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Diocese of Caltagirone

Dioecesis Calatayeronensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Calogero Peri, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 12 September 1816
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Catania
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 1,551 (599 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Sicilia
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesidicaltagirone.it/
  • Mailing Address: Vescovado, Piazza S. Francesco d'Assisi 9, 95041 Caltagirone [Catania], Italia
  • Telephone: 0933.34.186
  • Fax: (same)

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
12 September 1816ErectedDiocese of Catania
Archdiocese of Messina
Diocese of Caltagirone (erected)
2 December 2000Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Caltagirone (from Siracusa)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1886115,963.0%309023OTC
1950151,200151,60099.7%121291501,0083419641ap1951
1959162,500162,85099.8%123341571,0354426847ap1960
1969159,126159,63999.7%98421401,1365125656ap1971
1980168,500170,60098.8%89241131,4912719559ap1981
1990152,197154,40098.6%87191061,4352317360ap1991
1999154,545156,97698.5%8312951,62651314559ap2000
2000153,146155,58798.4%8412961,59561415157ap2001
2001153,524156,02698.4%8112931,65081314757ap2002
2002155,113157,69098.4%779861,80381013957ap2003
2003154,983157,72998.3%779861,80281313457ap2004
2004154,323157,08298.2%7810881,75391313357ap2005
2006151,430154,29098.1%7712891,70191512157ap2007
2013145,467151,74595.9%7313861,691112610557ap2014
2016141,638149,61894.7%7212841,68613257957ap2017
2019137,237146,29093.8%7211831,65314134957ap2020
2021134,349139,90796.0%7511861,56213125357ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 955, to Page 956
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 93, Page 128, and Page 129

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