Diocese of Savona–Noli
Savonen(sis)-Naulen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Savona–Noli, Italy
The Diocese of Savona-Noli is a Latin see in Liguria, Italy, formed from the historic Savona and Noli dioceses united in 1820 and merged in name in 1986. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Genoa, with Calogero Marino as bishop since 2017.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Savonen(sis)-Naulen(sis)
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora de la Merced
- Annuario code
- 001003017
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 153,000
- Population
- 155,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 98.7%
- Priests
- 47
- Catholics per priest
- 3,255
- Extent
- 400 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 383
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
- Calogero Marino
- Born
- 26 March 1955
- Birthplace
- Brescia
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 Nostra Signora Assunta, Savona stands in Savona–Noli, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di San Pietro, Noli.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Genoa
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Genoa.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Albenga–ImperiaAlbenga–Imperia
- Diocese of ChiavariChiavari
- Diocese of La Spezia–Sarzana–BrugnatoLa Spezia
- Diocese of TortonaTortona
- Diocese of Ventimiglia–San RemoVentimiglia–San Remo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In northern Italy, the Latin Diocese of Savona-Noli (Latin: Dioecesis Savonensis-Naulensis) traces its origins to the historic Diocese of Savona, in existence from the tenth century. The Diocese of Noli was joined to Savona in 1820, and the combined see is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Genoa.
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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.