Diocese of Ragusa
Ragusien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ragusa, Italy
The Diocese of Ragusa is a Latin Church diocese in south-eastern Sicily, erected in 1950 by Pope Pius XII and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Syracuse. Its principal patron is Saint John the Baptist, whose cathedral sits in Ragusa.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1950
- Latin
- Ragusien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint John the Baptist
- Annuario code
- 001002712
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 216,874
- Population
- 223,852
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 96.9%
- Priests
- 92
- Catholics per priest
- 2,357
- Extent
- 1,029 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 211
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 La Placa
- Born
- 16 November 1962
- Birthplace
- Resuttano
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 San Giovanni Battista stands in Ragusa, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Syracuse
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Syracuse.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected in 1950 in south-eastern Sicily, the Diocese of Ragusa (Latin: Dioecesis Ragusiensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Siracusa.
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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.