Diocese of Fabriano–Matelica
Fabrianen(sis)-Mathelicen(sis)
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Fabriano–Matelica, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of Fabriano-Matelica is a Latin Church diocese in the Marche region of Italy, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo. The Diocese of Fabriano was erected in 1728 and united with Matelica under the present name in 1986.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Fabrianen(sis)-Mathelicen(sis)
- Patron
- St Venantius of Camerino
- Annuario code
- 001001386
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 50,500
- Population
- 52,900
- Catholic share
- 95.5%
- Priests
- 37
- Catholics per priest
- 1,365
- Extent
- 681 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 74
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
- Archbishop
- Francesco Massara
- Born
- 1 July 1965
- Birthplace
- Tropea
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 San Venanzio Martire, Fabriano stands in Fabriano–Matelica, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, Matelica.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Ancona-Osimo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Ancona–OsimoAncona–Osimo
- Diocese of JesiJesi
- Diocese of SenigalliaSenigallia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Bearing its present name since 1986, the Diocese of Fabriano-Matelica (Latin: Dioecesis Fabrianensis-Mathelicensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the Marche, suffragan to the archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo.
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].