Diocese of Trapani
Drepanen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Trapani, Italy
The Diocese of Trapani is a Latin diocese in western Sicily, Italy, erected in 1844 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Palermo. Its current bishop is Pietro Maria Fragnelli, appointed in 2013.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 31 May 1844
- Latin
- Drepanen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Trapani
- Annuario code
- 001003267
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 194,327
- Population
- 197,439
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 98.4%
- Priests
- 70
- Catholics per priest
- 2,776
- Extent
- 1,089 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 178
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
- Pietro Maria Fragnelli
- Born
- 9 March 1952
- Birthplace
- Crispiano
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
Cathedral Basilica of St. Lawrence the Martyr, Trapani stands in Trapani, 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 Palermo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Palermo.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CefalùCefalù
- Diocese of Mazara del ValloMazara del Vallo
- Archdiocese of PalermoPalermo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
At the far western end of Sicily, some 73 miles (117 kilometers) west of Palermo, sits the Diocese of Trapani (Latin: Dioecesis Drepanensis), a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church and a suffragan of the archdiocese of Palermo.
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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.