Diocese of Macerata
Maceraten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Macerata, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of Macerata is a Latin Catholic diocese in the Marche region of Italy, with origins as the Diocese of Macerata erected in 1320 and its current configuration dating to the 1980s mergers. Renamed simply Diocese of Macerata on 17 December 2022, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Fermo and led by Bishop Nazzareno Marconi.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1320
- Latin
- Maceraten(sis)
- Patron
- Virgen de la Merced
- Annuario code
- 001002088
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 139,200
- Population
- 148,000
- Catholic share
- 94.1%
- Priests
- 108
- Catholics per priest
- 1,289
- Extent
- 745 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 187
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
- Nazzareno Marconi
- Born
- 12 February 1958
- Birthplace
- Città di Castello
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
Macerata Cathedral stands in Macerata, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Recanati Cathedral, Tolentino Concathedral, Cingoli Concathedral, Treia Concathedral.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Fermo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Fermo.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Camerino–San Severino MarcheCamerino
- Archdiocese of FermoFermo
- Diocese of San Benedetto del Tronto–Ripatransone–MontaltoSan Benedetto del Tronto
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Bearing the full title Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia (Latin: Dioecesis Maceratensis-Tolentina-Recinetensis-Cingulana-Treiensis), this Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Fermo.
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].