Diocese of Recanati and Loreto

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The Diocese of Recanati and Loreto was a Roman Catholic diocese in Italy.

It was founded in either 1591 or 1592[1] by a merger of the Diocese of Loretto and the Diocese of Recanati. It's name changed to the Diocese of Recanti in 1934. In 1986 it merged with the Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino, the Diocese of Osimo e Cingoli and the Diocese of San Severino to form the Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Recanati and Loreto. Catholic Encyclopedia.
  2. ^ Diocese of Osimo e Cingoli. Catholic-Hierarchy.