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Diocese of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto–Farfa

Sabinen(sis)-Mandelen(sis)

The Suburbicarian Diocese of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto is a Latin Church see in the Lazio region of central Italy, formed in 1925 by uniting the ancient see of Sabina with Poggio Mirteto. As a suburbicarian see its cardinal-bishop is Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, while the resident ordinary is Bishop Ernesto Mandara.

The see

Rank
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
30 September 1986
Latin
Sabinen(sis)-Mandelen(sis)
Annuario code
001002791

The see in figures

Catholics
182,478
Population
196,954
Catholic share
92.7%

of the people living within its bounds

Priests
77
Catholics per priest
2,370
Extent
918 km²
Catholics per km²
199

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
Ernesto Mandara
Born
24 July 1952
Birthplace
Positano

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 Santa Maria Assunta, Poggio Mirteto stands in Sabina, 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 Rome

A suffragan of Diocese of Rome.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Among the sees of the Holy Roman Church, the Diocese of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto holds the distinction of being a Latin suburbicarian see, a status carrying the rare rank of cardinal-bishop. It is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy, in the Roman province of the Pope.

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.

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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].