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The following is the List of the Catholic dioceses in Italy . As of May 2017
[update] , the
Catholic Church in Italy is divided into sixteen
ecclesiastical regions . While they are similar to the 20
civil regions of the Italian state, there are some differences. Most ecclesiastical regions are in turn divided into a number of
ecclesiastical provinces . The provinces are in turn divided into a number of
dioceses . The sovereign state of
Vatican City is part of the metropolitan province of
Rome . A
metropolitan bishop exercises a degree of leadership over a group of dioceses that are loosely subject (
suffragan ) to the care of the metropolitan
see . This list excludes those archdioceses, dioceses and ecclesiastical territories that are
immediately subject to the
Holy See .
There are 227 sees ('
particular churches '), most of which are
dioceses led by a
bishop . A diocese that is led by an
archbishop is known as an
archdiocese . There are 40 Metropolitan archdioceses which serve as the seat of an
ecclesiastical province . This number includes the
Holy See and the
Patriarchate of Venice . There are also four archdioceses which are non-metropolitan, having been demoted by papal decree. This brings the number of archbishops in Italy and
Vatican City to 44 (i.e. 40 + 4).
All the sees belong to the
Latin Church apart from three
Eastern Catholic sees of the
Italo-Albanian Catholic Church that use the
Byzantine Rite in the
Albanian language . All sees of the Latin Church use the
Roman Rite apart from the
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Milan , which mainly uses the
Ambrosian Rite .
Episcopal Conference of Italy
ecclesiastical provinces in Italy (above)/ Ecclesiastical regions (below)
Exempt
The following are immediately Subject to the Holy See, despite not being in the Pope's Ecclesiastical Province of Rome.
(
Byzantine Rite , the only non-Latin dioceses in Italy)
Ecclesiastical Region of Abruzzo-Molise
The ecclesiastical provinces of L'Aquila, Chieti-Vasto and Pescara-Penne are mainly situated in the
civil region of
Abruzzo while Campobasso-Boiano is situated in
Molise .
Ecclesiastical Province of L'Aquila
Ecclesiastical Province of Chieti-Vasto
Ecclesiastical Province of Pescara-Penne
Ecclesiastical Province of Campobasso-Boiano
Ecclesiastical Region of Basilicata
Ecclesiastical Province of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo
Ecclesiastical Region of Calabria
Ecclesiastical Province of Reggio Calabria-Bova
Ecclesiastical Province of Catanzaro-Squillace
Ecclesiastical Province of Cosenza-Bisignano
Ecclesiastical Region of Campania
Ecclesiastical Province of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno
Ecclesiastical Province of Benevento
Ecclesiastical Province of Naples
Ecclesiastical Region of Emilia-Romagna
Ecclesiastical Province of Bologna
Ecclesiastical Province of Modena-Nonantola
Ecclesiastical Province of Ravenna-Cervia
Ecclesiastical Region of Lazio
Ecclesiastical Province of Rome
The motherchurch of the Roman Catholic dioceses of Italy is the
Archbasilica of St. John Lateran , the cathedral church of the
pope .
Ecclesiastical Region of Liguria
Ecclesiastical Province of Genoa
Ecclesiastical Region of Lombardy
Ecclesiastical Province of Milan
Ecclesiastical Region of Marche
Ecclesiastical Province of Ancona-Osimo
Ecclesiastical Province of Fermo
Ecclesiastical Province of Pesaro
Ecclesiastical Region of Piedmont
Ecclesiastical Province of Turin
Ecclesiastical Province of Vercelli
Ecclesiastical Region of Puglia
Ecclesiastical Province of Bari-Bitonto
Ecclesiastical Province of Foggia-Bovino
Ecclesiastical Province of Lecce
Ecclesiastical Province of Taranto
Ecclesiastical Region of Sardinia
Ecclesiastical Province of Cagliari
Ecclesiastical Province of Oristano
Ecclesiastical Province of Sassari
Ecclesiastical Region of Sicily
Ecclesiastical Province of Agrigento
Ecclesiastical Province of Catania
Ecclesiastical Province of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela
Ecclesiastical Province of Palermo
Ecclesiastical Province of Siracusa (Syracuse)
Ecclesiastical Region of Tuscany
Ecclesiastical Province of Firenze (Florence)
Ecclesiastical Province of Pisa
Ecclesiastical Province of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino
Ecclesiastical Region of Triveneto
In the ecclesiastical region of
Triveneto , there are two ecclesiastical provinces of that are situated in the civil region of
Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Gorizia and Udine); one province that is mainly situated in the civil region of
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (Trento); one province that is mainly situated in the civil region of
Veneto (Venice).
