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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- 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.
- Santa Maria Regina della PacePellaroView parish
- Santa VenerandaPaviglianaMass times recorded
- Santi Apostoli Pietro e PaoloMelito di Porto SalvoView parish
- Santi Cosma e DamianoAcciarelloView parish
- Santi Cosma e DamianoBocale SecondoView parish
- Santi Cosma e DamianoMasellaView parish
- Santi Filippo e Giacomo in S. AgostinoReggio di CalabriaView parish
- Santi Giovanni Nepomuceno e Filippo NeriReggio di CalabriaView parish
- Santi Pietro e PaoloCardetoView parish
- Santissima Maria di LoretoOrtìView parish
- Santissima TrinitàMarina di San LorenzoView parish
- Santissimo RedentorePalizzi MarinaView parish
- Santissimo SalvatoreSaline IonicheView parish
- Santissimo SalvatoreCalannaView parish
- Santissimo SalvatoreReggio di CalabriaView parish
- Santissimo SalvatoreSchindilifàView parish
- Santo Stefano di NiceaReggio di CalabriaView parish
- Santo Stefano ProtomartireSanto Stefano in AspromonteView parish
- Sant’AgataCannavòView parish
- Sant’AnnaTruncaView parish
- Sant’AnnaPalizziView parish
- Sant’Antonio AbateReggio di CalabriaView parish
- Sant’Aurelio Vescovo e MartireReggio di CalabriaView parish
- Sant’Elia ProfetaReggio di CalabriaView parish
- Spirito SantoPietrapennataView parish
- Spirito SantoRoccaforte del GrecoView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
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.