History of Roman Catholicism in Italy

The Roman Catholic Church in Italy is approximately 80.8 % of the population, the largest religious group in Italy. To her also includes the territory of San Marino ( San Marino- Montefeltro See diocese ). Due to its large number of dioceses or equivalent territorial units Italy is the only country where the Roman Catholic Church is divided into regions church.

Organization

In Italy there are

  • 2 immediate Italo- Albanian dioceses

Church structures in Italy

Church Abruzzo -Molise

  • Ecclesiastical Province of Campobasso - Boiano with the Metropolitan Diocese Archdiocese of Campobasso - Boiano; Suffragan dioceses: Isernia - Venafro, Termoli - Larino, Trivento
  • Ecclesiastical Province of Chieti - Vasto with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chieti - Vasto diocese; Suffragan: the Archdiocese of Lanciano - Ortona
  • Ecclesiastical Province of L' Aquila with the Metropolitan Diocese Archdiocese of L'Aquila; Suffragan dioceses: Avezzano, Sulmona - Valva
  • Ecclesiastical Province of Pescara - Penne with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pescara - Penne diocese; Suffragan of Teramo - Atri

Church Puglia region

  • Ecclesiastical Province of Bari - Bitonto with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bari - Bitonto diocese; Suffragan dioceses: the Archdiocese of Trani - Barletta- Bisceglie and the bishoprics of Altamura - Gravina - Acquaviva delle Fonti, Andria, Conversano - Monopoli, Molfetta - Ruvo - Giovinazzo - Terlizzi
  • Ecclesiastical Province of Foggia - Bovino with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Foggia - Bovino diocese; Suffragan dioceses: the Archdiocese of Manfredonia - Vieste - San Giovanni Rotondo and the bishoprics of Cerignola - Ascoli Satriano, Lucera - Troia, San Severo
  • Ecclesiastical Province of Lecce with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lecce diocese; Suffragan dioceses: the Archdioceses of Brindisi - Ostuni, Otranto and the bishoprics of Nardo - Gallipoli, Ugento - Santa Maria di Leuca
  • Ecclesiastical Province of Taranto to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diocese of Taranto; Suffragan dioceses: Castellaneta, Oria

Church Basilicata

  • Ecclesiastical Province of Potenza - Muro Lucano - Marsico Nuovo: Metropolitan Diocese: Archdiocese of Muro Lucano - Marsico Potenza Nuovo; Suffragan dioceses: the Archdioceses Acerenza, Matera Irsina and the bishoprics of Melfi - Rapolla - Venosa, Tricarico Tursi - Lagonegro

Church Emilia -Romagna

  • Ecclesiastical Province of Bologna with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bologna diocese; Suffragan dioceses: the Archdiocese of Ferrara - Comacchio and the bishoprics of Faenza - Modigliana, Imola
  • Ecclesiastical Province of Modena Nonantola with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Modena - Nonantola diocese; Suffragan dioceses: Carpi, Fidenza, Parma, Piacenza - Bobbio, Reggio Emilia- Guastalla
  • Ecclesiastical Province of Ravenna - Cervia with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ravenna - Cervia diocese; Suffragan dioceses: Cesena Sarsina, Forlì - Bertinoro, Rimini, San Marino- Montefeltro

Church Calabria region

  • Immediate: Eparchy Lungro
  • Ecclesiastical Province of Catanzaro - Squillace with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Catanzaro - Squillace diocese; Suffragan dioceses: the Archdiocese of Crotone - Santa Severina and the Diocese of Lamezia Terme
  • Ecclesiastical Province of Cosenza - Bisignano with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cosenza - Bisignano diocese; Suffragan dioceses: the Archdiocese Rossano Cariati - and the bishoprics Cassano all'Jonio, San Marco Argentano - Scalea
  • Ecclesiastical Province of Reggio Calabria - Bova: the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria - Bova diocese; Suffragan dioceses: Locri - Gerace, Mileto - Nicotera - Tropea, Oppido Mamertina - Palmi

