Diocese of Caltanissetta
Calatanisiaden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Caltanissetta, Italy
The Diocese of Caltanissetta is a Latin Church diocese in Sicily, Italy, erected by Pope Gregory XVI in 1844 and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Agrigento since 2000. Bishop Mario Russotto has led the see since 2003.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 May 1844
- Latin
- Calatanisiaden(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Michael the Archangel
- Annuario code
- 001001024
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 160,700
- Population
- 162,100
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 99.1%
- Priests
- 98
- Catholics per priest
- 1,640
- Extent
- 1,120 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 143
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
- Mario Russotto
- Born
- 23 July 1957
- Birthplace
- Vittoria
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
Cattedrale di Santa Maria La Nova stands in Caltanissetta, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Agrigento
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Agrigento.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AgrigentoAgrigento
- Diocese of Piazza ArmerinaPiazza Armerina
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church see in Sicily, the Diocese of Caltanissetta (Latin: Dioecesis Calatanisiadensis) has its city some 40 mi (53 km) northeast of Agrigento and about 32 mi (50 km) northwest of Piazza Armerina. Between 1844 and 2000 the diocese belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Monreale; since 2000 it has been a suffragan of the archdiocese of Agrigento.
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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.