Diocese of Città di Castello
Civitatis Castelli seu Tifernaten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Città di Castello, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of Citta di Castello is a Latin Church diocese in the Umbria region of Italy, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Perugia-Citta della Pieve, with origins dating to about the 5th century. It has been led by Bishop Luciano Paolucci Bedini since 2022, who concurrently serves as bishop of Gubbio.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 450
- Latin
- Civitatis Castelli seu Tifernaten(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Floridus
- Annuario code
- 001001159
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 62,470
- Population
- 64,800
- Catholic share
- 96.4%
- Priests
- 46
- Catholics per priest
- 1,358
- Extent
- 820 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 76
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
- Luciano Paolucci Bedini
- Born
- 30 August 1968
- Birthplace
- Jesi
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 dei Santi Florido e Amanzio stands in Città di Castello, 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 Perugia-Citta della Pieve
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Perugia-Citta della Pieve.
The sees of this province:
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the central Italian region of Umbria, within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve, lies the Latin Diocese of Città di Castello (Latin: Dioecesis Civitatis Castelli o Tifernatensis). Its cathedral episcopal see holds the rank of Minor basilica: the Basilica Cattedrale di Ss. Florido e Amanzio Basilica in Città di Castello, dedicated to Saints Floridus (patron of the diocese) and Amantius. A second Minor Basilica, Marian in character, also serves the province and diocese: the Santuario-Basilica della Madonna del Transito Santuario in Canoscio.
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].