Diocese of Parma–Fontevivo
Parmen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Parma–Fontevivo, Italy
The Diocese of Parma, formally Parma-Fontevivo since 1892, is a Latin Church diocese in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola. It gained the Fontevivo title from the suppressed abbacy nullius of Fontevivo, and is led by Bishop Enrico Solmi.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Latin
- Parmen(sis)
- Patron
- san Bernardo degli Uberti
- Annuario code
- 001002547
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 296,940
- Population
- 375,585
- Catholic share
- 79.1%
- Priests
- 121
- Catholics per priest
- 2,454
- Extent
- 2,100 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 141
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
- Enrico Solmi
- Born
- 18 July 1956
- Birthplace
- San Vito di Spilamberto
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
Basilica Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta stands in Parma–Fontevivo, 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 Modena-Nonantola
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CarpiCarpi
- Diocese of FidenzaFidenza
- Archdiocese of Modena–NonantolaModena–Nonantola
- Diocese of Piacenza–Bobbio–San ColombanoPiacenza–Bobbio–San Colombano
- Diocese of Reggio Emilia–GuastallaReggio Emilia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Since 1892 this Latin Catholic see has properly borne the name Diocese of Parma-Fontevivo, though it is commonly the Diocese of Parma (Latin: Dioecesis Parmensis). The bishop's seat is Parma Cathedral, and the diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola. Its provincial affiliation has shifted over time: Parma originally belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Milan before becoming a suffragan of the Archbishop of Ravenna.
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].