Church Campania region

  • Ecclesiastical Province of Benevento Archdiocese of Benevento with the Metropolitan diocese; Suffragan dioceses: the Archdiocese of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi Conza - Nusco Bisaccia; the bishoprics of Ariano Irpino - Lacedonia, Avellino, Cerreto Sannita - Telese Sant'Agata de ' Goti and the Territorial Abbey of Monte Vergine
  • Ecclesiastical Province of Naples with the Metropolitan Diocese Archdiocese of Naples; Suffragan dioceses: the Archdioceses of Capua, Sorrento - Castellammare di Stabia; the bishoprics of Acerra, Alife - Caiazzo, Aversa, Caserta, Ischia, Nola, Pozzuoli, Sessa Aurunca, Teano - Calvi and the Territorialprälatur Pompei
  • Ecclesiastical Province of Salerno- Campagna - Acerno with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salerno- Campagna - diocese Acerno; Suffragan dioceses: the Archdiocese of Amalfi - Cava de ' Tirreni; the bishoprics of Nocera Inferiore - Sarno, Teggiano - Policastro, Vallo della Lucania and the Territorial Abbey of Cava de ' Tirreni

Church Lazio Region

  • Ecclesiastical Province of Rome with the Metropolitan Diocese Diocese of Rome with the Holy See ( Apostolic chair); suburbicarian dioceses: Albano, Frascati, Ostia, Palestrina, Porto- Santa Rufina, Sabina -Poggio Mirteto, Velletri - Segni
  • Immediate: the Archdiocese of Gaeta; the bishoprics of Anagni - Alatri, Civita Castellana, Civitavecchia - Tarquinia, Frosinone - Veroli - Ferentino, Latina Terracina Sezze - Priverno, Rieti, Sora - Aquino - Pontecorvo, Tivoli, Viterbo and the territorial abbeys of Montecassino, Santa Maria di Grottaferrata, Subiaco

Church Liguria region

  • Ecclesiastical Province of Genoa with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diocese of Genoa; Suffragan dioceses: Albenga - Imperia, Chiavari, La Spezia - Sarzana- Brugnato, Savona - Noli, Tortona, Ventimiglia - San Remo

Church Lombardy region

  • Ecclesiastical Province of Milan with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Milan diocese; Suffragan dioceses: Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Crema, Cremona, Lodi, Mantova, Pavia, Vigevano

Church Marche Region

  • Ecclesiastical Province of Ancona - Osimo with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ancona - Osimo diocese; Suffragan dioceses: Fabriano - Matelica, Jesi, Senigallia and the Territorialprälatur Loreto
  • Ecclesiastical Province of Fermo with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diocese of Fermo; Suffragan dioceses: the Archdiocese of Camerino - San Severino Marche and the bishoprics of Ascoli Piceno, Macerata - Tolentino - Recanati - Cingoli - Treia, San Benedetto del Tronto Ripatransone -Mont Alto
  • Ecclesiastical Province of Pesaro with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diocese of Pesaro; Suffragan dioceses: the Archdiocese of Urbino - Urbania -Sant'Angelo in Vado and the diocese of Fano Fossombrone - Cagli pergola

Church of Piedmont

  • Ecclesiastical Province of Turin with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Turin diocese; Suffragan dioceses: Acqui, Alba, Aosta, Asti, Cuneo, Fossano, Ivrea, Mondovi, Pinerolo, Saluzzo, Susa
  • Ecclesiastical Province of Vercelli with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diocese of Vercelli; Suffragan dioceses: Alessandria, Biella, Casale Monferrato, Novara

Church Sardinia region

  • Ecclesiastical Province of Cagliari with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diocese of Cagliari; Suffragan dioceses: Iglesias, Lanusei, Nuoro
  • Ecclesiastical Province of Oristano with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Oristano diocese; Suffragan: Ales - Terralba
  • Ecclesiastical Province of Sassari with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diocese of Sassari; Suffragan dioceses: Alghero - Bosa, Ozieri, Tempio - Ampurias

Church Region of Sicily

  • Immediate: Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi
  • Ecclesiastical Province of Agrigento with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agrigento Diocese; Suffragan dioceses: Caltanissetta, Piazza Armerina
  • Ecclesiastical Province of Catania with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diocese of Catania; Suffragan dioceses: Acireale, Caltagirone
  • Ecclesiastical Province of Messina - Lipari - Santa Lucia del Mela with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Messina - Lipari - Diocese of Santa Lucia del Mela; Suffragan dioceses: Nicosia, Patti
  • Ecclesiastical Province of Palermo with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diocese of Palermo; Suffragan dioceses: the Archdiocese of Monreale and the bishoprics of Cefalù, Mazara del Vallo, Trapani
  • Ecclesiastical Province of Syracuse with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diocese of Syracuse; Suffragan dioceses: Noto, Ragusa

