Orvieto-Todi diocese
| Orvieto-Todi diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Diocesan bishop | Gualtiero Sigismondi |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Giovanni Scanavino OSA Benedetto Tuzia |
| founding | 1986 |
| surface | 1,310 km² |
| Parishes | 92 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 95,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 90,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 94.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 58 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 49 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 841 |
| Permanent deacons | 19 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 50 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 250 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Italian |
| cathedral | Santa Maria Assunta in Orvieto |
| Co-cathedral | Santa Maria Annunziata in Todi |
| address | Piazza Duomo 19 05018 Orvieto [Terni] Italia |
| Website | www.diocesiorvietotodi.it |
The Diocese of Orvieto ( Latin Dioecesis Urbevetana-Tudertina , Italian Diocese of Orvieto-Todi ) is in Italy located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Orvieto . It reports directly to the Holy See and belongs to the ecclesiastical region of Umbria . The diocese is divided into 95 parishes .
history
The Orvieto diocese was established in the 6th century. Orvieto was the refuge of the Popes on several occasions when the situation in Rome became too dangerous. Pope Clement VII , for example, fled here during the Sacco di Roma .
On September 30, 1986, the Orvieto diocese was united with the Todi diocese . Since then it has been called the Orvieto-Todi Diocese .
See also
Web links
- Official website (Italian)
- Entry on Diocese of Orvieto-Todi on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Orvieto: Cathedral of
Santa Maria Assunta
Todi: Co-cathedral of
Santa Maria Annunziata
