- Roman Catholic Diocese of Pavia
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Diocese of Pavia
Dioecesis PapiensisLocation Country Italy Statistics Area 782 km2 (302 sq mi) Population
- Total
- Catholics
161.562
158.711 (98,2%)Information Rite Roman Cathedral Cathedral of Pavia Current leadership Bishop Giovanni Giudici The Diocese of Pavia (Latin: Dioecesis Papiensis) is a see of the Catholic Church in Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan. The diocese has produced one Pope and Patriarch of Venice, and three cardinals.
The diocese's motherchurch and thus seat of its bishop is the Cattedrale di Maria Assunta e S. Stefano Protomartire. The current Bishop of Pavia is His Excellency Giovanni Giudici, having been appointed by Pope John Paul II on December 1, 2003.
Contents
List of bishops of Pavia (incomplete)
- Saint Syrus (283 - 339)
- Saint Pompeius (339 - 353)
- Saint Juventius (353 - 392)
- Saint Urciscenus (410 - 433)
- Saint Crispin (433 - 467)
- Saint Epiphanius (467 - 499)
- Saint Maximus (499 - 514)
- Saint Ennodius (514 - 521)
- Saint Anastasius (ca. 658 - 680)
- Saint Damian (680 - 710)
- Saint Armentarius (710 - 722)
- Saint Peter (722 - 736)
- Saint Theodore (ca. 740 - 778)
- Saint Jerome (778 - 791)
- Saint John (813 - 826)
- Pietro Canepanova (971 - 983), later Pope John XIV
- Saint Fulk (1217 - 1229)
- Giovanni Castiglioni (died 14 April 1460); cardinal from December 1456)
- Ascanio Sforza (1479 - 1505)
- Francesco Alidosius (1505 - 1511)
- Antonio Maria Ciocchi del Monte (1511 - 1516)
- Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte (1521 - 1530), later Pope Julius III
- Saint Alexander Sauli B. (1591 - 1592)
- Carlo Durini (1753 - 1769)
- Paolo Lamberto D'Allègre (1807 - 1821)
- Angelo Ramazzotti (1850 - 1858)
- Pietro Maria Ferrè (1860 - 1867)
- Lucido Maria Parocchi (1871 - 1877)
- Agostino Gaetano Riboldi (1877 - 1901)
- Francesco Ciceri (1901 - 1924)
- Giuseppe Ballerini (1924 - 1933)
- Giovanni Battista Girardi (1934 - 1942)
- Carlo Allorio (1942 - 1968)
- Antonio Giuseppe Angioni (1968 - 1986)
- Giovanni Volta (1986 - 2003)
- Giovanni Giudici (2003 - present)
Parishes
The diocese’s 99 parishes are all located in the (civil) region Lombardy: 97 in the Province of Pavia and 2 in the Province of Milan.[1]
Notes
- ^ Source for parishes: CCI (2008), Parrocchie, Chiesa Cattolica Italiana, http://www.chiesacattolica.it/pls/cci_new/bd_edit_info.ric_parr?cod_reg=&cod_dioc=408&dadiocesi=1, retrieved 2008-03-13.
External links
- Official site
- Catholic-Hierarchy
- Giga-Catholic Information
"Diocese of Pavia". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.
Categories:- Roman Catholic dioceses in Italy
- Roman Catholic dioceses in Lombardy
- Bishops of Pavia
- Province of Milan
- Province of Pavia
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