Diocese of Frascati
Tusculan(us)
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Frascati, Italy, Italy
Frascati is one of the seven suburbicarian sees near Rome, immediately subject to the Holy See; its cardinal-bishop title is honorific (held by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone). Stefano Russo has been residential bishop since 2023, holding the see in persona Episcopi with Velletri-Segni.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Latin
- Tusculan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Peter the Apostle
- Annuario code
- 001001441
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 117,700
- Population
- 124,500
- Catholic share
- 94.5%
- Priests
- 27
- Catholics per priest
- 4,359
- Extent
- 168 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 701
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
- Stefano Russo
- Born
- 26 August 1961
- Birthplace
- Ascoli Piceno
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
Frascati Cathedral stands in Frascati, 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.
History
At Frascati, near Rome, sits the Diocese of Frascati (Lat.: Tusculana), a Latin suburbicarian see of the Diocese of Rome and a diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. Its bishop is a Cardinal Bishop, and from the Latin name of the area he has also been called Bishop of Tusculum. After Tusculum was destroyed in 1191, the bishopric moved to nearby Frascati, a town first mentioned in the pontificate of Pope Leo IV. The Cardinal-Bishop served concurrently as diocesan bishop of the see until 1962, when Pope John XXIII relieved the Cardinal Bishops of any actual responsibility in their suburbicarian dioceses, leaving the title purely honorific.
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].