Diocese of Pescia
Diocese of Pescia | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Italy |
Church region | Tuscany |
Ecclesiastical province | Pisa |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Pisa |
Diocesan bishop | Roberto Filippini |
surface | 224 km² |
Parishes | 41 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 122,200 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 112,600 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 92.1% |
Diocesan priest | 47 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 23 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,609 |
Permanent deacons | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Friars | 23 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 61 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Italian |
cathedral | Cattedrale di Maria Santissima Assunta e di San Giovanni Battista |
Website | www.diocesidipescia.it |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pescia ( lat. : Dioecesis Pisciensis , ital. : Diocese of Pescia ) is in Italy situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Pescia .
history
On April 15, 1519 was territorial prelate Pescia by Pope Leo X built. The Territorial Prelature Pescia was on March 17, 1727 by Pope Benedict XIII. raised to the diocese and directly subordinate to the Holy See . The seminary of the diocese of Pescia was established in 1784.
On August 1, 1856, the diocese of Pescia was by Pope Pius IX. subordinated to the Archdiocese of Pisa as a suffragan with the Apostolic Constitution Ubi primum .
Bishops of Pescia
- Bartolomeo Pucci Franceschi , 1728-1737
- Francesco Gaetano Incontri , 1738–1741, then Archbishop of Florence
- Donato Maria Arcangeli , 1742-1772
- Francesco Vincenti , 1773-1803
- Giulio Rossi , 1804-1833
- Giovanni Battista Rossi , 1835–1837, then Bishop of Pistoia-Prato
- Vincenzo Menchi , 1839–1843, then Bishop of Fiesole
- Pietro Niccolò Forti , 1847-1854
- Giovanni Antonio Benini , 1855-1896
- Giulio Matteoli , 1897–1898, then Bishop of Livorno
- Donato Velluti Zati di San Clemente , 1898–1907
- Giulio Serafini , 1907, then Titular Bishop of Lampsacus
- Angelo Simonetti , 1907-1950
- Dino Luigi Romoli OP , 1951-1977
- Giovanni Bianchi , 1977-1993
- Giovanni De Vivo , 1993-2015
- Roberto Filippini , since 2015
See also
Web links
Commons : Roman Catholic Diocese of Pescia - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files
- Homepage of the Diocese of Pescia (Italian)
- Entry for the diocese of Pescia on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)