Diocese of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza
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Diocese of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza
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| Country |
 Italy
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| Church region | Tuscany |
| Ecclesiastical province | Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino |
| Diocesan bishop | Stefano Manetti |
| founding | September 30, 1986 |
| surface | 1,068 km² |
| Parishes | 46 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 71,483 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 68,445 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 95.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 45 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 12 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,201 |
| Friars | 13 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 53 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Italian |
| cathedral | Santa Maria Assunta in Montepulciano |
| Co-cathedral | San Secondiano in Chiusi Santa Maria Assunta in Pienza |
| Website | www.diocesimontepulciano.it |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Montepulciano-Chiusi- Pienza ( lat. : Dioecesis Montis Politiani-Clusina-Pientina , ital. : Diocese of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza ) is in Italy situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Montepulciano .
history
The diocese of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza was established on November 10, 1561 by Pope Pius IV with the Apostolic Constitution Ecclesiarum utilitatem from cession of the diocese of Arezzo as the diocese of Montepulciano .
On 30 September 1986 the diocese of Montepulciano was by the Congregation for Bishops with the decree Instantibus votis the diocese of Chiusi-Pienza affiliated. The diocese of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino as a suffragan .
Santa Maria Assunta Cathedral in Montepulciano
Diocese map
Santa Maria Assunta co- cathedral in Pienza
Co-Cathedral of San Secondiano in Chiusi
Ordinaries
Bishops of Montepulciano
- Spinello Benci , 1562-1596
- Sinolfo Benci , 1597-1599
- Sallustio Tarugi , 1600–1607, then Archbishop of Pisa
- Roberto Cardinal Ubaldini , 1607-1623
- Alexandre della Stufa , 1623-1640
- Talento de 'Talenti , 1640-1651
- Marcello Cervini , 1652-1663
- Antonio Cervini , 1663-1706
- Callisto Lodigeri OSM , 1707-1710
- Francesco Maria Arrighi , 1710-1726
- Antonio Maria Vantini , 1727-1746
- Pio Magnoni , 1747-1755
- Pietro Maria Franzesi , 1757–1798
- Pellegrino Maria Carletti , 1802-1827
- Ippolito Niccolai , 1829-1832
- Pietro Saggioli , 1834-1839
- Claudio Samuelli , 1843-1854
- Luigi Maria Paoletti , 1857–1890
- Felice Gialdini , 1890–1898
- Giuseppe Batignani , 1898-1933
- Emilio Giorgi , 1933–1964
- Alberto Giglioli , 1975-1986
Bishops of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza
- Alberto Giglioli, 1986-2000
- Rodolfo Cetoloni OFM , 2000–2013, then Bishop of Grosseto
- Stefano Manetti , since 2014
See also
Web links
- Official website (Italian)
- Entry on the diocese of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)