Diocese of Civita Castellana
Civitatis Castellanae
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Civita Castellana, Italy
The Diocese of Civita Castellana is a Latin Church diocese in Lazio, central Italy, immediately exempt to the Holy See, with episcopal origins traceable to the 10th century and its present form dating from the 1986 reorganization. It has been led by Bishop Marco Salvi since 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 996
- Latin
- Civitatis Castellanae
- Patron
- Santa Maria ad Rupes
- Annuario code
- 001001174
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 245,500
- Population
- 256,350
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 95.8%
- Priests
- 109
- Catholics per priest
- 2,252
- Extent
- 1,552 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 158
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
- Marco Salvi
- Born
- 4 April 1954
- Birthplace
- Sansepolcro
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 Maggiore stands in Civita Castellana, 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.
History
The Diocese of Civita Castellana (Latin: Dioecesis Civitatis Castellanae), a Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church in Latium, central Italy, took its present form in 1986, when the Diocese of Nepi e Sutri was joined to the Diocese of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese. Earlier, in 1805, the Diocese of Gallese had been added to the Dioceses of Civita Castellana and Orte. The name was shortened in 1991 in keeping with Vatican policies. The see is immediately exempt to the Holy See.
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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.