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Diocese of Carpi

Carpen(sis)

Latin Church diocese in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, erected by Pope Pius VI in 1779. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola, it is led by Archbishop-Bishop Erio Castellucci, who also holds the Modena-Nonantola see.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
1 December 1779
Latin
Carpen(sis)
Patron
<li>san Bernardino de Siena<li>san Bernardino Realino
Annuario code
001001063

The see in figures

Catholics
119,444
Population
135,279
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
88.3%
Priests
47
Catholics per priest
2,541
Extent
415 km²
Catholics per km²
288

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
Erio Castellucci
Born
8 July 1960
Birthplace
Forlì

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

Basilica Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta stands in Carpi, 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 Modena-Nonantola

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola, the Diocese of Carpi (Latin: Dioecesis Carpensis) is a Latin see of the Catholic Church in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.