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Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino

Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia
Dioecesis Maceratensis-Tolentinus-Recinetensis-Cingulanus-Treiensis
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Cathedral of Macerata
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Fermo
Statistics
Area 745 km2 (288 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
138,940
134,412 (96.7%)
Parishes 67
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 18 November 1320 (696 years ago)
Cathedral Cattedrale di S. Giuliano (Macerata)
Co-cathedral Basilica Cattedrale di S. Flaviano (Recanati)
Basilica Concattedrale di S. Catervo (Tolentino)
Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Cingoli)
Concattedrale di SS. Annunziata (Treia)
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Bishop Nazzareno Marconi
Emeritus Bishops Claudio Giuliodori
Map
Diocesi di Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia.svg
Website
www.diocesimacerata.it

The Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia (Latin: Dioecesis Maceratensis-Tolentinus-Recinetensis-Cingulanus-Treiensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Italy.

The Diocese of Macerata was established on 18 November 1320. It was united with the Diocese of Tolentino on 10 December 1586. The current diocese was founded in 1986 from a merger of the Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino with the Diocese of Osimo e Cingoli, the Diocese of Recanati and the Diocese of San Severino (Treia).

It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Fermo.

Latin Name: Maceratensis
Erected: 18 November 1320

Latin Name: Maceratensis et Tolentinus
United: 10 December 1586 with the Diocese of Tolentino
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Fermo

United: 25 January 1985 with the territory of the former Diocese of Treia, the Diocese of Macerata e Tolentino, the Diocese of Osimo e Cingoli, and the Diocese of Recanati
Latin Name:Maceratensis-Tolentinus-Recinetensis-Cingulanus-Treiensis

Coordinates: 43°18′02″N 13°27′24″E / 43.30056°N 13.45667°E / 43.30056; 13.45667


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