Diocese of Montepulciano–Chiusi–Pienza
Montis Politiani-Clusin(us)-Pientin(us)
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Montepulciano, Italy
The Diocese of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza is a Latin Church diocese in Tuscany, Italy, formed in 1986 by uniting three historic sees. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino, led by Cardinal Augusto Paolo Lojudice.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Montis Politiani-Clusin(us)-Pientin(us)
- Patron
- Saint John the Baptist
- Annuario code
- 001002278
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 67,700
- Population
- 71,700
- Catholic share
- 94.4%
- Priests
- 53
- Catholics per priest
- 1,277
- Extent
- 1,068 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 63
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
- Augusto Paolo Lojudice
- Born
- 1 July 1964
- Birthplace
- Roma
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 Santa Maria Assunta stands in Montepulciano, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrali: Santa Maria Assunta (Pienza), San Secondiano.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Toscana
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].