Diocese of Volterra
Volaterran(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Volterra, Italy
The Diocese of Volterra is a Latin Church diocese in Tuscany, central Italy, dating to the 5th century. It was immediately subject to the Holy See until 1856, when it became a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pisa.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 500
- Latin
- Volaterran(us)
- Patron
- Saint Linus
- Annuario code
- 001000129
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 89,301
- Population
- 94,533
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 94.5%
- Priests
- 43
- Catholics per priest
- 2,077
- Extent
- 1,743 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 51
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
- Roberto Campiotti
- Born
- 31 October 1955
- Birthplace
- Varese
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 stands in Volterra, 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 Pisa
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Pisa.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of LivornoLivorno
- Diocese of Massa Carrara–PontremoliMassa Carrara–Pontremoli
- Diocese of PesciaPescia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Tuscany, central Italy, the Catholic Church maintains the Latin church Diocese of Volterra (Latin: Dioecesis Volaterrana), which stands as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pisa.
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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.