Diocese of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla

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Diocese of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla
Map of the Diocese of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla
Basic data
Country Italy
Church region Emilia-Romagna
Ecclesiastical province Modena Nonantola
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola
Diocesan bishop Massimo Camisasca FSCB
Emeritus diocesan bishop Adriano Caprioli
Vicar General Alberto Nicelli
surface 2,395 km²
Parishes 317 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Residents 566.126 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics 505,000 (2017 / AP 2018 )
proportion of 89.2%
Diocesan priest 241 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious priest 38 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics per priest 1,810
Permanent deacons 112 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Friars 63 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious sisters 267 (2017 / AP 2018 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Italian
cathedral Cattedrale dell'Assunzione di Maria Vergine in Reggio nell'Emilia
Co-cathedral Concattedrale dei Santi Pietro e Paolo in Guastalla
Website www.diocesi.re.it
Ecclesiastical province
Map of the ecclesiastical province of Modena-Nonantola

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla ( lat. : Dioecesis Regiensis in Aemilia-Guastallensis , Italian : Diocese of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla ) is in Italy situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Reggio Emilia .

history

It was built in the 1st century as the diocese of Reggio Emilia and was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Milan as a suffragan . In the 7th century, the Diocese of Reggio Emilia was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Ravenna as a suffragan. On December 10, 1582, the diocese of Reggio Emilia was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Bologna as a suffragan. The diocese of Reggio Emilia was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Modena as a suffragan on August 22, 1855 .

On 30 September 1986 the diocese of Reggio Emilia was by the Congregation for Bishops with the decree Instantibus votis the Diocese of Guastalla affiliated.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Congregatio pro Episcopis: Decretum Instantibus votis , AAS 79 (1987), n. 6, p. 769ff.