Diocese of Bolzano–Bressanone
Bauzanen(sis) - Brixinen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bolzano–Bressanone, Italy
Latin rite diocese covering South Tyrol, Italy, with roots in the ancient see of Säben/Brixen and reorganized in its present form in 1964. It is a suffragan of Trento and has been led by Bishop Ivo Muser since 2011.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 600
- Latin
- Bauzanen(sis) - Brixinen(sis)
- Patron
- * san Casiano * san Vigilio
- Annuario code
- 001000922
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 512,017
- Population
- 535,774
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 95.6%
- Priests
- 194
- Catholics per priest
- 2,639
- Extent
- 7,400 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 69
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Ivo Muser
- Born
- 22 February 1962
- Birthplace
- Brunico
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Brixen Cathedral stands in Bolzano–Bressanone, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Bolzano Cathedral.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Trento
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Trento.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of TrentoTrento
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Bolzano, this Latin diocese of northern Italy (German: Diözese Bozen-Brixen, Italian: Diocesi di Bolzano-Bressanone, Latin: Dioecesis Bauzanensis-Brixinensis) covers a territory matching the province of South Tyrol, whose population is predominantly German-speaking. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Trento.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.