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Archdiocese of Lucca

Archidioecesis Lucensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Paolo Giulietti, Archbishop
  • Benvenuto Italo Castellani, Archbishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 11 September 1726
  • Immediately Subject to the Holy See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 1,520 (587 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Toscana
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesilucca.it/
  • Mailing Address: Curia Arcivescovile, Via Arcivescovato 45, 55100 Lucca, Italia
  • Telephone: 0583.430.91
  • Fax: 0583.430.944

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Lucca
1st CenturyErectedDiocese of Lucca (erected)
5 December 1622Territory LostDiocese of Lucca Diocese of San Miniato (erected)
Archdiocese of Lucca
11 September 1726ElevatedDiocese of Lucca Archdiocese of Lucca
19 February 1954Territory AddedArchdiocese of Pisa (Palagnana) Archdiocese of Lucca
5 September 1992Territory AddedDiocese of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli (Camporgiano, Careggine, Castelnuovo Garfagnana, Fabbriche di Vallico, Fosciandora, Gallicano, Giuncugnano, Minucciano, Molazzana, Piazza al Serchio, Pieve Fosciana, S. Romano Garfagnana, Sillano, Stazzema, Vagli Sotto, Vergemoli, and Villa Collemandina) Archdiocese of Lucca

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Lucca
1886189,891.0%6280234OTC
1950259,227259,270100.0%415123538481151177248ap1951
1970259,915260,13899.9%357125482539156834261ap1971
1980277,885279,03599.6%315102417666109708260ap1981
1990278,522279,93499.5%26964333836370609256ap1991
1999302,140306,77498.5%282643468731377535362ap2000
2000302,000306,00098.7%275643398901377548362ap2001
2001302,000308,36097.9%280623428831674546362ap2002
2002301,200307,50797.9%287293169531649457363ap2003
2003293,140299,97297.7%277293069571650452363ap2004
2004293,145312,36993.8%277293069571750426362ap2005
2013315,200323,20097.5%186172031,5522233261362ap2014
2016316,900323,90097.8%178151931,6412129218362ap2017
2019315,200322,20097.8%178151931,6332129218362ap2020
2021311,455318,39097.8%178151931,6132129218362ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Lucca
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 313
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 180
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 228, and Page 229
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 223
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 247
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 265
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 739, to Page 741
  • Archdiocese of Lucca
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 265
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 46, Page 502
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 85, Page 205, to Page 212

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