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Diocese of Jesi

Aesin(us)

The Diocese of Jesi is a Latin Church diocese in the Marche region of Italy, dating to roughly the 6th century and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo. Bishop Paolo Ricciardi, previously an auxiliary of Rome, was appointed to the see on 28 January 2025, succeeding Gerardo Rocconi.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
500
Latin
Aesin(us)
Patron
Saint Septimius
Annuario code
001001735

The see in figures

Catholics
66,070
Population
76,225
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
86.7%
Priests
39
Catholics per priest
1,694
Extent
315 km²
Catholics per km²
210

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
Paolo Ricciardi
Born
14 March 1968
Birthplace
Roma

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 San Settimio stands in Jesi, 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 Ancona-Osimo

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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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.