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Roman Catholic Diocese of Prato

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
287 km²

Province
  
Province of Prato

Parishes
  
85

Rite
  
Phone
  
+39 0574 39259

Country
  
Roman Catholic Diocese of Prato

Metropolitan
  
Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2004)193,120186,320 (96.5%)

Address
  
Piazza del Duomo, 48, 59100 Prato PO, Italy

Similar
  
Episcopal Palace, Caritas Diocesana Di Prato, San Niccolò, Museo di Palazzo Pretorio d, Castello dell'Imper

Profiles

The Italian Catholic Diocese of Prato (Latin: Dioecesis Pratensis) in Tuscany, has existed since 1954. Its see is Prato Cathedral. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Florence.

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History

The diocese was created when the Diocese of Pistoia-Prato was split by Pope Pius XII in 1954.

Bishops

  • Pietro Fiordelli (1954–1991)
  • Gastone Simoni (1991–2012)
  • Franco Agostinelli (2012–present)
  • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Prato Wikipedia


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