Archdiocese of Bologna
Bononien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Bologna, Italy, Italy
Metropolitan archdiocese in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, dating to the early Christian centuries and raised to an archdiocese in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII. Cardinal Matteo Zuppi has been archbishop since 2015, with suffragans Imola, Faenza-Modigliana, and Ferrara-Comacchio.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1582
- Latin
- Bononien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Petronius
- Annuario code
- 001000921
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 942,613
- Population
- 1,006,805
- Catholic share
- 93.6%
- Priests
- 300
- Catholics per priest
- 3,142
- Extent
- 3,549 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 266
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
- Archbishop
- Matteo Maria Zuppi
- Born
- 11 October 1955
- Birthplace
- Roma
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
Bologna Cathedral stands in Bologna, 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 Bologna
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Faenza–ModiglianaFaenza–Modigliana
- Archdiocese of Ferrara–Comacchio–PomposaFerrara–Comacchio–Pomposa
- Diocese of ImolaImola
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Church in Northern Italy, Bologna (Latin: Archidioecesis Bononiensis; Italian: Arcidiocesi di Bologna) keeps its cathedra in the cathedral church of San Pietro, Bologna. Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, installed in 2015, is the current archbishop. Three suffragan dioceses stand within its ecclesiastical province: the Diocese of Imola, the Diocese of Faenza-Modigliana, and the Archdiocese of Ferrara-Comacchio.
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].