Diocese of Subiaco
Sublacen(sis)
Territorial abbey immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Subiaco, Italy, Italy
Subiaco is a Benedictine territorial abbey (abbacy nullius) in Lazio, Italy, centered on the Abbey of Santa Scolastica, immediately subject to the Holy See. Granted territorial-abbey status in 1915 and reduced in jurisdiction in 2002, it is governed by its territorial abbot, Dom Mauro Meacci, O.S.B., who serves as its ordinary rather than a diocesan bishop.
The see
- Rank
- Territorial abbey immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1915
- Latin
- Sublacen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Scholastica
- Annuario code
- 001000307
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 36
- Population
- 36
- Catholic share
- 100.0%
- Priests
- 9
- Catholics per priest
- 4
- Extent
- 5 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7.2
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
- Apostolic Administrator
- Mauro Meacci
- Born
- 4 November 1955
- Birthplace
- Pisa
- Institute
- Congregazione Benedettina dell'Annunziata
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
Abbey Church of Santa Scolastica stands in Subiaco, 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.
History
Just outside the town of Subiaco, in the Province of Rome in the Lazio region of Italy, stands the Abbey of Saint Scholastica, also called Subiaco Abbey (Italian: Abbazia di Santa Scolastica). A territorial abbey and still an active Benedictine house, it was first founded in the 6th century AD by Saint Benedict of Nursia, who made his first hermitage in one of the Subiaco caves (or grotto).
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].