Diocese of La Spezia–Sarzana–Brugnato
Spedien(sis)-Sarzanen(sis)-Brugnaten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · La Spezia, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato is a Latin rite see in Liguria, Italy, formed by the full union of three historic sees in 1986 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Genoa. Bishop Luigi Ernesto Palletti has led it since 2012.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Spedien(sis)-Sarzanen(sis)-Brugnaten(sis)
- Patron
- <li>san Venerio
- Annuario code
- 001001964
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 212,554
- Population
- 221,263
- Catholic share
- 96.1%
- Priests
- 103
- Catholics per priest
- 2,064
- Extent
- 881 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 241
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
- Luigi Palletti
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 Cristo Re (Cathedral of Christ the King), La Spezia stands in La Spezia, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta (Sarzana); Concattedrale dei Santi Pietro, Lorenzo e Colombano.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Genoa
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Genoa.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Albenga–ImperiaAlbenga–Imperia
- Diocese of ChiavariChiavari
- Diocese of Savona–NoliSavona–Noli
- Diocese of TortonaTortona
- Diocese of Ventimiglia–San RemoVentimiglia–San Remo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].