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Metropolitan see Reggio Calabria–Bova, Italy

Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria–Bova

Rheginen(sis)-Boven(sis)

Latin Church

The Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Church in Calabria, southern Italy, taking its current combined title in 1986 when the Diocese of Bova was merged with the Archdiocese of Reggio. Its cathedral is dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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The address the register holds for Basilica Cattedrale di Maria Santissima Assunta in Cielo, Reggio Calabria, in Reggio Calabria–Bova, Italy.

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Established
1986
Catholics
273,900
Priests
113
Territory
1,004 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Fortunato Morrone
Born
20 September 1958
Birthplace
Isola di Capo Rizzuto

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The cathedral

Basilica Cattedrale di Maria Santissima Assunta in Cielo, Reggio Calabria stands in Reggio Calabria–Bova, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale della Presentazione della Beata Vergine Maria, Bova.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

In Calabria, southern Italy, the Catholic Church maintains the Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova (Latin: Archidioecesis Rheginensis-Bovensis), a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory. Its present title dates from 1986, when the independent Diocese of Bova was suppressed and its territory and title were joined to those of the Archdiocese of Reggio.