Diocese of Pavia
Papien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Pavia, Italy
The Diocese of Pavia is an ancient Latin Church diocese in Lombardy, northern Italy, traditionally dated to the early centuries of Christianity. It has been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan since 1817 and is led by Bishop Corrado Sanguineti.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Latin
- Papien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Syrus of Pavia (San Siro)
- Annuario code
- 001002565
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 178,645
- Population
- 191,320
- Catholic share
- 93.4%
- Priests
- 117
- Catholics per priest
- 1,527
- Extent
- 782 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 228
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
- Corrado Sanguineti
- Born
- 7 November 1964
- Birthplace
- Milano
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 Assunta e Santo Stefano Protomartire stands in Pavia, 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 Milan
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Milan.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BergamoBergamo
- Diocese of BresciaBrescia
- Diocese of ComoComo
- Diocese of CremaCrema
- Diocese of CremonaCremona
- Diocese of LodiLodi
- Diocese of MantovaMantova
- Archdiocese of MilanoMilano
- Diocese of VigevanoVigevano
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Only since 1817 has the Diocese of Pavia (Latin: Dioecesis Papiensis), a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy, been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan. Before Pope Pius VII reorganized the hierarchy of northern Italy following the expulsion of the French and the Congress of Vienna, Pavia depended directly upon the Holy See, and the Archbishops of Milan repeatedly failed in their attempts to claim control over it.
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].