Archdiocese of Perugia
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Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve Archidioecesis Perusina-Civitatis Plebis |
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Perugia-Città della Pieve |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,900 km2 (730 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 286,645 256,000 (89.3%) |
| Parishes | 154 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 2nd century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Lorenzo (Perugia) |
| Co-cathedral | Concattedrale di Ss. Gervasio e Protasio (Città della Pieve) |
| Secular priests | 119 (diocesan) 76 (Religious Orders) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Paolo Giulietti |
| Emeritus Bishops | Giuseppe Chiaretti |
| Website | |
| www.diocesi.perugia.it | |
The Italian Catholic Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve (Latin: Archidioecesis Perusina-Civitatis Plebis) was historically the Diocese of Perugia. It became the Archdiocese of Perugia in 1882, but without suffragans. It acquired suffragan dioceses in 1972. It was united in 1986 with the Diocese of Città della Pieve.
In the martyrologies are found the names of the martyrs Constantius (Constantinus, whom some believe to have been a bishop), Florentius, and Felicissimus, who died at Perugia. Under the Emperor Decius one Decentius was bishop, according to the tradition; but the first bishop of whom there is any certain knowledge was St. Herculanus, killed by King Totila in 546; many admit there were two bishops and saints of this name, of whom the first is said to have died either in one of the great persecutions or under Julian the Apostate (Cappelletti).
St. Herculanus was succeeded by
Erected: 2nd Century
Latin Name: Dioecesis Perusina
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Elevated: 27 March 1882
Latin Name: Archidioecesis Perusina
Immediately Subject to the Holy See
United: 30 September 1986 with the Diocese of Città della Pieve
Latin Name: Archidioecesis Perusina-Civitatis Plebis
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Archdiocese of Perugia". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.
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