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Suffragan diocese Faenza–Modigliana, Italy

Diocese of Faenza–Modigliana

Faventin(us)-Mutilen(sis)

Latin Church diocese in Emilia-Romagna formed in 1986 by the merger of the dioceses of Faenza and Modigliana, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Bologna. As of June 2026 the see is administered by Bishop Mario Toso, apostolic administrator, with bishop-elect Michele Morandi due to be ordained and take possession on July 12, 2026.

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The address the register holds for Cattedrale di San Pietro Apostolo, in Faenza–Modigliana, Italy.

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Established
1850
Catholics
130,800
Priests
57
Territory
1 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Apostolic Administrator
Michele Morandi
Born
2 July 1950
Birthplace
Mogliano Veneto
Institute
SOCIETÀ SALESIANA DI S. GIOVANNI BOSCO (SALESIANI) (S.D.B.)

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The cathedral

Cattedrale di San Pietro Apostolo stands in Faenza–Modigliana, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di Santo Stefano.

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History

A 1986 merger of the diocese of Faenza with the diocese of Modigliana produced the Diocese of Faenza-Modigliana (Latin: Dioecesis Faventina-Mutilensis), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. The Diocese of Faenza (Faventia) had originally been a suffragan (subordinate) of the Archbishop of Ravenna; when Pope Gregory XIII raised Bologna to a metropolitan archbishopric by the bull Universi orbis of 10 December 1582, Faenza became one of Bologna's suffragan dioceses.

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