Diocese of Pavia
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| Country | Italy |
| Church region | Lombardy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Milan |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Milan |
| Diocesan bishop | Corrado Sanguineti |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Giovanni Giudici |
| surface | 782 km² |
| Parishes | 100 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 192,891 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 180,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 93.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 113 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 27 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,286 |
| Permanent deacons | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 31 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 118 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Italian |
| cathedral | Santa Maria Assunta e Santo Stefano Protomartire |
| address | Piazza del Duomo 12 27100 Pavia Italia |
| Website | www.diocesi.pavia.it |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pavia ( lat. Dioecesis Papiensis , ital. Diocese of Pavia ) is in Italy located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church , based in Pavia .
The diocese was founded in the 1st century. It was the first diocese in the Western Church to receive exemption (710–1803) from the Metropolitan Union . Today it is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Milan as a suffragan .
See also
literature
- Heinz Notflatscher: Art. "Pavia 2) Bistum", in: LThK , 3rd edition, special edition, vol. 7, Freiburg 2006, col. 1532.
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Pavia - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta e Santo Stefano Protomartire in Pavia