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Diocese of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi

Dioecesis Oppidensis-Palmarum



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Bishop(s)

  • Giuseppe Alberti, Bishop
  • Francesco Milito, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 10 June 1979
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 930 (359 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Calabria
  • Official Web Site: https://www.diocesioppidopalmi.it
  • Mailing Address: Via A.M. Curcio 81, 89014 Oppido Mamertina [Reggio Calabria]; Via Rocco Pugliese 38, 89015 Palmi [Reggio Calabria], Italia
  • Telephone: 0966.419.814

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Oppido Mamertina
13th CenturyErectedDiocese of Oppido Mamertina (erected)
10 June 1979Territory AddedDiocese of Mileto (Palmi, Anoia, Pietro di Caridà, San Proeopio, Seminara, Serrata, Sinopoli, Taurianova along with St. Michael the Archangel in Acquaro di Cosoleto) Diocese of Oppido Mamertina
Diocese of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi
10 June 1979Name ChangedDiocese of Oppido Mamertina Diocese of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi
29 January 1980Territory LostDiocese of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi (Covala) Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Oppido Mamertina
188620,476.0%92020OTC
194842,00042,000100.0%474789320ap1951
196930,17530,175100.0%33339143821ap1971
Diocese of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi
1980175,000175,000100.0%100201201,4582011074ap1981
1987160,000160,000100.0%101161171,3671620063ap1991
1999174,430177,43098.3%87171041,67722124564ap2000
2000174,000177,43098.1%81191001,74072423565ap2001
2001174,000177,43098.1%7918971,79372323065ap2002
2002174,000177,43098.1%8115961,81272021565ap2003
2003174,000177,43098.1%8118991,75782418465ap2004
2004173,990177,40098.1%84171011,72282318065ap2005
2013180,200187,20096.3%8611971,857221615066ap2014
2016172,900179,60096.3%8316991,746222317466ap2017
2019172,640179,28096.3%86241101,569293010966ap2020
2021173,418175,69898.7%89231121,548322710966ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Oppido Mamertina
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 377
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 207
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 262, and Page 263
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 264
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 297
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 318
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 909
  • Diocese of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 71, Page 1,360, and Page 1,361

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