Diocese of Bergamo
Bergomen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bergamo, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of Bergamo is a Latin Catholic diocese in Lombardy, northern Italy, dating to the 4th century and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan. Its cathedral is dedicated to Saint Alexander of Bergamo, the city patron.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 400
- Latin
- Bergomen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Alexander of Bergamo
- Annuario code
- 001000889
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 938,600
- Population
- 994,359
- Catholic share
- 94.4%
- Priests
- 667
- Catholics per priest
- 1,407
- Extent
- 4,243 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 221
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
- Francesco Beschi
- Born
- 6 August 1951
- Birthplace
- Brescia
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
Bergamo Cathedral stands in Bergamo, 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 Milan
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Milan.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BresciaBrescia
- Diocese of ComoComo
- Diocese of CremaCrema
- Diocese of CremonaCremona
- Diocese of LodiLodi
- Diocese of MantovaMantova
- Archdiocese of MilanoMilano
- Diocese of PaviaPavia
- Diocese of VigevanoVigevano
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan, the Diocese of Bergamo (Latin: Dioecesis Bergomensis; Italian: Diocesi di Bergamo; Lombard: Diocesi de Bergum) belongs to the Latin Church in Italy. Its position carried a cost: Bergamo stood where the mainland interests of the Republic of Venice met the territory of the Duchy of Milan, and since the French and the Holy Roman Empire regularly contested that duchy, the result was repeated military operations.
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].