Archdiocese of Pisa
Pisan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Pisa, Italy
Metropolitan Latin rite archdiocese in Tuscany, Italy, ancient in origin and elevated to archdiocese in 1092. Saverio Cannistra, formerly superior general of the Discalced Carmelites, was appointed archbishop in 2025. Note: this is an archdiocese, not a plain diocese.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 313
- Latin
- Pisan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Ranieri (Rainerius of Pisa)
- Annuario code
- 001002608
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 313,497
- Population
- 334,345
- Catholic share
- 93.8%
- Priests
- 146
- Catholics per priest
- 2,147
- Extent
- 847 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 370
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
- Archbishop
- Saverio Cannistrà
- Born
- 3 October 1958
- Birthplace
- Catanzaro
- Institute
- CARMELITANI SCALZI
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 Santa Maria Assunta stands in Pisa, 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 (suffragans: Livorno, Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Pescia, Volterra)
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Founded in the 4th century, the see of Pisa in Italy was raised to an archdiocese on 21 April 1092 by Pope Urban II. The Archdiocese of Pisa (Latin: Archidioecesis Pisana) is a Latin Church metropolitan see whose bishop sits in the cathedral of the Assumption in the Piazza del Duomo. Its archbishop presides over the Ecclesiastical Province of Pisa, comprising the dioceses of Livorno, Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Pescia, and Volterra.
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].