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Archdiocese of Urbino–Urbania–Sant’Angelo in Vado

Urbinaten(sis)-Urbanien(sis)-Sancti Angeli in Vado

The Archdiocese of Urbino-Urbania-Sant'Angelo in Vado is a Latin Church see in the Marche region of Italy, raised to archdiocese rank in 1563 and, despite that title, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pesaro since 2000. Its archbishop is Sandro Salvucci, appointed in 2023.

The see

Rank
Suffragan archdiocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
7 July 1563
Latin
Urbinaten(sis)-Urbanien(sis)-Sancti Angeli in Vado
Patron
<li>san Crescentino<li>san Cristóbal<li>san Miguel Arcángel
Annuario code
001000048

The see in figures

Catholics
52,790
Population
56,785
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
93.0%
Priests
50
Catholics per priest
1,056
Extent
781 km²
Catholics per km²
68

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

Archbishop
Sandro Salvucci
Born
3 April 1965
Birthplace
Macerata

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

Basilica Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta, Urbino stands in Urbino, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di S. Cristoforo Martire (Urbania); Basilica Concattedrale di S. Michele Arcangelo.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Pesaro

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Pesaro.

The sees of this province:

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

History

In the Province of Pesaro and Urbino, within the Marche region of central Italy, lies the Archdiocese of Urbino-Urbania-Sant'Angelo in Vado (Latin: Archidioecesis Urbinatensis-Urbaniensis-Sancti Angeli in Vado), a Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church. It was formerly a metropolitan see. Sandro Salvucci, appointed in January 2023, is the current archbishop. Its cathedral in Urbino, the Basilica Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta, is both a minor basilica and a World Heritage Site.

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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.