Diocese of Faenza-Modigliana Dioecesis Faventina-Mutilensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Statistics | |
Area | 1.044 km2 (0.403 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 140,270 (est.) 131,730 (guess) |
Parishes | 86 |
Information | |
Rite | Roman |
Established | 3rd Century |
Cathedral | Basilica Cattedrale di S. Pietro Apostolo (Faenza) |
Co-cathedral | Concattedrale di S. Stefano (Modigliana) |
Secular priests | 57 (diocesan) 9 (Religious Orders) 15 Permanent Deacons |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Mario Toso |
Bishops emeritus | Claudio Stagni |
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Diocesi di Faenza-Modigliana (in Italian) |
The Diocese of Faenza-Modigliana (Latin: Dioecesis Faventina-Mutilensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy.[1][2] It was created in 1986 through a merger of the diocese of Faenza and the diocese of Modigliana.[2][1]
Originally the Diocese of Faenza (Faventia) was a suffragan (subordinate) of the Archbishop of Ravenna.[3] In 1582 the diocese of Bologna was raised to the status of a metropolitan archbishopric by Pope Gregory XIII in the bull Universi orbis of 10 December 1582, and Faenza was made a suffragan of the archdiocese of Bologna.[4]