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Diocese of Fano–Fossombrone–Cagli–Pergola

Fanen(sis)-Forosempronien(sis)-Callien(sis)-Pergulan(us)

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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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.