Diocese of Porto–Santa Rufina
Portuen(sis)-Sanctae Rufinae
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Porto–Santa Rufina, Italy, Italy
Porto-Santa Rufina is a suburbicarian diocese of Rome, formed from the union of the ancient sees of Porto and Silva Candida (Santa Rufina) under Pope Callistus II around 1119. It is immediately subject to the Holy See and has both a titular cardinal-bishop (Beniamino Stella) and a resident diocesan bishop who serves as ordinary.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Portuen(sis)-Sanctae Rufinae
- Patron
- <li>san Hipólito<li>santas Rufina y Segunda
- Annuario code
- 001002648
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 386,000
- Population
- 437,000
- Catholic share
- 88.3%
- Priests
- 67
- Catholics per priest
- 5,761
- Extent
- 2,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 193
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
- Gianrico Ruzza
- Born
- 14 February 1963
- Birthplace
- Roma
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 dei Sacri Cuori di Gesù e Maria stands in Porto–Santa Rufina, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Chiesa dei Santi Ippolito e Lucia.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Formed from the union of two dioceses, Porto-Santa Rufina is a Latin suburbicarian diocese of the Diocese of Rome and a diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. The diocese of Santa Rufina was in earlier times also known as Silva Candida. Since 1967 the see has had both a titular cardinal bishop and a resident bishop who conducts the diocesan business.
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].