Diocese of Ventimiglia–San Remo
Ventimilien(sis)-Sancti Romuli
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ventimiglia–San Remo, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo is a Latin diocese in Liguria, northern Italy, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Genoa. It took its current name in 1975 and is led by Bishop Antonio Suetta.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Latin
- Ventimilien(sis)-Sancti Romuli
- Patron
- san Segundo mártir
- Annuario code
- 001000085
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 152,400
- Population
- 158,000
- Catholic share
- 96.5%
- Priests
- 56
- Catholics per priest
- 2,721
- Extent
- 715 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 213
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
- Antonio Suetta
- Born
- 25 November 1962
- Birthplace
- Loano
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 Nostra Signora Assunta, Ventimiglia stands in Ventimiglia–San Remo, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Basilica Concattedrale di San Siro, Sanremo.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Genoa
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Genoa.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Albenga–ImperiaAlbenga–Imperia
- Diocese of ChiavariChiavari
- Diocese of La Spezia–Sarzana–BrugnatoLa Spezia
- Diocese of Savona–NoliSavona–Noli
- Diocese of TortonaTortona
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Liguria, northern Italy, the Diocese of Ventimiglia-Sanremo (Latin: Dioecesis Ventimiliensis-Sancti Romuli) continues the historic Diocese of Ventimiglia (dioecesis Albintimiliensis, and Intimiliensis), whose name was changed in 1975. Originally a suffragan of the Metropolitanate of Milan, it passed in 1806 to the Metropolitanate of Aix, and since 1818 it has been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Genoa.
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].