Archdiocese of Perugia–Città della Pieve
Perusin(us)-Civitatis Plebis
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Perugia, Italy
The Archdiocese of Perugia-Citta della Pieve is a metropolitan Latin Church see in Umbria, Italy, with ancient roots and elevated to archdiocese in 1882. The two sees were united in 1986, and the current archbishop is Ivan Maffeis, appointed in 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Perusin(us)-Civitatis Plebis
- Patron
- Saint Herculanus of Perugia
- Annuario code
- 001002581
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 256,000
- Population
- 286,645
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 89.3%
- Priests
- 119
- Catholics per priest
- 2,151
- Extent
- 1,900 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 135
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
- Archbishop
- Ivan Maffeis
- Born
- 18 November 1963
- Birthplace
- Tione di Trento
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
Perugia Cathedral stands in Perugia, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Citta della Pieve Cathedral.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Perugia-Citta della Pieve
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Città di CastelloCittà di Castello
- Diocese of FolignoFoligno
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Historically the Diocese of Perugia, this Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church became the Archdiocese of Perugia in 1882, though at first without suffragans; it acquired suffragan dioceses in 1972, and in 1986 it was united with the Diocese of Città della Pieve to form the present Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve (Latin: Archidioecesis Perusina-Civitatis Plebis). Ivan Maffeis is the current archbishop.
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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.