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Diocese of Arezzo–Cortona–Sansepolcro

Arretin(us)-Cortonen(sis)-Biturgen(sis) seu Burgi Sancti Sepulchri

Latin Catholic diocese in Tuscany, Italy, formed on 30 September 1986 by uniting the historic dioceses of Arezzo, Cortona, and Sansepolcro. Suffragan to the Archdiocese of Florence, led by Bishop Andrea Migliavacca since 2022.

The see

Rank
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
30 September 1986
Latin
Arretin(us)-Cortonen(sis)-Biturgen(sis) seu Burgi Sancti Sepulchri
Patron
St. Donatus of Arezzo
Annuario code
001000723

The see in figures

Catholics
343,835
Population
361,760
Catholic share
95.0%

of the people living within its bounds

Priests
165
Catholics per priest
2,084
Extent
3,425 km²
Catholics per km²
100

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
Andrea Migliavacca
Born
29 August 1967
Birthplace
Pavia

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

Cathedral of Saints Donatus and Peter stands in Arezzo, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of S. Maria Assunta (Cortona) and Co-Cathedral of S. Giovanni Evangelista.

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

The province of Florence

A suffragan of Florence.

The sees of this province:

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

History

Since 1986 the historic diocese of Arezzo has been joined with the dioceses of Cortona and Sansepolcro, producing the present Latin diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro (Latin: Dioecesis Arretina-Cortonensis-Biturgensis seu Burgi Sancti Sepulchri). The enlarged see is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Florence.

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.

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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].