Parishes 46 Rite Roman Rite Area 1,068 km² Phone +39 0578 71951 Bishop Stefano Manetti | Denomination Catholic Church Established 10 November 1561 Province Province of Siena Country Italy | |
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Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2004)
73,100
70,100 (95.9%) Cathedral Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Montepulciano) Address Via Fiorenzuola Vecchia, 2, 53045 Montepulciano SI, Italy Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino Similar Chiesa di San Biagio, Chiesa S Maria della Pace, Convento Sant'Anto, Diocesi Di Arezzo ‑ Cortona, Museo Diocesano | ||
The Italian Catholic Diocese of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza (Latin: Dioecesis Montis Politiani-Clusina-Pientina), in Tuscany, has existed in the current form since 1986. In that year the diocese of Chiusi-Pienza was united into the historical Diocese of Montepulciano. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino.
On March 25, 2000, Rodolfo Cetoloni was appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chiusi-Pienza-Montepulciano by the Pope John Paul II, receiving episcopal ordination on May 20, 2000. On Tuesday, May 28, 2013, Pope Francis appointed Cetoloni as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grosseto.
History
Montepulciano belonged originally to the diocese of Arezzo, and had a collegiate church, whose archpriest became a mitred abbot in 1400; in 1480 it became a prælatura nullius, and in 1561 was made an episcopal see.
Its first bishop was Spinello Benci (1562); among the others were: