Parishes 428 Rite Roman Rite Area 3,716 km² Phone +39 0523 308311 Country Italy | Denomination Catholic Church Established 4th Century Bishop Gianni Ambrosio Province Province of Piacenza | |
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Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2004)
275,000
265,000 (96.4%) Cathedral Basilica Cattedrale di S. Giustina e S. Maria Assunta (Piacenza) Address Piazza Duomo, 33, 29121 Piacenza PC, Italy Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola Similar Il Nuovo Giornale, Duomo, Santa Teresa del Carmelo, Parrocchia San Giuseppe, Parrocchia San Lazzaro | ||
The Italian Catholic Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio (Latin: Dioecesis Placentina-Bobiensis) in northern Italy, has existed since 1989. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola. The historic Diocese of Piacenza was combined with the territory of the diocese of Bobbio-San Colombano, which was briefly united with the archdiocese of Genoa. In 1582 Piacenza was made a suffragan of the archdiocese of Bologna; it was later dependent upon the Holy See. The current bishop is Gianni Ambrosio.
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History
The Lombards took possession of Piacenza at the beginning of their invasion and thereafter it remained in their power. From the ninth century the temporal power was in the hands of the bishops until the twelfth century, when the town became a commune governed by consuls and later (1188) by a podestà.
St. Antonius, who is said to have belonged to the Theban Legion, suffered martyrdom at Piacenza in the second or third century. The first known bishop is St. Victor, present at the Council of Sardica (343); St. Savinus, present at the Council of Aquileia (381), was probably the Savinus to whom St. Ambrose wrote several letters. Other bishops incluceSt. Maurus, St. Flavianus, and St. Majorianus.
Diocese of Piacenza
Erected: 4th Century
Latin Name: Placentinus
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Modena e Nonantola
1600 to 1800
from 1800
Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio
16 September 1989: United with part of the Archdiocese of Genova-Bobbio to form the Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio
Territorial extent and parishes
The diocese (population c.287,500) has 422 parishes which extend over an area of 3,715 square kilometres (1,434 sq mi). Most, like the city of Piacenza, are located within the (civil) region of Emilia-Romagna (Provinces of Parma and Piacenza). A further 24 parishes fall within five communes of the Ligurian Province of Genoa, while 10 parishes are in the Lombard Province of Pavia.
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acknowledgment
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Piacenza (Placentinensis)". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.