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Diocese of Caltanissetta Dioecesis Calatanisiadensis | |
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Location | |
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Ecclesiastical province | Agrigento |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,120 km2 (430 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 166,874 164,000 (est.) (98.3%) |
Parishes | 56 |
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Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 25 May 1844 (179 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Maria La Nova |
Secular priests | 102 (diocesan) 13 (Religious Orders) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Mario Russotto |
Map | |
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Website | |
www.diocesicaltanissetta.it |
The Diocese of Caltanissetta (Latin : Dioecesis Calatanisiadensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Sicily, It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Agrigento. [1]
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Caltanissetta". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.