Diocese of Albenga–Imperia
Albinganen(sis)-Imperiae
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Albenga–Imperia, Italy
The Diocese of Albenga-Imperia is a Latin diocese in Liguria, northern Italy, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Genoa. It took its current name in 1973 when Imperia was added to the historic see of Albenga.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 December 1973
- Latin
- Albinganen(sis)-Imperiae
- Patron
- <li>san Miguel Arcángel<li>Nuestra Señora de Pontelungo
- Annuario code
- 001000632
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 158,400
- Population
- 171,500
- Catholic share
- 92.4%
- Priests
- 135
- Catholics per priest
- 1,173
- Extent
- 979 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 162
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Guglielmo Borghetti
- Born
- 25 March 1954
- Birthplace
- Carrara
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
Albenga Cathedral stands in Albenga–Imperia, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di San Maurizio e Compagni Martiri, Porto Maurizio.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Genoa
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Genoa.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ChiavariChiavari
- Diocese of La Spezia–Sarzana–BrugnatoLa Spezia
- Diocese of Savona–NoliSavona–Noli
- Diocese of TortonaTortona
- Diocese of Ventimiglia–San RemoVentimiglia–San Remo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Liguria, northern Italy, the Latin diocese of Albenga-Imperia (Latin: Dioecesis Albinganensis-Imperiae) received its present name on 1 December 1973, when the Congregation of Bishops in the Roman Curia, with the approval of Pope Paul VI, decreed the change from the traditional title of Diocese of Albenga. The see is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Genoa.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].