Diocese of Gubbio
Eugubin(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Gubbio, Italy
The Diocese of Gubbio is an ancient Latin diocese in Umbria, central Italy, with roots in the 5th century, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve since 1972. Its cathedral is dedicated to Saints Marianus and James the Martyr, and it is led by Bishop Luciano Paolucci Bedini.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5th century
- Latin
- Eugubin(us)
- Patron
- Saint Ubaldo (Ubaldo Baldassini)
- Annuario code
- 001001548
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 52,800
- Population
- 53,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 99.6%
- Priests
- 30
- Catholics per priest
- 1,760
- Extent
- 900 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 59
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
- Luciano Paolucci Bedini
- Born
- 30 August 1968
- Birthplace
- Jesi
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 dei Ss. Mariano e Giacomo Martiri stands in Gubbio, 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 Perugia-Città della Pieve
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Umbria's province of Perugia, in central Italy, contains the Diocese of Gubbio (Latin: Dioecesis Eugubina), a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church.
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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.