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Diocese of Piacenza–Bobbio–San Colombano

Placentin(us)-Bobien(sis)

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:

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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Sources

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.