Diocese of Fano–Fossombrone–Cagli–Pergola
Fanen(sis)-Forosempronien(sis)-Callien(sis)-Pergulan(us)
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Fano, Italy
Latin Church diocese in the Marche region of Italy, created in 1986 when the historical Diocese of Fano was united with the Diocese of Fossombrone and the Diocese of Cagli e Pergola. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pesaro.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Fanen(sis)-Forosempronien(sis)-Callien(sis)-Pergulan(us)
- Patron
- <li>san Paterniano<li>san Aldebrando<li>san Geroncio<li>san Secondo
- Annuario code
- 001001397
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 137,850
- Population
- 142,850
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 96.5%
- Priests
- 80
- Catholics per priest
- 1,723
- Extent
- 1,100 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 125
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
- Andrea Andreozzi
- Born
- 25 August 1968
- Birthplace
- Macerata
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 Fano, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale dei Ss. Aldebrando e Agostino (Fossombrone); Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta (Cagli); Concattedrale di Sant'Andrea.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Pesaro
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Pesaro.
The sees of this province:
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Created in 1986 by uniting the historical Diocese of Fano with the Diocese of Cagli e Pergola and the Diocese of Fossombrone, the Diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola (Latin: Dioecesis Fanensis-Forosemproniensis-Calliensis-Pergulana) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Pesaro.
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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.