Diocese of Rimini
Ariminen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Rimini, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of Rimini is a Latin Church diocese in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, suffragan to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia since 1604. Nicolò Anselmi has served as bishop since November 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 300
- Latin
- Ariminen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Gaudentius of Rimini
- Annuario code
- 001002751
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 285,800
- Population
- 358,500
- Catholic share
- 79.7%
- Priests
- 136
- Catholics per priest
- 2,101
- Extent
- 781 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 366
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
- Nicolò Anselmi
- Born
- 9 May 1961
- Birthplace
- Genova
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
Tempio Malatestiano (Basilica Cattedrale di Santa Colomba), Rimini stands in Rimini, 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 Ravenna-Cervia
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Cesena–SarsinaCesena–Sarsina
- Diocese of Forlì–BertinoroForlì–Bertinoro
- Archdiocese of Ravenna–CerviaRavenna–Cervia
- Diocese of San Marino–MontefeltroSan Marino
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Latin Church diocese of Rimini (Latin: Dioecesis Ariminensis) lies in Emilia Romagna, Italy. From the earliest times it answered directly to the Holy See, resisting repeated efforts by the Diocese of Ravenna to bring it under its authority as a suffragan; since 1604, however, it has belonged to the province of the Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia. The episcopal see is the cathedral of Rimini, the Tempio Malatestiano, dedicated to the Holy Spirit (Sancta Columba).
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].