Church Region of Tuscany

  • Immediate: the Archdiocese of Lucca and the Territorial Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore
  • Ecclesiastical Province of Florence with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diocese of Florence; Suffragan dioceses: Arezzo - Cortona - Sansepolcro, Fiesole, Pistoia, Prato San Miniato
  • Ecclesiastical Province of Pisa with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diocese of Pisa; Suffragan dioceses: Livorno, Massa Carrara - Pontremoli, Pescia, Volterra
  • Ecclesiastical Province of Siena - Colle di Val d' Elsa - Montalcino with the Metropolitan Diocese Archdiocese of Siena - Colle di Val d' Elsa - Montalcino; Suffragan dioceses: Grosseto, Massa Marittima - Piombino, Montepulciano - Chiusi- Pienza, Sovana - Pitigliano - Orbetello

Church Triveneto

  • Ecclesiastical Province of Gorizia with the Metropolitan diocese archdiocese of Gorizia; Suffragan of Trieste
  • Ecclesiastical Province of Trento to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diocese of Trento; Suffragan of Bolzano -Bressanone
  • Ecclesiastical Province of Udine with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Udine diocese; no suffragan
  • Ecclesiastical Province of Venice: the Metropolitan Diocese Patriarchate of Venice; Suffragan dioceses: Adria- Rovigo, Belluno - Feltre, Chioggia, Concordia - Pordenone, Padua, Treviso, Verona, Vicenza, Veneto Vittorio

