Diocese of Noto
Neten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Noto, Italy
The Diocese of Noto is a Latin Church diocese in southeastern Sicily, Italy, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Siracusa. It was erected on May 15, 1844, and has been led by Bishop Salvatore Rumeo since 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 May 1844
- Latin
- Neten(sis)
- Patron
- <li>santa María Escalera del Paraíso<li>san Conrado Confaloneri
- Annuario code
- 001002410
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 210,000
- Population
- 215,082
- Catholic share
- 97.6%
- Priests
- 105
- Catholics per priest
- 2,000
- Extent
- 1,323 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 159
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
- Salvatore Rumeo
- Born
- 23 May 1966
- Birthplace
- Caltanissetta
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 Nicolò, Noto stands in Noto, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Ecclesiastical Province of Siracusa
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Siracusa.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the extreme southeast corner of Sicily, between the Free Municipal Consortium of Syracuse and the Free Municipal Consortium of Ragusa, lies the Diocese of Noto, a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Siracusa. The bishop's seat is the Cattedrale di San Nicolò in Noto, and since 2022 the diocese has been led by Monsignor Salvatore Rumeo.
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].