List of Catholic dioceses in Italy

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The following is the List of the Catholic dioceses in Italy. As of May 2017, the Catholic Church in Italy is divided into sixteen ecclesiastical regions. While they are similar to the 20 civil regions of the Italian state, there are some differences. Most ecclesiastical regions are in turn divided into a number of ecclesiastical provinces. The provinces are in turn divided into a number of dioceses. The sovereign state of Vatican City is part of the metropolitan province of Rome. A metropolitan bishop exercises a degree of leadership over a group of dioceses that are loosely subject (suffragan) to the care of the metropolitan see. This list excludes those archdioceses, dioceses and ecclesiastical territories that are immediately subject to the Holy See.

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There are 227 sees ('particular churches'), most of which are dioceses led by a bishop. A diocese that is led by an archbishop is known as an archdiocese. There are 40 Metropolitan archdioceses which serve as the seat of an ecclesiastical province. This number includes the Holy See and the Patriarchate of Venice. There are also four archdioceses which are non-metropolitan, having been demoted by papal decree. This brings the number of archbishops in Italy and Vatican City to 44 (i.e. 40 + 4).

All the sees belong to the Latin Church apart from three Eastern Catholic sees of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church that use the Byzantine Rite in the Albanian language. All sees of the Latin Church use the Roman Rite apart from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Milan, which mainly uses the Ambrosian Rite.

Episcopal Conference of Italy

ecclesiastical provinces in Italy (above)/ Ecclesiastical regions (below) Arcidiocesi e sedi.jpg
ecclesiastical provinces in Italy (above)/ Ecclesiastical regions (below)
Map
Code
Ecclesiastical
Region
Ecclesiastical
Province
1Abruzzo-Molise
L'Aquila in Abruzzo
Chieti-Vasto in Abruzzo
Pescara-Penne in Abruzzo
Campobasso-Boiano in Molise
2Basilicata
Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo
3Calabria
Calabria-Bova
Catanzaro-Squillace
Cosenza-Bisignano
4 Campania
Salerno-Campagna-Acerno
Benevento
Naples
5Emilia-Romagna
Bologna
Modena-Nonantola
Ravenna-Cervia
6Lazio
Rome
7Liguria
Genoa
8Lombardy
Milan
9Marche
Ancona-Osimo
Fermo
Pesaro
10Piedmont
Turin including Aosta Valley
Vercelli in Piedmont
11Puglia
Bari-Bitonto
Foggia-Bovino
Lecce
Taranto
12Sardinia
Cagliari
Oristano
Sassari
13Sicily
Agrigento
Catania
Messina-Lipari
Palermo
Syracuse
14Tuscany
Florence
Pisa
Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino
15 Triveneto
Gorizia in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Udine in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Trento in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Venice in Veneto
16Umbria
Perugia-Città della Pieve

Exempt

The following are immediately Subject to the Holy See, despite not being in the Pope's Ecclesiastical Province of Rome.

Italo-Albanian Catholic Church

(Byzantine Rite, the only non-Latin dioceses in Italy)

Ecclesiastical Region of Abruzzo-Molise

The ecclesiastical provinces of L'Aquila, Chieti-Vasto and Pescara-Penne are mainly situated in the civil region of Abruzzo while Campobasso-Boiano is situated in Molise.

Ecclesiastical Province of L'Aquila

Ecclesiastical Province of Chieti-Vasto

Ecclesiastical Province of Pescara-Penne

Ecclesiastical Province of Campobasso-Boiano

Ecclesiastical Region of Basilicata

Ecclesiastical Province of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo

Ecclesiastical Region of Calabria

Ecclesiastical Province of Reggio Calabria-Bova

Ecclesiastical Province of Catanzaro-Squillace

Ecclesiastical Province of Cosenza-Bisignano

Ecclesiastical Region of Campania

Ecclesiastical Province of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno

Ecclesiastical Province of Benevento

Ecclesiastical Province of Naples

Ecclesiastical Region of Emilia-Romagna

Ecclesiastical Province of Bologna

Ecclesiastical Province of Modena-Nonantola

Ecclesiastical Province of Ravenna-Cervia

Ecclesiastical Region of Lazio

Ecclesiastical Province of Rome

The motherchurch of the Roman Catholic dioceses of Italy is the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the pope. San Giovanni in Laterano 2021.jpg
The motherchurch of the Roman Catholic dioceses of Italy is the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the pope.

Ecclesiastical Region of Liguria

Ecclesiastical Province of Genoa

Ecclesiastical Region of Lombardy

Ecclesiastical Province of Milan

Ecclesiastical Region of Marche

Ecclesiastical Province of Ancona-Osimo

Ecclesiastical Province of Fermo

Ecclesiastical Province of Pesaro

Ecclesiastical Region of Piedmont

Ecclesiastical Province of Turin

Ecclesiastical Province of Vercelli

Ecclesiastical Region of Puglia

Ecclesiastical Province of Bari-Bitonto

Ecclesiastical Province of Foggia-Bovino

Ecclesiastical Province of Lecce

Ecclesiastical Province of Taranto

Ecclesiastical Region of Sardinia

Ecclesiastical Province of Cagliari

Ecclesiastical Province of Oristano

Ecclesiastical Province of Sassari

Ecclesiastical Region of Sicily

Ecclesiastical Province of Agrigento

Ecclesiastical Province of Catania

Ecclesiastical Province of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela

Ecclesiastical Province of Palermo

Ecclesiastical Province of Siracusa (Syracuse)

Ecclesiastical Region of Tuscany

Ecclesiastical Province of Firenze (Florence)

Ecclesiastical Province of Pisa

Ecclesiastical Province of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino

Ecclesiastical Region of Triveneto

In the ecclesiastical region of Triveneto, there are two ecclesiastical provinces of that are situated in the civil region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Gorizia and Udine); one province that is mainly situated in the civil region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (Trento); one province that is mainly situated in the civil region of Veneto (Venice).

Ecclesiastical Province of Gorizia

Ecclesiastical Province of Udine

Ecclesiastical Province of Trento

Ecclesiastical Province of Venice

Ecclesiastical Region of Umbria

Ecclesiastical Province of Perugia-Città della Pieve

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