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Diocese of Montepulciano–Chiusi–Pienza

Montis Politiani-Clusin(us)-Pientin(us)

The Diocese of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza is a Latin Church diocese in Tuscany, Italy, formed in 1986 by uniting three historic sees. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino, led by Cardinal Augusto Paolo Lojudice.

The see

Rank
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
30 September 1986
Latin
Montis Politiani-Clusin(us)-Pientin(us)
Patron
Saint John the Baptist
Annuario code
001002278

The see in figures

Catholics
67,700
Population
71,700
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
94.4%
Priests
53
Catholics per priest
1,277
Extent
1,068 km²
Catholics per km²
63

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
Augusto Paolo Lojudice
Born
1 July 1964
Birthplace
Roma

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 Santa Maria Assunta stands in Montepulciano, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Concattedrali: Santa Maria Assunta (Pienza), San Secondiano.

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

The province of Toscana

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino.

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

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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.