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Diocese of Rimini

Ariminen(sis)

The Diocese of Rimini is a Latin Church diocese in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, suffragan to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia since 1604. Nicolò Anselmi has served as bishop since November 2022.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
300
Latin
Ariminen(sis)
Patron
Saint Gaudentius of Rimini
Annuario code
001002751

The see in figures

Catholics
285,800
Population
358,500
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
79.7%
Priests
136
Catholics per priest
2,101
Extent
781 km²
Catholics per km²
366

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
Nicolò Anselmi
Born
9 May 1961
Birthplace
Genova

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

Tempio Malatestiano (Basilica Cattedrale di Santa Colomba), Rimini stands in Rimini, 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 Ravenna-Cervia

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

The Latin Church diocese of Rimini (Latin: Dioecesis Ariminensis) lies in Emilia Romagna, Italy. From the earliest times it answered directly to the Holy See, resisting repeated efforts by the Diocese of Ravenna to bring it under its authority as a suffragan; since 1604, however, it has belonged to the province of the Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia. The episcopal see is the cathedral of Rimini, the Tempio Malatestiano, dedicated to the Holy Spirit (Sancta Columba).

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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.