Diocese of Orvieto–Todi
Urbevetan(us)-Tudertin(us)
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Orvieto–Todi, Italy
The Diocese of Orvieto-Todi is a Latin Church diocese in central Italy formed in 1986 by uniting the historic Diocese of Orvieto with the Diocese of Todi. It is immediately exempt to the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical province.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Urbevetan(us)-Tudertin(us)
- Patron
- • san José, • san Fortunato
- Annuario code
- 001002475
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 90,000
- Population
- 95,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 94.7%
- Priests
- 58
- Catholics per priest
- 1,552
- Extent
- 1,200 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 75
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
- Gualtiero Sigismondi
- Born
- 25 February 1961
- Birthplace
- Ospedalicchio di Bastia Umbra
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
Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, Orvieto stands in Orvieto–Todi, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di Santa Maria Annunziata, Todi.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Central Italy holds the Diocese of Orvieto-Todi (Latin: Dioecesis Urbevetana-Tudertina), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church created in 1986 through the union of the historical Diocese of Orvieto with the Diocese of Todi. It belongs to no ecclesiastical province, being immediately exempt to the Holy See.
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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.