Diocese of Crema

Cremen(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Crema, Italy

The Diocese of Crema is a Latin Church diocese in Lombardy, northern Italy, erected in 1579 by Pope Gregory XIII. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan and comprises about 63 parishes.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 11 April 1579
Latin: Cremen(sis)
Patron: san Pantaleón
Annuario code: 001001231

The see in figures

Catholics: 98,500
Population: 99,500
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 99.0%
Priests: 66
Catholics per priest: 1,492
Extent: 276 km²
Catholics per km²: 357

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: Daniele Gianotti
Born: 14 September 1957
Birthplace: Sant'Ilario d'Enza

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 Assunta stands in Crema, 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 Milan

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Milan.

The sees of this province:

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

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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.