Diocese of Oppido Mamertina–Palmi
Oppiden(sis)-Palmarum
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Oppido Mamertina–Palmi, Italy
The Diocese of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi is a Latin Church diocese in Calabria, southern Italy, taking its current name in 1979. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1201
- Latin
- Oppiden(sis)-Palmarum
- Patron
- <li>Nuestra Señora de la Asunción<li>san Nicolás
- Annuario code
- 001002460
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 172,000
- Population
- 176,600
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 97.4%
- Priests
- 94
- Catholics per priest
- 1,830
- Extent
- 930 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 185
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
- Giuseppe Alberti
- Born
- 17 June 1965
- Birthplace
- Este
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, Oppido Mamertina stands in Oppido Mamertina–Palmi, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di San Nicola, Palmi.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Reggio Calabria-Bova
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Locri–Gerace–Santa Maria di PolsiLocri–Gerace–Santa Maria di Polsi
- Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria–BovaReggio Calabria–Bova
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Since 1979 this Latin Church see in southern Italy has carried the name Diocese of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi (Latin: Dioecesis Oppidensis-Palmarum). Historically it was the Diocese of Oppido Mamertina (Oppidensis). The Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria serves as its metropolitan, the diocese holding suffragan rank.
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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.