The following is the List of the Catholic dioceses in Italy. As of May 2017 [update] , 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.
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.
Map Code | Ecclesiastical Region | Ecclesiastical Province |
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1 | Abruzzo-Molise | |
L'Aquila in Abruzzo | ||
Chieti-Vasto in Abruzzo | ||
Pescara-Penne in Abruzzo | ||
Campobasso-Boiano in Molise | ||
2 | Basilicata | |
Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo | ||
3 | Calabria | |
Calabria-Bova | ||
Catanzaro-Squillace | ||
Cosenza-Bisignano | ||
4 | Campania | |
Salerno-Campagna-Acerno | ||
Benevento | ||
Naples | ||
5 | Emilia-Romagna | |
Bologna | ||
Modena-Nonantola | ||
Ravenna-Cervia | ||
6 | Lazio | |
Rome | ||
7 | Liguria | |
Genoa | ||
8 | Lombardy | |
Milan | ||
9 | Marche | |
Ancona-Osimo | ||
Fermo | ||
Pesaro | ||
10 | Piedmont | |
Turin including Aosta Valley | ||
Vercelli in Piedmont | ||
11 | Puglia | |
Bari-Bitonto | ||
Foggia-Bovino | ||
Lecce | ||
Taranto | ||
12 | Sardinia | |
Cagliari | ||
Oristano | ||
Sassari | ||
13 | Sicily | |
Agrigento | ||
Catania | ||
Messina-Lipari | ||
Palermo | ||
Syracuse | ||
14 | Tuscany | |
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 | ||
16 | Umbria | |
Perugia-Città della Pieve | ||
The following are immediately Subject to the Holy See, despite not being in the Pope's Ecclesiastical Province of Rome.
(Byzantine Rite, the only non-Latin dioceses in Italy)
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.
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).
A co-cathedral is a cathedral church which shares the function of being a bishop's seat, or cathedra, with another cathedral, often in another city. Instances of this occurred in England before the Protestant Reformation in the dioceses of 'Bath and Wells', and of 'Coventry and Lichfield'. These two dioceses were each named for both cities that served as bishop's seats.
Buccino is a town and comune in Campania in Italy, in the province of Salerno, located about 700 m above sea level.
Campagna is a small town and comune of the province of Salerno, in the Campania region of Southern Italy. Its population is 17,148. Its old Latin name was Civitas Campaniae. Campagna is located in one of the valleys of the Picentini Mountains, at an altitude of 270 meters above sea level.
Santissima Annunziata may refer to:
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Campagna was twice been a Latin suffragan bishopric with see in Campagna, a town in the Salerno province of Campania region, southern Italy.
The Archdiocese of Urbino–Urbania–Sant'Angelo in Vado is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region of central Italy. The current archbishop is Giovanni Tani, appointed in June 2011. It was previously a metropolitan see.
Bitonto Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Bitonto in the Province of Bari, Italy.
Acerno Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral, dedicated to Saint Donatus of Arezzo, in the town of Acerno in Campania, Italy.
Lacedonia Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Lacedonia in Campania, Italy. Formerly the seat of the bishops of Lacedonia, since 1986 it has been a co-cathedral in the diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia.
Bobbio Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Bobbio, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Formerly the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Bobbio, it became in 1986 a co-cathedral of the Archdiocese of Genova, then in 1989 a co-cathedral of the Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio.
Bovino Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Bovino, region of Apulia, Italy, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Formerly the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Bovino, it has been since 1986 a co-cathedral in the Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino.
The Basilica of San Tommaso Apostolo, also Ortona Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral and minor basilica in Ortona, Abruzzo, Italy, famous for holding the relics of Saint Thomas the Apostle. It was formerly also the episcopal seat of the diocese of Ortona and is now a co-cathedral in the diocese of Lanciano-Ortona.
Messina Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Messina, Sicily. Formerly the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Messina, it became in 1986 the archiepiscopal seat of the Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela.
Ostuni Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Ostuni, province of Brindisi, region of Apulia, Italy. The dedication is to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Formerly the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Ostuni, it has been since 1986 a co-cathedral of the Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostuni.
Orte Cathedral or the Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta, Orte, is the main Roman Catholic church of Orte, located in front of the Piazza della Libertà, in the province of Viterbo, region of Lazio, Italy. It is dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. It was the episcopal seat of the bishops of Orte, which in 1437 was united aeque principaliter with the diocese of Civita Castellana, and merged into it in 1986; it is now a co-cathedral. It is an immemorial minor basilica.