Diocese of Pescia
Piscien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Pescia, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of Pescia is a Latin Church diocese in Tuscany, Italy, established as a diocese in 1726 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Pisa. Augusto Mascagna was appointed bishop in 2026; the see has been united with the Diocese of Pistoia in the person of a single bishop since 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 17 March 1727
- Latin
- Piscien(sis)
- Patron
- <li>Santa María de Fontenova<li>san Alucio
- Annuario code
- 001002585
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 111,460
- Population
- 120,950
- Catholic share
- 92.2%
- Priests
- 48
- Catholics per priest
- 2,322
- Extent
- 224 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 498
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 Mascagna
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 e S. Giovanni Battista stands in Pescia, 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 Pisa
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Pisa.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of LivornoLivorno
- Diocese of Massa Carrara–PontremoliMassa Carrara–Pontremoli
- Diocese of VolterraVolterra
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
About 41 miles (66 km) west of Florence in Tuscany lies the Diocese of Pescia (Latin: Dioecesis Pisciensis), a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pisa. With the appointment of Fausto Tardelli as bishop on 14 October 2023, Pescia was united with the Diocese of Pistoia in the person of a single bishop.
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].