquartered in Massa .
The diocese of Massa Carrara was founded on February 18, 1822 by Pope Pius VII with the Apostolic Constitution Singularis Romanorum Pontificum from areas of the diocese of Luni, Sarzana and Brugnato and subordinated to the Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa as a suffragan diocese.
In 1939 the diocese was renamed Apuania and on September 30, 1986 in Massa diocese . On February 23, 1988 Pope John Paul II united the diocese of Massa-Carrara with the diocese of Pontremoli and gave it its current name.
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli (Italian)
- Entry on the diocese of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Cathedral in Massa
Concathedral in Pontremoli
