Diocese of Viterbo–San Martino al Monte Cimino
Viterbien(sis)
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Viterbo, Italy
The Diocese of Viterbo is a Latin diocese in Lazio, Italy, immediately subject to the Holy See. Its current ordinary is Bishop Orazio Francesco Piazza, appointed in 2022. The see was consolidated in its present form in 1986 from several historical dioceses.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1192
- Latin
- Viterbien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Lawrence (San Lorenzo Martire)
- Annuario code
- 001000119
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 174,400
- Population
- 181,116
- Catholic share
- 96.3%
- Priests
- 112
- Catholics per priest
- 1,557
- Extent
- 2,161 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 81
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
- Orazio Francesco Piazza
- Born
- 4 October 1953
- Birthplace
- Solopaca
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 San Lorenzo Martire, Viterbo stands in Viterbo, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di San Nicola, Bagnoregio; Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Tuscania; Basilica del Santo Sepolcro, Acquapendente.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
In central Italy, the Latin Church diocese seated at Viterbo (Latin: Dioecesis Viterbiensis) bore the official name Diocese of Viterbo e Tuscania from the 12th century. A merger of several dioceses in 1986 produced the lengthy title "Diocese of Viterbo, Acquapendente, Bagnoregio, Montefiascone, Tuscania and San Martino al Monte Cimino", which was shortened in 1991 to "Diocese of Viterbo".
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].