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Diocese of Cremona

Cremonen(sis)

The Diocese of Cremona is a Latin Church diocese in Lombardy, northern Italy, with origins traced to the 4th century. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan and includes about 222 parishes.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
4th century
Latin
Cremonen(sis)
Patron
<li>san Homobono<li>santa María del Fonte
Annuario code
001001232

The see in figures

Catholics
312,400
Population
360,956
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
86.5%
Priests
258
Catholics per priest
1,211
Extent
1,917 km²
Catholics per km²
163

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
Antonio Napolioni
Born
11 December 1957
Birthplace
Camerino

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 Cremona, 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.