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Diocese of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore)

Dioecesis Reatina (-Sancti Salvatoris Maioris)



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Bishop(s)

  • Vito Piccinonna, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 3 June 1925
  • Metropolitan: Diocese of Roma {Rome}
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 1,818 (702 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Lazio
  • Official Web Site: http://www.chiesadirieti.it/
  • Mailing Address: Vescovado, Via Cintia 83, 02100 Rieti, Italia
  • Telephone: 0746.25.361
  • Fax: 0746.20.02.28

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Rieti
5th CenturyErectedDiocese of Rieti (erected)
1309Territory LostDiocese of Rieti Diocese of Città Ducale (erected)
25 November 1841Territory LostDiocese of Rieti
Diocese of Sabina
Territorial Abbey of San Salvatore Maggiore (suppressed)
Diocese of Poggio Mirteto (erected)
Diocese of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore)
3 June 1925Name ChangedDiocese of Poggio Mirteto (Pratojanni, Vaccareccia, Longone, Valle Cupola, Bocca Vittiana, Poggio Vittiano, Varco Sabino, and S. Salvatore Maggiore)
Diocese of Rieti
Diocese of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore)
25 October 1965Territory AddedDiocese of Ascoli Piceno (Amatrice, San Lorenzo a Flaviano, and Accumoli) Diocese of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore)
21 June 1976Territory AddedArchdiocese of L’Aquila (Borgovelino, Calcariola, Canetra, Cantalice (care of: S. Andrm, S. Michele, S. Maria, S. Liberato), Casette, Castel S. Angelo, Castel S. Angelo-Vasche, Cittaducale, Collerinaldo, Grotti, Lisciano, Lugano, Micciani, Mozza, Paterno, Pendenza, Ponte, ...) Diocese of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore)
21 June 1976Territory LostDiocese of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore) (Aringo, Busci, Gapitignano, Castiglione, Gabbia, Gampotost'o, Cesaproba, Maraña, Maseioni, Montereale, Ortolano, Pago Pellescritta, Poggio Cancelli, S. Giovanni Paganica, S. Lucia, S. Pietro in Sivignano, S. Vittoria, Sivignano, Verrico, and Ville di Fano) Archdiocese of L’Aquila
26 June 1976Territory AddedArchdiocese of Spoleto (S. Donato in Leonessa, Ocre, Pianezza, S. Angelo in Trigillo, S. Paolo e S. Pietro in Terzone, Vallunga, Villa Bigioni, and Ville del Piano) Diocese of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore)
26 June 1976Territory AddedDiocese of Norcia (Trimezzo in Gittareale) Diocese of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore)
26 June 1976Territory AddedDiocese of Terni e Narni (S. Eleutherio in Moggio Reatino) Diocese of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Rieti
188680,039.0%2880161OTC
Diocese of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore)
1950125,000125,000100.0%1553519065745190172ap1951
1970111,410111,56099.9%1342515970025365202ap1971
198098,00099,35098.6%11632148662144375217ap1981
199087,00094,67091.9%792510483622725594ap1991
199990,60098,85091.7%832210586222222094ap2000
200091,50099,20092.2%822210487922222094ap2001
200191,50099,20092.2%822210487922222094ap2002
200291,50099,20092.2%733210587133321894ap2003
200393,00099,00093.9%733210588533321593ap2004
200493,00099,00093.9%723110390233221494ap2005
201093,01199,09593.9%8822110845152620194ap2011
201493,00399,04693.9%7419931,000152420394ap2015
201790,64495,66694.8%702292985172416194ap2018
202088,20593,32394.5%6027871,013163013194ap2021
202289,60094,70094.6%6326891,006162913494ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Rieti
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 415, and Page 416
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 221
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 283
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 293
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 329, and Page 330
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 353, and Page 354
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 720, to Page 721
  • Diocese of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore)
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 18, Page 34, and Page 35
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 58, Page 168, and Page 169
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 68, Page 514, and Page 515
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 68, Page 516, and Page 517

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