Diocese of Noto
Neten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Noto, Italy
The Diocese of Noto is a Latin Church diocese in southeastern Sicily, Italy, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Siracusa. It was erected on May 15, 1844, and has been led by Bishop Salvatore Rumeo since 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 May 1844
- Latin
- Neten(sis)
- Patron
- <li>santa María Escalera del Paraíso<li>san Conrado Confaloneri
- Annuario code
- 001002410
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 210,000
- Population
- 215,082
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 97.6%
- Priests
- 105
- Catholics per priest
- 2,000
- Extent
- 1,323 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 159
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
- Salvatore Rumeo
- Born
- 23 May 1966
- Birthplace
- Caltanissetta
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 Nicolò, Noto stands in Noto, 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 Ecclesiastical Province of Siracusa
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Siracusa.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the extreme southeast corner of Sicily, between the Free Municipal Consortium of Syracuse and the Free Municipal Consortium of Ragusa, lies the Diocese of Noto, a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Siracusa. The bishop's seat is the Cattedrale di San Nicolò in Noto, and since 2022 the diocese has been led by Monsignor Salvatore Rumeo.
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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.