Diocese of Mileto–Nicotera–Tropea
Mileten(sis)-Nicotrien(sis)-Tropien(sis)
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Mileto–Nicotera–Tropea, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea is a Latin rite see in Calabria, Italy, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova. The historic Diocese of Mileto dates to 1073 and merged with Nicotera-Tropea in 1986, and the see is led by Bishop Attilio Nostro.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Mileten(sis)-Nicotrien(sis)-Tropien(sis)
- Patron
- <li>Nuestra Señora de la Asunción<li>santa María de Rumania<li>san Nicolás
- Annuario code
- 001002244
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 155,000
- Population
- 170,000
- Catholic share
- 91.2%
- Priests
- 115
- Catholics per priest
- 1,348
- Extent
- 943 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 164
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
- Attilio Nostro
- Born
- 6 August 1966
- Birthplace
- Palmi
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 Maria SS. Assunta in Cielo stands in Mileto–Nicotera–Tropea, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta (Nicotera); Concattedrale di Maria SS. di Romania.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Reggio Calabria-Bova (Calabria)
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Calabria, in southern Italy, the Diocese of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea (Latin: Dioecesis Miletensis-Nicotriensis-Tropiensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church dating in its present form to 1986, the year the historical Diocese of Mileto was joined with the Diocese of Nicotera-Tropea. It stands as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova.
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].