Roman Catholic Diocese of Pavia

Diocese of Pavia
Dioecesis Papiensis

Pavia Cathedral
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Milan
Statistics
Area 782 km2 (302 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
161,562
158,711 (98.2%)
Parishes 99
Information
Rite Roman
Established 1st Century
Cathedral Cattedrale di Maria Assunta e S. Stefano Protomartire
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Corrado Sanguineti
Map
Website
www.diocesi.pavia.it

The Diocese of Pavia (Latin: Dioecesis Papiensis) is a see of the Catholic Church in Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan. The diocese has produced one Pope and Patriarch of Venice, and three cardinals.

The diocese's motherchurch and thus seat of its bishop is the Cattedrale di Maria Assunta e S. Stefano Protomartire. The current Bishop of Pavia is Corrado Sanguineti, appointed by Pope John Paul II on 1 December 2003.

List of bishops of Pavia (incomplete)

Parishes

The diocese's 99 parishes are all located in the (civil) region Lombardy: 97 in the Province of Pavia and 2 in the Province of Milan.[1]

Notes

  1. Source for parishes: CCI (2008), Parrocchie, Chiesa Cattolica Italiana, retrieved 2008-03-13.

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