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Roman Catholic Diocese of Massa Carrara Pontremoli

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Parishes
  
244

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Italy

Denomination
  
Catholic Church

Area
  
1,186 km²

Bishop
  
Giovanni Santucci

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 199,000 197,000 (99%)

Established
  
18 February 1822 (195 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Basilica Cattedrale di S. Pietro Apostolo e S. Francesco d’Assisi (Massa)

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pisa

The Italian Catholic Diocese of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli (Latin: Dioecesis Massensis-Apuana) is in Tuscany. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pisa.

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The historical Diocese of Massa Carrara had its name changed in 1939 to Diocese of Apuania; and again in 1986 to Diocese of Massa. In 1988 it was united with the Diocese of Pontremoli.

History

The see of Massa Carrara was created in 1822 at the instance of Duchess Maria Beatrice, and its first bishop was Francesco Maria Zappi. It was then suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pisa; but for a period from 1855 was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Modena.

Diocese of Massa Carrara

Erected: 18 February 1822
Latin Name: Massensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Pisa

  • Francesco Maria Zoppi (17 Nov 1823 - 1 Oct 1832 Resigned)
  • Francesco Strani (23 Jun 1834 - 16 Dec 1855 Died)
  • Giacomo Bernardi (16 Jun 1856 - 23 Dec 1871 Died)
  • Giovanni Battista Alessio Tommasi (6 May 1872 - 7 Aug 1887 Died)
  • Amilcare Tonietti (25 Nov 1887 - 12 Jun 1893 Appointed, Bishop of Montalcino)
  • Emilio Maria Miniati (18 May 1894 - 29 Apr 1909 Resigned)
  • Giovanni Battista Marenco, S.D.B. (29 Apr 1909 - 7 Jan 1917 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Macedonia)
  • Giuseppe Bertazzoni (30 Jun 1917 - 2 Jul 1933 Died)
  • Cristoforo Arduino Terzi, O.F.M. (11 May 1934 - 10 Jul 1945 Resigned)

    • Diocese of Apuania

    Name Changed: 20 July 1939
    Latin Name: Apuaniensis
    Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Pisa

  • Carlo Boiardi (30 Oct 1945 - 24 Feb 1970 Died)
  • Aldo Forzoni (23 Apr 1970 - 23 Feb 1988 Retired)

    • Diocese of Massa

    Name Changed: 30 September 1986
    Latin Name: Massensis

  • Bruno Tommasi (23 Feb 1988 - 20 Mar 1991 Appointed, Archbishop of Lucca)

    • Diocese of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli

    United: 23 February 1988 with the Diocese of Pontremoli
    Latin Name: Massensis-Apuanus
    Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Pisa

  • Eugenio Binini (20 Jul 1991 - 19 May 2010 Retired)
  • Giovanni Santucci (19 May 2010 - )

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli Wikipedia
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