Roman Catholic Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia

Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia
Dioecesis Maceratensis-Tolentinus-Recinetensis-Cingulanus-Treiensis

Cathedral of Macerata
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Fermo
Statistics
Area 745 km2 (288 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
138,940
134,412 (96.7%)
Parishes 67
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 18 November 1320 (695 years ago)
Cathedral Cattedrale di S. Giuliano (Macerata)
Co-cathedral Basilica Cattedrale di S. Flaviano (Recanati)
Basilica Concattedrale di S. Catervo (Tolentino)
Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Cingoli)
Concattedrale di SS. Annunziata (Treia)
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Bishop Nazzareno Marconi
Emeritus Bishops Claudio Giuliodori
Map
Website
www.diocesimacerata.it
Tolentino Cathedral

The Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia (Latin: Dioecesis Maceratensis-Tolentinus-Recinetensis-Cingulanus-Treiensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Italy.

Overview

The Diocese of Macerata was established on 18 November 1320. It was united with the Diocese of Tolentino on 10 December 1586. The current diocese was founded in 1986 from a merger of the Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino with the Diocese of Osimo e Cingoli, the Diocese of Recanati and the Diocese of San Severino (Treia).[1]

It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Fermo.[1]

Ordinaries

Diocese of Macerata

Latin Name: Maceratensis
Erected: 18 November 1320

Diocese of Macerata e Tolentino

Latin Name: Maceratensis et Tolentinus
United: 10 December 1586 with the Diocese of Tolentino
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Fermo

Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia

United: 25 January 1985 with the territory of the former Diocese of Treia, the Diocese of Macerata e Tolentino, the Diocese of Osimo e Cingoli, and the Diocese of Recanati
Latin Name:Maceratensis-Tolentinus-Recinetensis-Cingulanus-Treiensis

References

  1. 1 2 "Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia". Catholic-Hierarchy.

External links

Coordinates: 43°18′02″N 13°27′24″E / 43.30056°N 13.45667°E / 43.30056; 13.45667


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