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Diocese of San Miniato

Sancti Miniati

Latin rite diocese in Tuscany, Italy, erected in 1622, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Florence. Its principal patron is Saint Genesius, with the cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta e San Genesio in San Miniato.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
5 December 1622
Latin
Sancti Miniati
Patron
Saint Genesius of Rome
Annuario code
001002931

The see in figures

Catholics
166,948
Population
180,808
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
92.3%
Priests
75
Catholics per priest
2,226
Extent
691 km²
Catholics per km²
242

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
Giovanni Paccosi
Born
2 June 1960
Birthplace
Firenze

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 Santa Maria Assunta e San Genesio stands in San Miniato, 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 Florence

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Florence.

The sees of this province:

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

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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.