Metropolitan see Bologna, Italy
Archdiocese of Bologna
Bononien(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1582
- Catholics
- 942,613
- Priests
- 300
- Territory
- 3,549 km²
Parishes and churches
409 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Sant’Antonio Abate di MalalbergoMadonnaView parish
- Sant’Antonio da Padova a la DozzaBolognaView parish
- Sant’Antonio da Padova in PioppePieve di CentoView parish
- Sant’Antonio della GaianaGaianaView parish
- Sant’Antonio della QuadernaSant’AntonioView parish
- Sant’Antonio di SavenaBolognaView parish
- Sant’Antonio Maria PucciBolognaView parish
- Sant’Apollinare di CalvenzanoVergatoView parish
- Sant’Apollinare di PadernoPadernoView parish
- Sant’Apollinare di SerravalleCastello di SerravalleView parish
- Sant’EgidioBolognaView parish
- Sant’Elena di SacernoSacernoView parish
- Sant’Emiliano di RussoSan Lazzaro di SavenaView parish
- Sant’EugenioBolognaView parish
- Sant’Ignazio di AntiochiaBolognaView parish
- Sant’IsaiaBolognaView parish
- Sant’Orsola nel PoliclinicoBolognaView parish
- Seminario Arcivescovile di BolognaBolognaView parish
- Spirito SantoBolognaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Matteo Maria Zuppi
- Born
- 11 October 1955
- Birthplace
- Roma
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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.
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.
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- Card. Marcello Semeraro to preside beatification mass of 3 priests in Bologna
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Patriarch Pizzaballa receives honorary citizenship of Bologna
Bologna Mayor Matteo Lepore conferred honorary citizenship upon Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, during a ceremony on Friday, September 18. The event included attendance by Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, the archbishop of Bologna. In a speech following the award, Pizzaballa dedicated the honor to people who care for others.
- Diocese of Bologna hosts event
- Archbishop leads Vigil for peace in Terra Santa
- Arcivescovo Vittorio Francesco Viola speaks at Tre Giorni del Clero
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