Diocese of Palestrina
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| Country | Italy |
| Church region | Lazio |
| Ecclesiastical province | Rome Suburbicarian Diocese |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Diocese of Rome |
| Cardinal Bishop | José Cardinal Saraiva Martins CMF |
| Diocesan bishop | Mauro Parmeggiani |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Domenico Sigalini |
| surface | 418 km² |
| Parishes | 50 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 113,600 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 100,100 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 88.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 116 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 46 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 618 |
| Permanent deacons | 12 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 78 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 172 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Italian |
| cathedral | Sant'Agapito Martire |
| address | Piazza Gregorio Pantanelli 8 00036 Palestrina [Roma], Italia |
| Website | www.diocesipalestrina.it |
The diocese of Palestrina ( Latin Dioecesis Praenestina , Italian Diocesi suburbicaria di Palestrina ) is a suburbicarian diocese and as such belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Rome . The diocese has its seat in the city of Palestrina in the Lazio region .
history
The diocese was established in the 4th century . In the course of the reorganization of the suburbicarian dioceses after the promulgation of the Motu proprio Suburbicariis sedibus of April 11, 1962 by Pope John XXIII. , the diocese of Palestrina received its own ordinaries , autonomous from the cardinal bishops , which also have their official seat in the city of the same name . In 2002 the Subiaco Territorial Abbey ceded parts of its territory to the surrounding dioceses , including the diocese of Palestrina.
On February 19, 2019, Pope Francis decreed the unification of the diocese of Palestrina in persona episcopi with the diocese of Tivoli . The previous Bishop of Tivoli and previous Apostolic Administrator of Palestrina, Mauro Parmeggiani, was bishop of the dioceses thus united .
Ordinaries
- Pietro Severi (1966–1975)
- Renato Spallanzani (1975-1986)
- Pietro Garlato (1986-1991)
- Vittorio Tomassetti (1992–1997)
- Eduardo Davino (1997-2005)
- Domenico Sigalini (2005-2017)
- Mauro Parmeggiani (since 2019)
- See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Nomina del Vescovo di Palestrina (Italia) e unione in persona Episcopi delle diocesi di Tivoli e di Palestrina. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , February 19, 2019, accessed February 19, 2019 (Italian).