Diocese of Patti

Diocese of Patti
Basic data
Country	Italy
Church region	Sicily
Ecclesiastical province	Messina
Metropolitan bishopric	Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela
Diocesan bishop	Guglielmo Giombanco
Emeritus diocesan bishop	Ignazio Zambito
founding	1157
surface	1,647 km²
Vicariates	6 (December 18, 2008)
Parishes	84 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents	169,800 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics	164,700 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of	97%
Diocesan priest	106 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest	1,554
Religious sisters	87 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Italian
cathedral	San Bartolomeo in Patti
address	Vescovado, Via Cattedrale 7, 98066 Patti (ME), Italia
Website	www.diocesipatti.it/
Ecclesiastical province

The diocese of Patti ( Latin Dioecesis Pactensis , Italian Diocesi di Patti ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy , located in Sicily , with its seat in Patti .

It belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Messina in the ecclesiastical region of Sicily and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela .

history

The Patti diocese was founded in 1399 when Pope Boniface IX. divided the diocese of Lipari-Patti . The territory of the previous diocese on the island of Sicily was assigned to the diocese of Patti, and the Lipari Islands to the diocese of Lipari .

In the 19th century the area of ​​the Patti diocese was expanded three times: 23 parishes were added in 1824, 8 more in 1838 and 3 more in 1850.

See also

• List of the bishops of Patti
• Roman Catholic Church in Italy
• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses

Web links

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

• Homepage of the diocese (Italian)
• Diocese of Patti and map of the ecclesiastical region of Sicily on the official website of the Catholic Church of Italy (Italian)
• Entry on Patti diocese on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)

San Bartolomeo Cathedral in Patti