Territorial Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore
S. Mariae Montis Oliveti Maioris
Territorial abbey immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy
The Territorial Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore in Tuscany, mother house of the Olivetan Benedictine Congregation, was founded by Bernardo Tolomei in 1313 and made an abbey nullius (territorial abbey) on 18 January 1765. It is immediately subject to the Holy See and comprises 4 parishes in the comune of Asciano, province of Siena, with only a few hundred inhabitants. The abbot of Monte Oliveto, currently Diego Gualtiero Rosa, O.S.B. Oliv. (since 2010), is ex officio abbot general of the Olivetans.
The see
- Rank
- Territorial abbey immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1313
- Latin
- S. Mariae Montis Oliveti Maioris
- Annuario code
- 001000296
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 500
- Population
- 500
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 100.0%
- Priests
- 10
- Catholics per priest
- 50
- Extent
- 49 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 10
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
- Abbot Ordinary
- Rt. Rev. Diego Gualtiero Rosa, O.S.B. Oliv.
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
Abbey Church of Monte Oliveto Maggiore stands in Monte Oliveto Maggiore, 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.
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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.