Diocese of Pescia

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The Italian Catholic diocese of Pescia is in Tuscany. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Pisa.[1]

[edit] History

In 1519 Pope Leo X withdrew Pescia from the archdiocese of Lucca, raising it to the dignity of a prelacy nullius; and in 1726 it was made a diocese, suffragan of Pisa. Its first bishop was Bartolommeo Pucci (1728). Others were Francesco Vicenti (1773-1801), and Giulio Serafini.[2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Catholic Hierarchy page
  2. ^ Catholic Encyclopedia article

This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.