Diocese of Verona
Diocese of Verona | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Italy |
Church region | Triveneto |
Ecclesiastical province | Venice |
Metropolitan bishopric | Patriarchate of Venice |
Diocesan bishop |
Giuseppe Zenti (since May 8, 2007) |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Flavio Roberto Carraro OFMCap |
Vicar General |
Mario Masina (since February 25, 2011) |
surface | 3,053 km² |
Parishes | 380 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Residents | 940.289 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics | 869,384 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
proportion of | 92.5% |
Diocesan priest | 606 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious priest | 352 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics per priest | 907 |
Permanent deacons | 44 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Friars | 480 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious sisters | 1,862 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Italian |
cathedral | Santa Maria Assunta [Santa Maria Matricolare] |
address | Piazza Vescovado 7 37121 Verona Italia |
Website | www.diocesiverona.it |
Ecclesiastical province | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Verona ( Latin Dioecesis Veronensis , Italian Diocese of Verona ) is one in Italy located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church , based in Verona .
The diocese was founded in the 3rd century. Today it is subordinate to the Patriarchate of Venice as a suffragan .
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