Diocese of Volterra
Volaterran(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Volterra, Italy
The Diocese of Volterra is a Latin Church diocese in Tuscany, central Italy, dating to the 5th century. It was immediately subject to the Holy See until 1856, when it became a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pisa.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 500
- Latin
- Volaterran(us)
- Patron
- Saint Linus
- Annuario code
- 001000129
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 89,301
- Population
- 94,533
- Catholic share
- 94.5%
- Priests
- 43
- Catholics per priest
- 2,077
- Extent
- 1,743 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 51
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
- Roberto Campiotti
- Born
- 31 October 1955
- Birthplace
- Varese
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 Volterra, 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.
The province of Pisa
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Pisa.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of LivornoLivorno
- Diocese of Massa Carrara–PontremoliMassa Carrara–Pontremoli
- Diocese of PesciaPescia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Tuscany, central Italy, the Catholic Church maintains the Latin church Diocese of Volterra (Latin: Dioecesis Volaterrana), which stands as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pisa.
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].