Archdiocese of Lucca
Lucen(sis)
Archdiocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Lucca, Italy
Lucca in Tuscany is an archdiocese of the Latin Church dating as a see to at least the 4th century and raised to metropolitan archdiocese rank in 1726. It has no suffragans and is immediately subject to the Holy See, currently led by Archbishop Paolo Giulietti.
The see
- Rank
- Archdiocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 300
- Latin
- Lucen(sis)
- Patron
- Paulinus of Lucca (St. Paulinus of Antioch)
- Annuario code
- 001002057
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 311,455
- Population
- 318,390
- Catholic share
- 97.8%
- Priests
- 178
- Catholics per priest
- 1,750
- Extent
- 1,520 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 205
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
- Paolo Giulietti
- Born
- 1 January 1964
- Birthplace
- Perugia
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 of St. Martin (Cattedrale di San Martino), Lucca stands in Lucca, 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
A see of ancient standing in Italy, Lucca (Latin: Archidioecesis Lucensis) dates as a diocese to at least the 4th century and became an archdiocese in 1726. The archbishop's seat is in the cathedral of S. Martino in Lucca. Though an archdiocese, it is not a metropolitan see, holds no suffragan dioceses, and is exempt, that is, immediately subject to the Holy See (Papacy).
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].