Church Umbria region

  • Immediate: the Archdiocese of Spoleto - Norcia and the bishoprics of Orvieto - Todi, Terni - Narni- Amelia
  • Ecclesiastical Province of Perugia - Città della Pieve with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diocese of Perugia - Città della Pieve; Suffragan dioceses: Assisi - Nocera Umbra - Gualdo Cattaneo, Città di Castello, Foligno, Gubbio
Religious organization Roman Catholic Diocese of San Marino-Montefeltro Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano Roman Catholic Diocese of Isernia-Venafro Roman Catholic Diocese of Termoli-Larino Roman Catholic Diocese of Trivento Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto Roman Catholic Diocese of Avezzano Roman Catholic Diocese of Sulmona-Valva Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne Roman Catholic Diocese of Teramo-Atri Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie Roman Catholic Diocese of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti Roman Catholic Diocese of Andria Roman Catholic Diocese of Conversano-Monopoli Roman Catholic Diocese of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manfredonia-Vieste-S. Giovanni Rotondo Roman Catholic Diocese of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucera–Troia Roman Catholic Diocese of San Severo Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lecce Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostuni Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Otranto Roman Catholic Diocese of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taranto Roman Catholic Diocese of Castellaneta Roman Catholic Diocese of Oria Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Acerenza Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Matera-Irsina Roman Catholic Diocese of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa Roman Catholic Diocese of Tricarico Roman Catholic Diocese of Tursi-Lagonegro Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ferrara-Comacchio Roman Catholic Diocese of Faenza-Modigliana Roman Catholic Diocese of Imola Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola Roman Catholic Diocese of Carpi Roman Catholic Diocese of Fidenza Roman Catholic Diocese of Parma Roman Catholic Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio Roman Catholic Diocese of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia Roman Catholic Diocese of Cesena-Sarsina Roman Catholic Diocese of Rimini Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Crotone-Santa Severina Roman Catholic Diocese of Lamezia Terme Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rossano-Cariati Roman Catholic Diocese of San Marco Argentano-Scalea Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova Roman Catholic Diocese of Locri-Gerace Roman Catholic Diocese of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea Roman Catholic Diocese of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Benevento Roman Catholic Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia Roman Catholic Diocese of Avellino Territorial Abbey of Montevergine Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Capua Roman Catholic Diocese of Acerra Roman Catholic Diocese of Alife-Caiazzo Roman Catholic Diocese of Aversa Roman Catholic Diocese of Caserta Roman Catholic Diocese of Ischia Roman Catholic Diocese of Nola Roman Catholic Diocese of Pozzuoli Roman Catholic Diocese of Sessa Aurunca Roman Catholic Diocese of Teano-Calvi Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno Roman Catholic Diocese of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno Roman Catholic Diocese of Teggiano-Policastro Roman Catholic Diocese of Vallo della Lucania Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Albano Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Frascati Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Palestrina Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Porto-Santa Rufina Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Velletri-Segni Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gaeta Roman Catholic Diocese of Anagni-Alatri Roman Catholic Diocese of Civita Castellana Roman Catholic Diocese of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia Roman Catholic Diocese of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino Roman Catholic Diocese of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno Roman Catholic Diocese of Rieti Roman Catholic Diocese of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo Roman Catholic Diocese of Tivoli Roman Catholic Diocese of Viterbo Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Genoa Roman Catholic Diocese of Albenga-Imperia Roman Catholic Diocese of Chiavari Roman Catholic Diocese of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato Roman Catholic Diocese of Savona-Noli Roman Catholic Diocese of Tortona Roman Catholic Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo Roman Catholic Diocese of Bergamo Roman Catholic Diocese of Brescia Roman Catholic Diocese of Como Roman Catholic Diocese of Crema Roman Catholic Diocese of Cremona Roman Catholic Diocese of Lodi Roman Catholic Diocese of Pavia Roman Catholic Diocese of Vigevano Roman Catholic Diocese of Fabriano-Matelica Roman Catholic Diocese of Iesi Roman Catholic Diocese of Senigallia Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fermo Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche Roman Catholic Diocese of Ascoli Piceno Roman Catholic Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia Roman Catholic Diocese of San Benedetto del Tronto-Ripatransone-Montalto Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pesaro Roman Catholic Diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola Roman Catholic Diocese of Alba Pompeia Roman Catholic Diocese of Aosta Roman Catholic Diocese of Asti Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuneo Roman Catholic Diocese of Fossano Roman Catholic Diocese of Ivrea Roman Catholic Diocese of Mondovì Roman Catholic Diocese of Pinerolo Roman Catholic Diocese of Saluzzo Roman Catholic Diocese of Susa Roman Catholic Diocese of Alessandria della Paglia Roman Catholic Diocese of Biella Roman Catholic Diocese of Casale Monferrato Roman Catholic Diocese of Novara Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cagliari Roman Catholic Diocese of Iglesias Roman Catholic Diocese of Lanusei Roman Catholic Diocese of Nuoro Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oristano Roman Catholic Diocese of Ales-Terralba Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sassari Roman Catholic Diocese of Alghero-Bosa Roman Catholic Diocese of Ozieri Roman Catholic Diocese of Tempio-Ampurias Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agrigento Roman Catholic Diocese of Caltanissetta Roman Catholic Diocese of Piazza Armerina Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Catania Roman Catholic Diocese of Acireale Roman Catholic Diocese of Caltagirone Roman Catholic Diocese of Nicosia, Sicily Roman Catholic Diocese of Patti Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Monreale Roman Catholic Diocese of Mazara del Vallo Roman Catholic Diocese of Trapani Roman Catholic Diocese of Noto Roman Catholic Diocese of Ragusa, Sicily Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lucca Roman Catholic Diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro Roman Catholic Diocese of Fiesole Roman Catholic Diocese of Pistoia Roman Catholic Diocese of Livorno Roman Catholic Diocese of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli Roman Catholic Diocese of Pescia Roman Catholic Diocese of Volterra Roman Catholic Diocese of Grosseto Roman Catholic Diocese of Massa Marittima-Piombino Roman Catholic Diocese of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza Roman Catholic Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello Roman Catholic Diocese of Bolzano-Brixen Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Udine Roman Catholic Diocese of Adria-Rovigo Roman Catholic Diocese of Belluno-Feltre Roman Catholic Diocese of Chioggia Roman Catholic Diocese of Concordia-Pordenone Roman Catholic Diocese of Padua Roman Catholic Diocese of Treviso Roman Catholic Diocese of Verona Roman Catholic Diocese of Vicenza Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia Roman Catholic Diocese of Orvieto-Todi Roman Catholic Diocese of Foligno Roman Catholic Diocese of Gubbio List of cathedrals in Italy Italian Episcopal Conference
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