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Suffragan diocese Pitigliano, Italy

Diocese of Pitigliano–Sovana–Orbetello

Pitilianen(sis)-Soanen(sis)-Urbetellien(sis)

Latin rite diocese in Tuscany, Italy, rooted in the ancient see of Sovana and given its present name in 1986. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino, led by Bishop Bernardino Giordano since 2024.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cattedrale dei Santi Pietro e Paolo, in Pitigliano, Italy.

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Established
680
Catholics
65,700
Priests
46
Territory
2,177 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Bernardino Giordano
Born
23 March 1970
Birthplace
Torino

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The cathedral

Cattedrale dei Santi Pietro e Paolo stands in Pitigliano, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di San Biagio (Orbetello); Concattedrale dei Santi Pietro e Paolo.

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History

In Tuscany, within the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino, lies the Latin Church Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello (Latin: Dioecesis Pitilianensis-Soanensis-Urbetelliensis). The diocese of Sovana had originally answered directly to the Holy See, and its bishops took part in the pope's synods.

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