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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Genoa

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Genoa

Established
  
3rd Century

Area
  
966 km²

Country
  
Italy

Auxiliary bishop
  
Nicolò Anselmi

Rite
  
Roman

Pope
  
Francis

Cathedral
  
Genoa Cathedral

Archbishop
  
Angelo Bagnasco

Emeritus bishop
  
Tarcisio Bertone

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Genoa

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2013) 812,246 690,409 (85%)

Secular priests
  
285 (diocesan) 268 (Religious Orders)

The Archdiocese of Genoa (Latin: Archidioecesis Ianuensis) is a metropolitan see of the Catholic Church in Italy. Erected in the 3rd century, it was elevated to an archdiocese on 20 March 1133. The archdiocese of Genoa was, in 1986, united with the diocese of Bobbio-San Colombano, forming the Archdiocese of Genoa-Bobbio; however a split in 1989 returned it to the Archdiocese of Genoa.

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Suffragans include the Diocese of Albenga-Imperia, Diocese of Chiavari, Diocese of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Diocese of Savona-Noli, Diocese of Tortona, and Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo.

Bishops

  • St. Salome, 4th century
  • St. Siro, 4th century
  • St. Remo, 4th century (possibly preceded St. Syrus)
  • Airaldo Guaraco

    • Parishes

    Of the diocese’s 278 parishes, most are in the Province of Genoa, Liguria; the rest are in the Province of Alessandria, Piedmont. In 2013, there was one priest for every 1,248 Catholics.

    Reference works

  • Gams, Pius Bonifatius (1873). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo. Ratisbon: Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz.  pp. 815–816. (Use with caution; obsolete)
  • Eubel, Conradus (ed.) (1913). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 1 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.  pp. 281–282. (in Latin)
  • Eubel, Conradus (ed.) (1914). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 2 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.  p. 167.
  • Eubel, Conradus (ed.); Gulik, Guilelmus (1923). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 3 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.  p. 215.
  • Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica IV (1592-1667). Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. Retrieved 2016-07-06.  p. 207.
  • Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi V (1667-1730). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06.  pp. 225–226.
  • Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1958). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi VI (1730-1799). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06.  p. 241.

    • Studies

  • Grassi, Luigi Grassi (1872). Serie dei vescovi ed arcivescovi di Genova (in Italian). Parte prima. Genova: tipogr. della Gioventú. 

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Genoa Wikipedia
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