Diocese of Massa Marittima–Piombino
Massan(us)-Plumbinen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Massa Marittima, Italy
The Diocese of Massa Marittima-Piombino is a Latin Church diocese in Tuscany, Italy, with origins dating to the 5th century. The name Populonia was replaced with Piombino in 1978. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 500
- Latin
- Massan(us)-Plumbinen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Cerbonius
- Annuario code
- 001002180
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 124,750
- Population
- 126,700
- Catholic share
- 98.5%
- Priests
- 35
- Catholics per priest
- 3,564
- Extent
- 1,200 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 104
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
- Carlo Ciattini
- Born
- 20 March 1951
- Birthplace
- Cerreto Guidi
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 San Cerbone stands in Massa Marittima, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Chiesa Abbaziale di Sant'Antimo Martire.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of GrossetoGrosseto
- Diocese of Pitigliano–Sovana–OrbetelloPitigliano
- Archdiocese of Siena–Colle di Val d’Elsa–MontalcinoSiena
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church diocese of central Italy's Tuscany, Massa Marittima-Piombino (Latin: Dioecesis Massana-Plumbinensis) carried the name Diocese of Massa Marittima until 1978. It answered to the archdiocese of Pisa as a suffragan until 1458, and since that year has been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Siena. Its territory takes in the islands of Elba and Pianosa, and until 1817 also included Capraia.
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].