Roman Catholic Diocese of Caltagirone

Diocese of Caltagirone
Dioecesis Calatayeronensis

Interior of the Cathedral of Caltagirone
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Catania
Statistics
Area 1,551 km2 (599 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
154,290
151,430 (98.1%)
Parishes 57
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 12 September 1816 (199 years ago)
Cathedral Basilica Cattedrale di S. Giuliano
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Calogero Peri, O.F.M. Cap.
Map
Website
www.diocesidicaltagirone.it

The Italian Catholic diocese of Caltagirone (Latin: Dioecesis Calatayeronensis) is situated in the east of Sicily. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Catania. In 2006 it counted 151.430 baptized between 154.290 inhabitants. From 20 March 2012 the bishop is Calogero Peri.[1]

The diocese consists of fifteen towns in the province of Catania: Caltagirone, Castel di Judica, Grammichele, Mazzarrone, San Michele di Ganzaria, Raddusa, Ramacca, Mirabella Imbaccari, Scordia, Militello in Val di Catania, Palagonia, Mineo, Licodia Eubea, San Cono and Vizzini. The main town, where is St. Julian's cathedral church, is Caltagirone. The territory is subdivided into 57 parish churches.

History

The diocese was created on 12 September 1817 with the Pope Pius VII' papal bull Romanus Pontifex. Originally it was a suffragan of the diocese of Monreale, but from 20 May 1844 it entered in the ecclesiastic province of Siracusa. From 2 December 2000, with the Pope John Paul II's papal bull, Ad maiori consulendum, the diocese became a suffragan of archdiocese of Catania. On 20 March 2010, the 15° bishop of Caltagirone, Calogero Peri, was the first consecrated in St. Julian's cathedral of Caltagirone.

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Coordinates: 37°14′00″N 14°31′00″E / 37.2333°N 14.5167°E / 37.2333; 14.5167

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