Diocese of Livorno
Liburnen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Livorno, Italy
The Diocese of Livorno is a Latin Church diocese in Tuscany, Italy, erected in 1806. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pisa and has been led by Bishop Simone Giusti since 2007.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 September 1806
- Latin
- Liburnen(sis)
- Patron
- santa Julia
- Annuario code
- 001002027
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 186,560
- Population
- 201,578
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 92.5%
- Priests
- 66
- Catholics per priest
- 2,827
- Extent
- 250 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 746
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
- Simone Giusti
- Born
- 30 June 1955
- Birthplace
- Cascine di Buti
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 Francesco stands in Livorno, 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 Pisa
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Pisa.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Massa Carrara–PontremoliMassa Carrara–Pontremoli
- Diocese of PesciaPescia
- Diocese of VolterraVolterra
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected in 1806 in Tuscany, this Latin diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Liburnensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Pisa as a suffragan of that archdiocese. Simone Giusti serves as its current bishop. English speakers long knew the city of Livorno by the name Leghorn.
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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.