Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio
Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Italy |
Church region | Emilia-Romagna |
Ecclesiastical province | Modena Nonantola |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola |
Diocesan bishop | Adriano Cevolotto (appointed) |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Gianni Ambrosio |
founding | September 16, 1989 |
surface | 3,714 km² |
Parishes | 420 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 337,632 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 325,250 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 96.3% |
Diocesan priest | 218 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 7 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,446 |
Permanent deacons | 42 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Friars | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 298 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Italian |
cathedral | Cattedrale di Santa Giustina e Santa Maria Assunta in Piacenza |
Co-cathedral | Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta in Bobbio |
Website | www.diocesipiacenzabobbio.org |
Ecclesiastical province | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio ( lat. : Dioecesis Place Tina Bobiensis , ital. : Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio ) is in Italy situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Piacenza .
history
In the 4th century the diocese of Piacenza was established. On September 16, 1989, the former Bobbio diocese was separated from the Archdiocese of Genoa-Bobbio , to which it had been affiliated in 1986, and incorporated into the diocese of Piacenza.
The diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola as a suffragan .
See also
- List of the bishops of Piacenza-Bobbio
- List of Roman Catholic Dioceses
- Roman Catholic Church in Italy
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio (Italian)
- Entry on the diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)