Diocese of Ragusa
Ragusien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ragusa, Italy
The Diocese of Ragusa is a Latin Church diocese in south-eastern Sicily, erected in 1950 by Pope Pius XII and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Syracuse. Its principal patron is Saint John the Baptist, whose cathedral sits in Ragusa.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1950
- Latin
- Ragusien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint John the Baptist
- Annuario code
- 001002712
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 216,874
- Population
- 223,852
- Catholic share
- 96.9%
- Priests
- 92
- Catholics per priest
- 2,357
- Extent
- 1,029 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 211
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
- Giuseppe La Placa
- Born
- 16 November 1962
- Birthplace
- Resuttano
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 San Giovanni Battista stands in Ragusa, 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 Syracuse
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Syracuse.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected in 1950 in south-eastern Sicily, the Diocese of Ragusa (Latin: Dioecesis Ragusiensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Siracusa.
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].