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Roman Catholic Diocese of Como

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Milan

Denomination
  
Catholic Church

Established
  
4th Century

Phone
  
+39 031 331 2301

Country
  
Italy

Parishes
  
338

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Area
  
4,244 km²

Province
  
Province of Como

Roman Catholic Diocese of Como

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2013) 533,000 (ca.) 518,000 (97.2%)

Address
  
Viale Cesare Battisti, 8, 22100 Como CO, Italy

Similar
  
Cattedrale di Como, Parrocchia S Giuseppe, Parrocchia Sant'Agata, Santuario della SS Trinità Mi, Parrocchia 'SS Crocifisso'

The Catholic Diocese of Como (Latin: Dioecesis Comensis) in northern Italy, has existed since the fourth century. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Milan. The bishops' seat is in Como Cathedral.

Contents

Local legend credits the conversion of Como to the apostolate of Hermagoras of Aquileia (died c. 70). Until 1528 Como was, indeed, a suffragan of the patriarchate of Aquileia (later of Venice) and followed the Aquileian Rite. In 1528 Como was placed under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Milan.

History

In the tenth century the Bishops of Como were also its temporal lords. Como Cathedral was begun in 1396, and was completed only in 1595; later the cupola and some small chapels were added (1730–44).

Parishes

The 338 parishes of the diocese are spread across four provinces of the Lombardy region: the Province of Como, the Province of Lecco, the Province of Sondrio, and the Province of Varese. There is one priest for every 1,001 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. 786-788. (Use with caution; obsolete)
  • Eubel, Conradus (ed.) (1913). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 1 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.  p. 217. (in Latin)
  • Eubel, Conradus (ed.) (1914). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 2 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.  p. 140.
  • Eubel, Conradus (ed.); Gulik, Guilelmus (1923). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 3 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.  pp. 182-183.
  • Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica IV (1592-1667). Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. Retrieved 2016-07-06.  pp. 157-158.
  • Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi V (1667-1730). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06.  p. 166.
  • Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1958). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi VI (1730-1799). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06.  pp. 175-176.
  • Studies

  • Cantù, Cesare (1856). Storia della città e della diocesi di Como (in Italian). Vol. I. Firenze: Le Monnier. 
  • Cantù, Cesare (1856). Storia della città e della diocesi di Como (in Italian). Vol. II. Firenze: Felice Le Monnier. 
  • Cappelletti, Giuseppe (1856). Le chiese d'Italia della loro origine sino ai nostri giorni (in Italian). Volume undecimo (XI). Venezia: Giuseppe Antonelli. pp. 307–443. 
  • Caprioli, Adriano; Rimoldi, Antonio; Vaccaro, Luciano (1986). Diocesi di Como (in Italian). Brescia: La Scuola. ISBN 978-88-350-7761-9. 
  • Giusti, Guido Paolo (1980). Chiese e vescovi di Como (in Italian). Como. 
  • Turazza, G. (1930). La successione dei vescovi di Como dal 379 al 1930 (in Italian). Como: Arti Grafiche Emo Cavalleri. 
  • Ughelli, Ferdinando; Coleti, Niccolo (1720). Italia Sacra sive De Episcopis Italiae et insularum adjacentium: tomus quintus (in Latin). Tomus quintus (V). Venice: apud Sebastianum Coleti. pp. 255–322. 
  • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Como Wikipedia