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Diocese of Volterra

Dioecesis Volaterrana



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Bishop(s)

  • Roberto Campiotti, Bishop
  • Alberto Silvani, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 5th Century
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Pisa
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 1,743 (673 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Toscana
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesivolterra.it/
  • Mailing Address: Via Roma 13, 56048 Volterra [Pisa], Italia
  • Telephone: 0588.97.82.00
  • Fax: 0588.97.82.35

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
5th CenturyErectedDiocese of Volterra (erected)
26 July 1954Territory LostDiocese of Volterra (Chiusdino, Frassini and Castelletto, Ciciano, Montalcinello, Monticiano, Frosini, S. Galgano, Scalvaia and Luriano, and Tocchi) Archdiocese of Siena

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
188691,563.0%2930113OTC
1950113,558113,558100.0%1422016270026232112ap1951
197086,94586,945100.0%10391127769245107ap1971
198083,30083,80099.4%848929058102107ap1981
199080,72681,23199.4%7111829841114494ap1991
199979,70079,85099.8%6812809961510192ap2000
200078,55078,70099.8%681280981159692ap2001
200178,25079,10098.9%6511761,029149192ap2002
200281,00081,85099.0%5912711,140159192ap2003
200380,35082,05097.9%5611671,199139392ap2004
200481,05082,50098.2%5113641,2661510992ap2005
201080,11481,85497.9%5511661,2131149688ap2011
201482,10587,30594.0%479561,46611211388ap2015
201789,24194,09894.8%448521,71631112288ap2018
202089,30194,53394.5%439521,71731213588ap2021
202282,60085,98496.1%459541,52931213683ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 536
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 270, and Page 271
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 337
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 372
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 418
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 445
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 399
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 763, to Page 764

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