Ecclesiastical Province of Gorizia
Ecclesiastical Province of Udine
Ecclesiastical Province of Trento
Ecclesiastical Province of Venice
Ecclesiastical Region of Umbria
Ecclesiastical Province of Perugia-Città della Pieve
Former prelatures
Titular Prelatures
Titular Archiepiscopal Sees :
Titular Episcopal Sees (158): Acquapendente, Æca, Agropoli, Alessano, Altino, Amiterno, Anglona, Anzio,
Aquaviva , Arna, Arpi, Asolo, Atella, Aveia, Bagnoregio, Belcastro, Bettona, Bevagna, Biccari, Bisarcio, Bitetto, Blanda, Blera, Bolsena, Bomarzo, Brescello, Buxentum, Campli, Canne, Canosa, Caorle, Capo della Foresta, Capri, Carini, Carinola, Carmeiano, Castello, Castro, Castro di Puglia, Castro di Sardegna, Caudium, Celano, Cerenzia, Cerveteri, Città Ducale, Civitanova, Civitate, Claterna, Cuma, Dolia, Dragonara, Eclano, Egnazia Appula, Equilio, Eraclea, Erdonia, Faleri, Falerone, Ferento, Fidene, Fiorentino, Fondi, Forconio, Fordongianus, Forlimpopoli, Formia, Foro Flaminio, Frigento, Gabi, Galazia in Campania, Gallese, Galtellì, Grumentum, Guardialfiera, Isola, Labico, Lavello,
Lentini , Lesina, Lettere, Lilibeo, Lorium, Luni, Malamocco, Martana, Martirano, Massa Lubrense, Minervino Murge, Minori, Minturno, Miseno, Montecorvino, Montefiascone, Montemarano, Monterano, Monteverde, Mottola, Nepi, Nomento, Numana, Oderzo, Ofena, Orte, Ostra, Otricoli, Ottana, Passo Corese, Pausula, Pesto, Plestia, Ploaghe, Polignano, Populonia, Potenza Picena, Ravello, Roselle, Sabiona, Sala Consilina, Salpi, San Leone, Santa Giusta, Satriano, Scala, Sepino, Sorres, Spello, Strongoli, Subaugusta, Suelli, Sulci, Sutri, Taormina, Tauriano, Termini Imerese, Tharros, Thurio, Tindari, Torcello,
Tortiboli , Tre Taverne, Treba, Trevi, Trevi nel Lazio, Trevico, Tricala, Troina, Tronto, Tuscania, Umbriatico, Urbisaglia, Velia, Vescovìo, Vibo Valentia, Vico Equense, Voghenza, Volturno, Vulturara, Zuglio
Titular Abbacies (?nullius) (all 10 united to current dioceses) : Farfa, Fontevivo, Nonantola, Pomposa, San Colombano, San Martino al Monte Cimino, San Michele Arcangelo di Montescaglioso, San Salvatore Maggiore, Santa Maria di Polsi, Santissimo Salvatore
Gallery of Archdioceses
The seat of the Archdiocese of Agrigento is
Cattedrale Metropolitana di San Gerlando.
The co-seat of the Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo is
Basilica Concattedrale di S. Leopardo.
The seat of the Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto is
Cattedrale di San Sabino.
The co-seat of the Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto is
Cattedrale di San Valentino.
