Diocese of Massa Carrara–Pontremoli
Massen(sis)-Apuan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Massa Carrara–Pontremoli, Italy
The Diocese of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli is a Latin Church diocese in north-western Tuscany, Italy. The see at Massa dates to 1822 and was united with Pontremoli in 1988. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pisa.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 February 1988
- Latin
- Massen(sis)-Apuan(us)
- Patron
- François d'Assise
- Annuario code
- 001002178
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 203,500
- Population
- 207,050
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 98.3%
- Priests
- 107
- Catholics per priest
- 1,902
- Extent
- 1,186 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 172
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
- Mario Vaccari
- Born
- 5 February 1959
- Birthplace
- Genova
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI (O.F.M.)
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 Apostolo e Francesco d'Assisi stands in Massa Carrara–Pontremoli, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta.
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 LivornoLivorno
- Diocese of PesciaPescia
- Diocese of VolterraVolterra
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Set in north-western Tuscany in the valley of the Frigido River, the Diocese of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli (Latin: Dioecesis Massensis-Apuana) is a Latin diocese and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pisa. The city of Massa lies on the south side of the river, 5 km (3 mi) from the Tyrrhenian Sea, while Carrara sits 6 km (4 mi) to its north on the Carrione River. The see's name has shifted over time: the historical Diocese of Massa Carrara became the Diocese of Apuania in 1939, then the Diocese of Massa in 1986, and in 1988 it was joined with the Diocese of Pontremoli.
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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.