Diocese of Caltagirone
Calatayeronen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Caltagirone, Italy
The Diocese of Caltagirone is a Latin Church diocese in eastern Sicily, Italy, erected on September 12, 1816, and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Catania since 2000. Bishop Calogero Peri, a Capuchin, has led the see since 2010.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 September 1816
- Latin
- Calatayeronen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Julian (San Giuliano)
- Annuario code
- 001001023
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 132,320
- Population
- 138,780
- Catholic share
- 95.3%
- Priests
- 79
- Catholics per priest
- 1,675
- Extent
- 1,551 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 85
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
- Bishop
- Calogero Peri
- Born
- 16 June 1953
- Birthplace
- Salemi
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI CAPPUCCINI (O.F.M. Cap.)
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
Basilica Cattedrale di San Giuliano stands in Caltagirone, 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 Catania
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Catania.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AcirealeAcireale
- Archdiocese of CataniaCatania
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the eastern interior of Sicily, the Diocese of Caltagirone (Latin: Dioecesis Calatayeronensis) traces its territory to lands that before 1816 belonged to the diocese of Siracusa. From 1816 to 1844 it stood under the archdiocese of Monreale, then passed in 1844 to the new archdiocese of Siracusa, and in the Sicilian diocesan reorganization of 2000 became a suffragan of the archdiocese of Catania. The bishop's seat is the Basilica Cathedral of S. Giuliano in the city of Caltagirone.
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].