Diocese of Ventimiglia-Sanremo
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| Country | Italy |
| Church region | Liguria |
| Ecclesiastical province | Genoa |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Genoa |
| Diocesan bishop | Antonio Suetta |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Alberto Maria Careggio |
| Vicar General | Umberto Toffani |
| surface | 715 km² |
| Parishes | 99 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 145,348 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 140,900 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 96.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 65 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 35 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,409 |
| Permanent deacons | 15 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 38 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 119 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Italian |
| cathedral | Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta in Ventimiglia |
| Co-cathedral | Concattedrale di San Siro in Sanremo |
| Website | www.chiesacattolica.it |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo ( lat. : Dioecesis Ventimiliensis-Sancti Romuli , ital. : Diocese of Ventimiglia-Sanremo ) is one in Italy located Roman Catholic diocese based in Ventimiglia .
history
The Diocese of Ventimiglia-Sanremo was established in the 7th century as the Diocese of Ventimiglia and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Milan as a suffragan . In 1797 the Diocese of Ventimiglia was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Genoa as a suffragan. On April 9, 1806, the Diocese of Ventimiglia was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Aix as a suffragan diocese by Pope Pius VII with the Apostolic Constitution Expositum cum Nobis . The Diocese of Ventimiglia was founded on June 20, 1831 by Pope Gregory XVI. with the Apostolic Constitution Sollicitudo omnium ecclesiarum again subordinated to the Archdiocese of Genoa as a suffragan.
On July 3, 1975, the Diocese of Ventimiglia was renamed the Diocese of Ventimiglia-Sanremo by the Holy Congregation for Bishops with the decree In dioecesi Ventimiliensi .
See also
Web links
- Official website (Italian)
- Entry on Diocese of Ventimiglia-Sanremo on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sacra Congregatio per Episcopis: Decretum In dioecesi Ventimiliensi , AAS 67 (1975), n. 11, p. 677f.
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