Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova

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Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova
Map Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova
Basic data
Country Italy
Church region Calabria
Ecclesiastical province Reggio Calabria-Bova
Diocesan bishop Giuseppe Fiorini Morosini OM
Emeritus diocesan bishop Vittorio Luigi Mondello
Vicar General Antonino Iachino
surface 1,004 km²
Parishes 119 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Residents 285,600 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics 281,200 (2017 / AP 2018 )
proportion of 98.5%
Diocesan priest 106 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious priest 51 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics per priest 1,791
Permanent deacons 44 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Friars 55 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious sisters 322 (2017 / AP 2018 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Italian
cathedral Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta in Reggio Calabria
Co-cathedral Concattedrale di San Teodoro in Bova
Website www.reggiobova.it
Suffragan dioceses Diocese of Locri-Gerace
Diocese of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea
Diocese of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi
Ecclesiastical province
Map of the ecclesiastical province of Reggio Calabria-Bova
Development of membership numbers

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova ( lat. : Archidioecesis Rheginensis-Bovensis , ital. : Arcidiocesi di Reggio Calabria-Bova ) is one in Italy located Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Reggio Calabria .

history

The diocese of Reggio Calabria was established in the 1st century . In the 11th century the diocese of Reggio Calabria was elevated to an archdiocese. The dioceses Bisignano , Cassano all'Jonio , Cosenza , Crotone , Locri , Nicastro , Nicotera , Rossano , Squillace , Tauriana , Tropea and Vibona were subordinated to the Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria as suffragan dioceses . Later the dioceses Martirano , Malvito and Oppido were also subordinated to the Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria as suffragan dioceses.

On March 6, 1980, Pope John Paul II confirmed with the Apostolic Letter Cum Rheginensis Ecclesia the Apostle Paul and St. Stephen of Nicaea as patrons of the Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria. The Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria was born on 30 September 1986 by the Congregation for Bishops with the decree Instantibus votis the diocese of Bova affiliated. On January 30, 2001, the dioceses of Catanzaro-Squillace and Cosenza-Bisignano, which had previously been subordinate to the Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova as suffragan dioceses, were elevated to archbishopric by John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Maiori christifidelicem . As a result, only the dioceses Locri-Gerace, Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea and Oppido Mamertina-Palmi remained as suffragan dioceses for the Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova .

See also

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Litt. Apostol. Cum Rheginensis Ecclesia , AAS 72 (1980), n.3 , p. 264.
  2. ^ Congregatio pro Episcopis: Decretum Instantibus votis , AAS 79 (1987), n. 6, pp. 772ff.
  3. ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apos. Maiori christifidelicem , AAS 93 (2001), n.6, p. 337f.
Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in Reggio Calabria