The seat of the Archdiocese of Benevento is
Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta.
The seat of the Archdiocese of Bologna is
Cattedrale Metropolitana di San Pietro.
The co-seat of the Archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano is Concattedrale di S. Bartolomeo(Boiano).
The seat of the Archdiocese of Cagliari is
Cattedrale di Santa Maria e Santa Cecilia.
The seat of the Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace is Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta.
The co-seat of the Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace is Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta(Squillace).
The seat of the Archdiocese of Catania is
Cattedrale di Sant'Agata.
The seat of the Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto is Cattedrale di S. Giustino.
The co-seat of the Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto is Concattedrale di S. Giuseppe(Vasto).
The seat of the Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano is Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta.
The seat of the Archdiocese of Fermo is Basilica Cattedrale di Maria SS. Assunta in Cielo.
The seat of the Archdiocese of Florence is
Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore.
The seat of the Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino is Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta in Cielo.
The co-seat of the Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino is Basilica Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta(Bovino).
The seat of the Archdiocese of Genoa is
Cattedrale di San Lorenzo.
The seat of the Archdiocese of Gorizia is Cattedrale di Ss. Ilario e Taziano.
The seat of the Archdiocese of L'Aquila is Cattedrale di SS. Massimo e Giorgio.
The seat of the Archdiocese of Lecce is Cattedrale di Maria SS. Assunta.
The seat of the Archdiocese of Lucca is
Cattedrale di S. Martino.
The seat of the Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela is Basilica Cattedrale di S. Maria SS. Assunta.
The co-seat of the Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela is Concattedrale Archimandritato del Santissimo Salvatore(Messina).
The co-seat of the Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela is Concattedrale di S. Bartolomeo(Lipari).
The co-seat of the Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela is Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta(San Lucia) .
The seat of the Archdiocese of Milan is
Cattedrale di S. Maria Nascente.
The seat of the Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola is Basilica Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta.
The co-seat of the Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola is Basilica Abbaziale di San Silvestro I Papa(Nonantola).
The seat of the Archdiocese of Naples is
Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta.
The seat of the Archdiocese of Oristano is
Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta .
The seat of the Archdiocese of Palermo is
Cattedrale di l’Assunzione di Maria.
The seat of the Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve is Cattedrale di S. Lorenzo.
The seat of the Archdiocese of Pesaro is Basilica Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta.
The seat of the Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne is Cattedrale di S. Cetteo Vescovo e Martire.
The seat of the Archdiocese of Pisa is
Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta.
The seat of the Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo is Basilica Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta e S. Gerardo Vescovo.
The seat of the Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia is Cattedrale di Risurrezione di N.S. Gesù Cristo.
The co-seat of the Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia is Cattedrale di S. Pietro(Cervia).
The seat of the Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova is Basilica Cattedrale di Maria SS. Assunta in Cielo.
The seat of the Diocese of Rome is
Archbasilica of St. John Lateran
The seat of the Archdiocese of Sassari is
Cattedrale di S. Nicola di Bari .
The seat of the Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno is
Cattedrale-Basilica di S. Matteo.
The co-seat of the Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno is Concattedrale-Basilica di S. Maria della Pace(Campagna).
The co-seat of the Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno is
Concattedrale di S. Donato(Acerno).
The seat of the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino is
Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta.
The co-seat of the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino is the
Cathedral of Ss. Marziale & Alberto.
The co-seat of the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino is
Concattedrale di S. Salvatore(Montalcino).
The seat of the Archdiocese of Siracusa is the
Cathedral of the Nativity of Mary Most Holy .
The seat of the Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia is
Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta.
The co-seat of the Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia is Concattedrale di S. Maria Argentea(Norcia).
The seat of the Archdiocese of Taranto is Basilica Cattedrale di S. Cataldo.
The seat of the Archdiocese of Udine is Cattedrale Metropolitana di S. Maria Annunziata.
The seat of the Archdiocese of Vercelli is
Cattedrale-Basilica di S. Eusebio.
See also
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