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Suffragan diocese Pescia, Italy

Diocese of Pescia

Piscien(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cattedrale di Maria SS. Assunta e S. Giovanni Battista, in Pescia, Italy.

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Established
1726
Catholics
111,460
Priests
48
Territory
224 km²

Parishes and churches

42 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Augusto Mascagna

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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.

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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.

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