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 [ edit ]
ecclesiastical provinces in Italy (above)/ Ecclesiastical regions (below)
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 [ edit ]
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[ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Chieti-Vasto [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Pescara-Penne [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Campobasso-Boiano [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Region of Basilicata [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Region of Calabria [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Reggio Calabria-Bova [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Catanzaro-Squillace [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Cosenza-Bisignano [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Region of Campania [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Benevento [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Naples [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Region of Emilia-Romagna [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Bologna [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Modena-Nonantola [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Ravenna-Cervia [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Region of Lazio [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Rome [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Genoa [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Region of Lombardy [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Milan [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Region of Marche [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Ancona-Osimo [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Fermo [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Pesaro [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Region of Piedmont [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Turin [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Vercelli [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Region of Puglia [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Bari-Bitonto [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Foggia-Bovino [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Lecce [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Taranto [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Region of Sardinia [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Cagliari [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Oristano [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Sassari [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Region of Sicily [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Agrigento [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Catania [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Palermo [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Siracusa (Syracuse)[ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Region of Tuscany [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Firenze (Florence)[ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Pisa [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino[ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Region of Triveneto [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Udine [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Trento [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Venice [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Region of Umbria [ edit ]
Ecclesiastical Province of Perugia-Città della Pieve[ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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.
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