Diocese of Mazara del Vallo
Mazarien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mazara del Vallo, Italy
Latin rite diocese in the Trapani area of Sicily, Italy, erected in 1093 under Count Roger. It is a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Palermo, with its cathedral dedicated to the Holy Savior in Mazara del Vallo.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1093
- Latin
- Mazarien(sis)
- Patron
- Madonna del Paradiso; Saints Vito, Modesto and Crescentia
- Annuario code
- 001002194
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 214,000
- Population
- 226,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 94.7%
- Priests
- 62
- Catholics per priest
- 3,452
- Extent
- 1,374 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 156
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
- Angelo Giurdanella
- Born
- 24 February 1956
- Birthplace
- Modica
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
Basilica Cattedrale del Santissimo Salvatore stands in Mazara del Vallo, 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 Palermo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Palermo.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CefalùCefalù
- Archdiocese of PalermoPalermo
- Diocese of TrapaniTrapani
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Founded in 1093 in far western Sicily, the Diocese of Mazara del Vallo (Latin: Dioecesis Mazariensis) is a Latin church diocese and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Palermo.
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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.