Diocese of Reggio Emilia–Guastalla
Regien(sis) in Aemilia-Guastallen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Reggio Emilia, Italy
The Diocese of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla is a Latin Church diocese in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola. The combined title dates to 1986 when the Diocese of Guastalla was united with the Diocese of Reggio Emilia.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Regien(sis) in Aemilia-Guastallen(sis)
- Patron
- <li>santos Crisanto y Daríasan Próspero de Reggio
- Annuario code
- 001002734
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 500,056
- Population
- 571,167
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 87.5%
- Priests
- 200
- Catholics per priest
- 2,500
- Extent
- 2,394 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 209
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
- Giacomo Morandi
- Born
- 24 August 1965
- Birthplace
- Modena
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 Beata Vergine Assunta, Reggio Emilia stands in Reggio Emilia, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale dei Santi Pietro e Paolo, Guastalla.
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 Piacenza–Bobbio–San ColombanoPiacenza–Bobbio–San Colombano
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Emilia-Romagna, Italy, the Latin diocese known today as Reggio Emilia-Guastalla (Latin: Dioecesis Regiensis in Aemilia-Guastallensis) took its present shape in 1986, when the historical Diocese of Reggio Emilia was united with the Diocese of Guastalla. In its early period the see belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Milan and later answered to the Archbishop of Ravenna; today it stands as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola.
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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.