Diocese of Como
Comen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Como, Italy
The Diocese of Como is a Latin Church diocese in Lombardy, Italy, dating to the 4th century and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Milan. Its bishop since 2016 is Cardinal Oscar Cantoni, created cardinal in 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 386
- Latin
- Comen(sis)
- Patron
- san Abundio de Como
- Annuario code
- 001001196
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 525,000
- Population
- 544,000
- Catholic share
- 96.5%
- Priests
- 304
- Catholics per priest
- 1,727
- Extent
- 4,244 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 124
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
- Oscar Cantoni
- Born
- 1 September 1950
- Birthplace
- Lenno
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
Como Cathedral stands in Como, 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 Milan
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Milan.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BergamoBergamo
- Diocese of BresciaBrescia
- Diocese of CremaCrema
- Diocese of CremonaCremona
- Diocese of LodiLodi
- Diocese of MantovaMantova
- Archdiocese of MilanoMilano
- Diocese of PaviaPavia
- Diocese of VigevanoVigevano
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Northern Italy's Diocese of Como (Latin: Dioecesis Comensis) traces its establishment to the Fourth Century. A Latin Church jurisdiction, it serves as a suffragan within the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Milan, and the Bishop of Como keeps his cathedra in the Como Cathedral. According to local legend, Como owed its conversion to the apostolate of Hermagoras of Aquileia, who died around the year 70.
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].