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Diocese of Savona–Noli

Savonen(sis)-Naulen(sis)

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:

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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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.