Diocese of Caltanissetta
Calatanisiaden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Caltanissetta, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of Caltanissetta is a Latin Church diocese in Sicily, Italy, erected by Pope Gregory XVI in 1844 and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Agrigento since 2000. Bishop Mario Russotto has led the see since 2003.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 May 1844
- Latin
- Calatanisiaden(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Michael the Archangel
- Annuario code
- 001001024
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 160,700
- Population
- 162,100
- Catholic share
- 99.1%
- Priests
- 98
- Catholics per priest
- 1,640
- Extent
- 1,120 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 143
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
- Mario Russotto
- Born
- 23 July 1957
- Birthplace
- Vittoria
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
Cattedrale di Santa Maria La Nova stands in Caltanissetta, 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 Agrigento
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Agrigento.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AgrigentoAgrigento
- Diocese of Piazza ArmerinaPiazza Armerina
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church see in Sicily, the Diocese of Caltanissetta (Latin: Dioecesis Calatanisiadensis) has its city some 40 mi (53 km) northeast of Agrigento and about 32 mi (50 km) northwest of Piazza Armerina. Between 1844 and 2000 the diocese belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Monreale; since 2000 it has been a suffragan of the archdiocese of Agrigento.
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].