Diocese of Grosseto
Grossetan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Grosseto, Italy
The Diocese of Grosseto is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in Tuscany, Italy, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino. Bishop Bernardino Giordano was appointed on 19 December 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 9 April 1138
- Latin
- Grossetan(us)
- Patron
- <li>san Lorenzo<li>Virgen de Gracia
- Annuario code
- 001001529
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 128,000
- Population
- 132,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 97.0%
- Priests
- 47
- Catholics per priest
- 2,723
- Extent
- 1,239 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 103
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
- Bernardino Giordano
- Born
- 3 January 1946
- Birthplace
- Bucine
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI (O.F.M.)
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 Lorenzo stands in Grosseto, 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 Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Massa Marittima–PiombinoMassa Marittima
- Diocese of Pitigliano–Sovana–OrbetelloPitigliano
- Archdiocese of Siena–Colle di Val d’Elsa–MontalcinoSiena
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Tuscany, the Diocese of Grosseto (Latin: Dioecesis Grossetana) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy, suffragan to the archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino. Bernardino Giordano is its current bishop.
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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.