Diocese of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea
Diocese of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Italy |
Church region | Calabria |
Ecclesiastical province | Reggio Calabria-Bova |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova |
Diocesan bishop | Luigi Renzo |
Vicar General | Domenico Monteleone |
Episcopal Vicar | Gaetano Currà Vincenzo Varone Trifone Labbelarte |
surface | 943 km² |
Parishes | 133 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 174,200 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 159,100 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 91.3% |
Diocesan priest | 111 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 28 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,145 |
Permanent deacons | 13 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Friars | 29 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 125 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Italian |
cathedral | Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta e San Nicola in Mileto |
Co-cathedral | Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta in Nicotera Concattedrale di Maria Santissima di Romania in Tropea |
Website | www.diocesimileto.it |
Ecclesiastical province | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mileto-Nicotera- Tropea ( lat. : Dioecesis Miletensis-Nicotriensis-Tropiensis , ital. : Diocese of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea ) is in Italy situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Mileto .
history
The Diocese of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea was established as the Diocese of Mileto in the 11th century . In 1093, Pope Urban II made the diocese of Mileto directly subordinate to the Holy See with the Apostolic Constitution Potestas ligandi .
Since December 21, 1973, the Diocese of Mileto and the Diocese of Nicotera-Tropea were administered in personal union. On September 30, 1986, the Diocese of Nicotera-Tropea was annexed to the Diocese of Mileto by the Congregation for the Bishops with the decree Instantibus votis .
The Diocese of Mileto is now subordinate to the Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova as a suffragan .
See also
Web links
- Official website (Italian)
- Entry on the Diocese of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)