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Suffragan diocese Brescia, Italy

Diocese of Brescia

Brixien(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Brescia is a Latin Church diocese in Lombardy, northern Italy, dating to the early centuries of the Church. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan and led by Bishop Pierantonio Tremolada.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, in Brescia, Italy.

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Catholics
960,000
Priests
735
Territory
4,538 km²

Parishes and churches

471 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Pierantonio Tremolada
Born
4 October 1956
Birthplace
Lissone

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The cathedral

Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta stands in Brescia, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale invernale di Santa Maria Assunta.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

In Lombardy, in Northwestern Italy, the Diocese of Brescia (Latin: Dioecesis Brixiensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church within the province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Milan. Its episcopal seat is the 'new' cathedral of Brescia, the Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta e Ss. Pietro e Paolo (Duomo Nuovo), dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and to the Apostles Peter and Paolo.

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