Archdiocese of Siena–Colle di Val d’Elsa–Montalcino
Senen(sis)-Collen(sis)-Ilcinen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Siena, Italy
The Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino is a metropolitan Latin Church archdiocese in Tuscany, Italy, with origins in the 4th century and raised to metropolitan status in 1459 by Pope Pius II. It assumed its present form in 1986 when the dioceses of Colle di Val d'Elsa and Montalcino merged with Siena, and is led by Cardinal Augusto Paolo Lojudice since 2019.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Senen(sis)-Collen(sis)-Ilcinen(sis)
- Patron
- <li>san Ansano<li>Nuestra Señora del Socorro<li>san Marcial
- Annuario code
- 001003056
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 177,460
- Population
- 197,180
- Catholic share
- 90.0%
- Priests
- 73
- Catholics per priest
- 2,431
- Extent
- 2,265 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 78
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
- Archbishop
- Augusto Paolo Lojudice
- Born
- 1 July 1964
- Birthplace
- Roma
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 stands in Siena, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale dei Santi Marziale e Alberto (Colle di Val d'Elsa); Concattedrale di San Salvatore.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of GrossetoGrosseto
- Diocese of Massa Marittima–PiombinoMassa Marittima
- Diocese of Pitigliano–Sovana–OrbetelloPitigliano
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Tuscany, the Latin Church maintains the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino (Latin: Archidioecesis Senensis-Collensis-Ilcinensis), whose archbishop is seated at the Cathedral of the Assumption in Siena. For centuries, until 1459, the diocese answered immediately to the Holy See (Papacy) and its bishops attended the Roman synods; in that year Pope Pius II raised Siena to a metropolitan archbishopric.
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].