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 Savino di CrespellanoCrespellanoView parish
- San Sebastiano di RenazzoCentoMass times recorded
- San SeverinoBolognaMass times recorded
- San Silverio di Chiesa NuovaBolognaMass times recorded
- San Silvestro di CrevalcoreCrevalcoreView parish
- San Tommaso di SperticanoSperticanoView parish
- San Venanzio di GallieraSan VenanzioView parish
- San Venanzio di StiaticoStiaticoView parish
- San Vincenzo de’ PaoliBolognaMass times recorded
- San Vitale di Granarolo dell’EmiliaGranarolo dell’EmiliaView parish
- San Vitale di RenoCalderara di RenoView parish
- Santa Caterina da BolognaBolognaView parish
- Santa Caterina de’ VigriBolognaView parish
- Santa Caterina di GalloPoggio RenaticoView parish
- Santa Caterina di Strada MaggioreBolognaMass times recorded
- Santa Caterina di Via SaragozzaBolognaView parish
- Santa Cecilia della CroaraSan Lazzaro di SavenaView parish
- Santa Clelia Barbieri in CavazzonaCastelfranco EmiliaView parish
- Santa Cristina di RipoliRipoliView parish
- Santa Croce di Casalecchio di RenoCasalecchio di RenoView parish
- Santa Croce di Crocetta HercolaniCrocettaMass times recorded
- Santa Croce di MarmortaMarmortaView parish
- Santa Croce di SavignoSanta CroceView parish
- Santa Croce di Selva MalvezziSelva MalvezziView parish
- Santa Croce e San Michele di PortonovoPortonovoView parish
- Santa Filomena di Passo SegniPassosegniView parish
- Santa Giustina di Piano di SettaGrizzana MorandiView parish
- Santa Lucia di Casalecchio di RenoCasalecchio di RenoView parish
- Santa Lucia di PietracoloraPietracoloraView parish
- Santa Margherita di ArmaroloBudrioView 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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