Diocese of Latina–Terracina–Sezze–Priverno
Latinen(sis)-Terracinen(sis)-Setin(us)-Privernen(sis)
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Latina, Italy
The Diocese of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno is a Latin Church diocese in Lazio, Italy, established under its current name in 1986 through the union of several historic sees. Its bishop since 2013 is Mariano Crociata, with the cathedral of San Marco in Latina.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Latinen(sis)-Terracinen(sis)-Setin(us)-Privernen(sis)
- Patron
- • san Marcos, • san Cesáreo de Terracina, • san Lidano de Sezze, • san Carlos de Sezze, • santo Tomás de Aquino, • santaMaría Goretti
- Annuario code
- 001001967
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 321,000
- Population
- 336,474
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 95.4%
- Priests
- 75
- Catholics per priest
- 4,280
- Extent
- 1,371 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 234
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
- Mariano Crociata
- Born
- 16 March 1953
- Birthplace
- Castelvetrano
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 San Marco, Latina stands in Latina, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-cathedrals at Terracina, Sezze, and Priverno.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Established under its present name in 1986, the Diocese of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno (Latin: Dioecesis Latinensis-Terracinensis-Setina-Privernensis) is a Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church in Lazio, Italy. It carries forward the Diocese of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, whose existence Pope Honorius III confirmed in 1217 as a union of the Diocese of Terracina with the Dioceses of Priverno and Sezze under one bishop. The see is immediately exempt to the Holy See.
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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.