Roman Catholic Diocese of Volterra

Diocese of Volterra
Dioecesis Volaterrana

Volterra Cathedral
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Pisa
Statistics
Area 1,743 km2 (673 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2010)
81,854
80,114 (97.9%)
Parishes 88
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 5th century
Cathedral Basilica Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Alberto Silvani
Emeritus Bishops Vasco Giuseppe Bertelli
Map
Website
www.diocesivolterra.it

The Diocese of Volterra (Latin: Dioecesis Volaterrana) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Tuscany, central Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pisa.[1][2]

History

Volterra is an ancient Etruscan town, later conquered by the Romans. In the Carolingian period it belonged to the Marquisate of Tuscany; with the approval of Henry, son of Frederick Barbarossa, the government of it afterwards passed into the hands of the bishop, until his temporal authority was suspended by the commune. In the wars or factions of the 13th century, Volterra, being Ghibelline, was continually embroiled with the Florentines, who captured it in 1254, but obtained definitive possession of it only in 1361.

According to the Liber Pontificalis, Volterra was the birthplace of St. Linus, the immediate successor of St. Peter. Nothing is known as to its Christian origins; Eucharistus, the first bishop of Volterra of whom there is any record (495), was deposed by the pope, and Helpidius (496) was put in his place. Justus (560) was at first involved in the Schism of the Three Chapters.

Volterra was immediately subject to the Holy See until 1856, when it became a suffragan of Pisa.

Ordinaries

Diocese of Volterra

Erected: 5th Century
Latin Name Volaterranus
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Pisa

References

Notes

  1. ↑ "Diocese of Volterra" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. ↑ "Diocese of Volterra" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016

External links

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "article name needed". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton. 

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