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Roman Catholic Diocese of Mantua

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Milan

Established
  
804 (1213 years ago)

Phone
  
+39 0376 319511

Country
  
Italy

Rite
  
Roman

Area
  
2,080 km²

Province
  
Province of Mantua

Roman Catholic Diocese of Mantua

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2013) 382,128 328,876 (86.1%)

Cathedral
  
Cattedrale di San Pietro Apostolo

Co-cathedral
  
Basilica di Sant'Andrea Apostolo

Address
  
Piazza Sordello, 15, 46100 Mantova MN, Italy

Similar
  
Duomo di Mantova, Santuario della Beata Vergine, Basilica di Sant'Andr, Parrocchia Di San Giorgio M, Chiesa di San Francesco

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The Diocese of Mantua (Latin: Dioecesis Mantuana) is a see of the Catholic Church in Italy. It was erected in 804, and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan. The diocese has produced one Pope and (Latin) Patriarch of Constantinople, and two cardinals.

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The diocese's motherchurch and thus seat of its bishop is the Cathedral of S. Pietro Apostolo; Mantua also contains the Basilica of Sant'Andrea. The last Bishop of Mantua iss Gianmarco Busca, appointed by Pope Francis on June 3, 2016. The bishops emeriti are Egidio Caporello and Roberto Busti. In 2013 there is one priest in the diocese for every 1,660 Catholics.

Parishes

There are 168 parishes, all in the Lombardy region; 166 are in the Province of Mantua and 2 in the Province of Cremona.

Books

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

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    Roman Catholic Diocese of Mantua Wikipedia
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