Diocese of La Spezia–Sarzana–Brugnato
Spedien(sis)-Sarzanen(sis)-Brugnaten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · La Spezia, Italy
The Diocese of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato is a Latin rite see in Liguria, Italy, formed by the full union of three historic sees in 1986 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Genoa. Bishop Luigi Ernesto Palletti has led it since 2012.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Spedien(sis)-Sarzanen(sis)-Brugnaten(sis)
- Patron
- <li>san Venerio
- Annuario code
- 001001964
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 212,554
- Population
- 221,263
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 96.1%
- Priests
- 103
- Catholics per priest
- 2,064
- Extent
- 881 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 241
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
- Luigi Palletti
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 Cristo Re (Cathedral of Christ the King), La Spezia stands in La Spezia, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta (Sarzana); Concattedrale dei Santi Pietro, Lorenzo e Colombano.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Genoa
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Genoa.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Albenga–ImperiaAlbenga–Imperia
- Diocese of ChiavariChiavari
- Diocese of Savona–NoliSavona–Noli
- Diocese of TortonaTortona
- Diocese of Ventimiglia–San RemoVentimiglia–San Remo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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.