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Suffragan diocese Mantova, Italy

Diocese of Mantova

Mantuan(us)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Mantova is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in Lombardy, Italy, dating to around 804 and a suffragan of Milan since 1819. It has been led by Bishop Gianmarco Busca since 2016.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cattedrale di San Pietro Apostolo, Mantova, in Mantova, Italy.

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Established
804
Catholics
322,782
Priests
160
Territory
2,080 km²

Parishes and churches

171 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Gianmarco Busca
Born
30 November 1965
Birthplace
Edolo

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The cathedral

Cattedrale di San Pietro Apostolo, Mantova stands in Mantova, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Basilica di Sant'Andrea Apostolo.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

An ancient see of northern Italy, the Diocese of Mantua (Latin: Dioecesis Mantuana) already existed at the beginning of the 8th century, although Laiulfus (827) is the earliest bishop attested by name. Since 1819 it has been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan. The bishop's cathedra stands in the Cathedral of S. Pietro Apostolo, and the city also holds the Basilica di Sant'Andrea di Mantova.