Ecclesiastical province Modena-Nonantola Denomination Catholic Church Established 3rd century Archbishop Erio Castellucci Province Province of Modena | Parishes 246 Rite Roman Rite Area 2,089 km² Phone +39 059 213 3811 Country Italy | |
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Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2004)
462,000
455,000 (98.5%) Address Via Sant'Eufemia, 13, 41121 Modena MO, Italy Similar Duomo di Modena, Chiesa di S Pietro, Chiesa Parrocchi di Sant'A, Parrocchia di S Francesc, Parrocchia Gesù Redentore | ||
The Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola (Latin: Archidioecesis Mutinensis-Nonantulana) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Italy. It existed as the Diocese of Modena in central Italy from the 3rd century CE. In 1820 it incorporated the territory of Nonantola Abbey; it became an archdiocese in 1855 and took its current name in 1986.
Contents
- Diocese of Modena
- Diocese of Modena e Nonantola
- Archdiocese of Modena e Nonantola
- Archdiocese of Modena Nonantola
- References
Its suffragans are the Diocese of Carpi, Diocese of Fidenza, Diocese of Parma, Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio, and Diocese of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla.
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola (according to the Annuario Pontificale, or Pontifical Yearbook, of 2004) had a total population of 462,000, and a Catholic population of 455,000 (98.5% Catholic). There were 260 total priests (184 diocesan and 76 religious, with 1,750 Catholics per priest), there were 42 permanent deacons, 85 male religious, and 538 female religious. There were 246 parishes. The archdiocese is 2,089 square miles (5,410 km2) in area.
Diocese of Modena
Erected: 3rd Century
Latin Name: Mutinensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Bologna
Diocese of Modena e Nonantola
United: 15 December 1820 with the Territorial Abbey of Nonantola
Latin Name: Mutinensis et Nonantulana
Archdiocese of Modena e Nonantola
Elevated: 22 August 1855
Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola
Name Changed: 30 September 1986