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Archdiocese of Trento

Archdiocese of Trent
Archidioecesis Tridentina
Arcidiocesi di Trento
Trento-Piazza del Duomo.jpg
Trento Cathedral
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Trento
Statistics
Area 6,212 km2 (2,398 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2014)
530,308
486,000 (91.6%)
Parishes 452
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 2nd century
Cathedral Basilica Cattedrale di S. Vigilio Vescovo
Secular priests 587
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop Lauro Tisi
Map
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trento in Italy.svg
Website
www.webdiocesi.chiesacattolica.it

The Italian Catholic Archdiocese of Trento (Latin: Archidioecesis Tridentina, German Trient), in the Triveneto, is a Latin Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese named after its see in Alpine Italy, Trento (Tr(i)ent), in Trentino-Alto Adige region.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Minor basilica Cattedrale di S. Vigilio Vescovo in, Trento. It has two more minor basilicas:

Established circa 200 AD as Diocese of Trento, it became a suffragan of the Patriarchs of Aquiliea-Grado. As a prince-bishopric, the bishop's temporal possession also constituted a state of the Holy Roman Empire. At some point, it was added to the province of Salzburg.

In 1786 it gained territory from the Diocese of Feltre.

On 14 June 1929 it was promoted to Archdiocese of Trento, which only became a metropolitan see on 6 August 1964, with the Diocese of Bolzano-Brixen as its only suffragan.

On 1964.07.06 it had lost territory to the then Diocese of Brixen (Bressanone).

It enjoyed papal visits from Pope John Paul II in July 1988 and April 1995.

Coordinates: 46°04′00″N 11°07′00″E / 46.0667°N 11.1167°E / 46.0667; 11.1167


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