Diocese of Imola
Imolen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Imola, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of Imola is a Latin Church diocese in Romagna, northern Italy, dating to the 4th century and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Bologna. Bishop Giovanni Mosciatti has led the see since 2019.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 379
- Latin
- Imolen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Cassian of Imola
- Annuario code
- 001001656
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 134,640
- Population
- 141,740
- Catholic share
- 95.0%
- Priests
- 74
- Catholics per priest
- 1,819
- Extent
- 740 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 182
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
- Giovanni Mosciatti
- Born
- 23 January 1958
- Birthplace
- Matelica
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
Cathedral Basilica of Saint Cassian Martyr stands in Imola, 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 Bologna
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bologna.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BolognaBologna
- Diocese of Faenza–ModiglianaFaenza–Modigliana
- Archdiocese of Ferrara–Comacchio–PomposaFerrara–Comacchio–Pomposa
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Romagna, northern Italy, the Diocese of Imola (Latin: Diocesis Imolensis) is a Latin Church see of the Catholic Church, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Bologna. Its earliest allegiance was to the metropolitan of Milan; it then answered to the Archbishop of Ravenna until 1582, when Pope Gregory XIII raised Bologna to an archbishopric and gave it two suffragans, Imola and Cervia. Pope Clement VIII, however, restored both to the metropolitanate of Ravenna in 1604.
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].