Diocese of Fabriano–Matelica
Fabrianen(sis)-Mathelicen(sis)
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Fabriano–Matelica, Italy
The Diocese of Fabriano-Matelica is a Latin Church diocese in the Marche region of Italy, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo. The Diocese of Fabriano was erected in 1728 and united with Matelica under the present name in 1986.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Fabrianen(sis)-Mathelicen(sis)
- Patron
- St Venantius of Camerino
- Annuario code
- 001001386
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 50,500
- Population
- 52,900
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 95.5%
- Priests
- 37
- Catholics per priest
- 1,365
- Extent
- 681 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 74
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
- Archbishop
- Francesco Massara
- Born
- 1 July 1965
- Birthplace
- Tropea
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 San Venanzio Martire, Fabriano stands in Fabriano–Matelica, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, Matelica.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Ancona-Osimo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Ancona–OsimoAncona–Osimo
- Diocese of JesiJesi
- Diocese of SenigalliaSenigallia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Bearing its present name since 1986, the Diocese of Fabriano-Matelica (Latin: Dioecesis Fabrianensis-Mathelicensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the Marche, suffragan to the archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo.
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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.