Diocese of Piacenza–Bobbio–San Colombano
Placentin(us)-Bobien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Piacenza–Bobbio–San Colombano, Italy
Latin rite diocese in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, ancient in origin and given its present configuration in 1989 by uniting Piacenza with Bobbio. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola, led by Bishop Adriano Cevolotto since 2020.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 September 1989
- Latin
- Placentin(us)-Bobien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Antoninus of Piacenza
- Annuario code
- 001002597
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 287,658
- Population
- 322,512
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 89.2%
- Priests
- 187
- Catholics per priest
- 1,538
- Extent
- 3,716 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 77
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
- Adriano Cevolotto
- Born
- 29 April 1958
- Birthplace
- Treviso
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
Basilica Cattedrale di Santa Giustina e Santa Maria Assunta stands in Piacenza–Bobbio–San Colombano, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Modena-Nonantola
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CarpiCarpi
- Diocese of FidenzaFidenza
- Archdiocese of Modena–NonantolaModena–Nonantola
- Diocese of Parma–FontevivoParma–Fontevivo
- Diocese of Reggio Emilia–GuastallaReggio Emilia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Since 1989 the Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio (Latin: Dioecesis Placentina-Bobiensis) has served northern Italy as a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola. It joined the historic Diocese of Piacenza with the territory of the diocese of Bobbio-San Colombano, which had briefly been united with the archdiocese of Genoa.
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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.