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Diocese of Mileto–Nicotera–Tropea

Mileten(sis)-Nicotrien(sis)-Tropien(sis)

The Diocese of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea is a Latin rite see in Calabria, Italy, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova. The historic Diocese of Mileto dates to 1073 and merged with Nicotera-Tropea in 1986, and the see is led by Bishop Attilio Nostro.

The see

Rank
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
30 September 1986
Latin
Mileten(sis)-Nicotrien(sis)-Tropien(sis)
Patron
<li>Nuestra Señora de la Asunción<li>santa María de Rumania<li>san Nicolás
Annuario code
001002244

The see in figures

Catholics
155,000
Population
170,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
91.2%
Priests
115
Catholics per priest
1,348
Extent
943 km²
Catholics per km²
164

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
Attilio Nostro
Born
6 August 1966
Birthplace
Palmi

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 Maria SS. Assunta in Cielo stands in Mileto–Nicotera–Tropea, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta (Nicotera); Concattedrale di Maria SS. di Romania.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Reggio Calabria-Bova (Calabria)

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova.

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

In Calabria, in southern Italy, the Diocese of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea (Latin: Dioecesis Miletensis-Nicotriensis-Tropiensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church dating in its present form to 1986, the year the historical Diocese of Mileto was joined with the Diocese of Nicotera-Tropea. It stands as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova.

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Sources

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.