Church region of Latium

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St. Peter's Basilica

The church Lazio (ital. Regione Lazio ecclesiastica ) is one of the 16 church regions of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy . It has a special position among the Italian ecclesiastical regions, since the diocese of Rome is also the seat of the Pope . The ecclesiastical region of Lazio includes only one ecclesiastical province , with the diocese of Rome as the metropolitan seat and its seven suburbicarian dioceses . In addition, 13 other particular churches that do not belong to any church province.

Territorially, the church region of Lazio corresponds to the Italian region of Lazio .

Ecclesiastical Province of Rome

Diocese of Rome

Lateran Basilica in Rome
The cathedral in Albano,
... Frascati,
... Ostia,
... Palestrina,
... La Storta (Porto),
… Poggio Mirteto
... and Velletri.

Immediate particular churches

The cathedral in Anagni,
... Civita Castellana,
... Civitavecchia,
... Frosinone,
... Gaeta,
... grotta ferrata,
... Latina,
... Montecassino,
... Rieti,
... Sora,
... Subiaco,
... Tivoli
... and Viterbo.

Web links

Church region of Lazio with map on the official website of the Catholic Church of Italy (in Italian)
Entry on Church Region Lazio on catholic-hierarchy.org