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.
- San Bartolomeo di BondanelloCastel MaggioreMass times recorded
- San Bartolomeo di FrassinetoCastel San Pietro TermeView parish
- San Bartolomeo di ManzolinoCastelfranco EmiliaView parish
- San Bartolomeo di MusianoPianoroMass times recorded
- San Bartolomeo di SillaGaggio MontanoView parish
- San BenedettoBolognaMass times recorded
- San Benedetto del QuercetoSan Benedetto del QuercetoView parish
- San Benedetto Val di SambroSan Benedetto Val di SambroView parish
- San BiagioCentoMass times recorded
- San Biagio di BonconventoSala BologneseMass times recorded
- San Biagio di Castel dell’AlpiSan Benedetto Val di SambroMass times recorded
- San Biagio di Castel de’ BrittiSan Lazzaro di SavenaMass times recorded
- San Biagio di Castel di CasioCastel di CasioView parish
- San Biagio di CereglioVergatoView parish
- San Biagio di Poggio di Castel San PietroCastel San Pietro TermeView parish
- San Biagio di SavignoSavignoView parish
- San Biagio di ZenerigoloSan Giovanni in PersicetoView parish
- San Biagio in Casalecchio di RenoCasalecchio di RenoView parish
- San Camillo de’ Lellis in San Giovanni in PersicetoSan Giovanni in PersicetoView parish
- San CarloBolognaView parish
- San CristoforoBolognaMass times recorded
- San Cristoforo di MongardinoSasso MarconiView parish
- San Cristoforo di MontemaggioreMonte San PietroView parish
- San Cristoforo di Ozzano dell’EmiliaOzzano dell’EmiliaView parish
- San Cristoforo di VedeghetoSavignoView parish
- San DomenicoBolognaMass times recorded
- San Domenico SavioBolognaMass times recorded
- San Donato di PonzanoCastello di SerravalleView parish
- San DonninoBolognaMass times recorded
- San Donnino di BurzanellaBurzanellaView 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.
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- Arcivescovo Vittorio Francesco Viola speaks at Tre Giorni del Clero
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