Archbishop of Pisa
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Archdiocese of Pisa Archidioecesis Pisana |
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Pisa |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 847 km2 (327 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 310.333 305.270 (98.4%) |
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| Established | 4th century |
| Cathedral | Pisa Cathedral (Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Giovanni Paolo Benotto |
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| www.diocesidipisa.it | |
The Archdiocese of Pisa (Latin: Archidioecesis Pisana) is a metropolitan see of the Catholic Church in Italy. It was founded in the 4th century and elevated to the dignity of an archdiocese on 21 April 1092, by Pope Urban II. Its mother church is the cathedral in the Piazza del Duomo. Since 2008 the Archbishop of Pisa has been Giovanni Paolo Benotto.
From the late 12th to the early 13th century, the Pisan archdiocese was the feudal suzerain of the four giudicati of Sardinia.
In 1092 Pope Urban II gave the archbishop of Pisa the title of Primate of Corsica and Sardinia. The title is nowadays honorary for historical reasons.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.
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