Diocese of Noto

Diocese of Noto
Basic data
Country	Italy
Church region	Sicily
Ecclesiastical province	Syracuse
Metropolitan bishopric	Archdiocese of Syracuse
Diocesan bishop	Antonio Staglianò
Emeritus diocesan bishop	Giuseppe Malandrino
Vicar General	Francesco Guccione
founding	1844
surface	1,355 km²
Parishes	98 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 )
Residents	214,400 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 )
Catholics	212,500 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 )
proportion of	99.1%
Diocesan priest	99 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 )
Religious priest	24 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 )
Catholics per priest	1,728
Permanent deacons	15 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 )
Friars	33 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 )
Religious sisters	210 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Italian
cathedral	Santi Nicolò di Mira e Corrado in Noto
address	Vescovado Via Mons. Giovanni Blandini 6 96017 Noto (SR), Italia
Website	www.diocesinoto.it
Ecclesiastical province

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Noto ( lat. : Dioecesis Netensis ) is on Sicily located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Noto . It belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Syracuse in the ecclesiastical region of Sicily and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Syracuse .

history

The diocese of Noto was on May 15, 1844 by Pope Gregory XVI. Erected with the papal bull Gravissimum sane munus .

See also

• Roman Catholic Church in Italy
• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses

Web links

Commons : Diocese Noto  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Diocese of Noto (Italian)
• Diocese of Noto and map of the ecclesiastical region of Sicily on the official website of the Catholic Church of Italy (Italian)
• Entry for the Diocese of Noto on catholic-hierarchy.org

Noto Cathedral