Diocese of San Benedetto del Tronto–Ripatransone–Montalto
Sancti Benedicti ad Truentum-Ripan(us)-Montis Alti
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
Latin rite diocese in the Marche, Italy, in its current form since the 1986 union of the dioceses of Ripatransone (1571) and Montalto (1586). Suffragan to the Archdiocese of Fermo, with its cathedral in San Benedetto del Tronto and co-cathedrals in Ripatransone and Montalto Marche.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Sancti Benedicti ad Truentum-Ripan(us)-Montis Alti
- Patron
- Virgen de Loreto
- Annuario code
- 001002871
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 137,400
- Population
- 144,000
- Catholic share
- 95.4%
- Priests
- 54
- Catholics per priest
- 2,544
- Extent
- 456 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 301
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
- Gianpiero Palmieri
- Born
- 22 March 1966
- Birthplace
- Taranto
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
Basilica Cattedrale di Santa Maria della Marina stands in San Benedetto del Tronto, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Basilica Concattedrale di San Gregorio Magno (Ripatransone); Basilica Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Fermo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Fermo.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Camerino–San Severino MarcheCamerino
- Archdiocese of FermoFermo
- Diocese of MacerataMacerata
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the Marche, the Latin Diocese of San Benedetto del Tronto-Ripatransone-Montalto (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Benedicti ad Truentum-Ripana-Montis Alti) took its current shape in 1986, when the Diocese of Montalto was united into the Diocese of Ripatransone-San Benedetto del Tronto, itself the renamed historical Diocese of Ripatransone (as of 1983). Since 1680 the see has been a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fermo.
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].