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Suffragan diocese Caltagirone, Italy

Diocese of Caltagirone

Calatayeronen(sis)

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.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Basilica Cattedrale di San Giuliano, in Caltagirone, Italy.

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Established
1816
Catholics
132,320
Priests
79
Territory
1,551 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Calogero Peri
Born
16 June 1953
Birthplace
Salemi
Institute
ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI CAPPUCCINI (O.F.M. Cap.)

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The cathedral

Basilica Cattedrale di San Giuliano stands in Caltagirone, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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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.

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