Diocese of Lamezia Terme
Neocastren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Lamezia Terme, Italy
The Diocese of Lamezia Terme is a Latin rite see in Calabria, Italy, descending from the historic Diocese of Nicastro (attested around the 9th/10th century) and renamed Lamezia Terme in 1986. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace and is led by Bishop Serafino Parisi.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6th century
- Latin
- Neocastren(sis)
- Patron
- Saints Peter and Paul
- Annuario code
- 001001943
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 128,200
- Population
- 133,100
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 96.3%
- Priests
- 79
- Catholics per priest
- 1,623
- Extent
- 915 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 140
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
- Serafino Parisi
- Born
- 3 January 1962
- Birthplace
- Santa Severina
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 Santi Pietro e Paolo (Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul), Lamezia Terme stands in Lamezia Terme, 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 Catanzaro-Squillace
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Catanzaro–SquillaceCatanzaro–Squillace
- Archdiocese of Crotone–Santa SeverinaCrotone–Santa Severina
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.