Archdiocese of Milan Archidioecesis Mediolanensis Arcidiocesi di Milano |
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The Cathedral of Milan
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Statistics | |
Area | 4,243 km2 (1,638 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2009) 5,107,053 4,860,053 (95.2%) |
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Rite | Ambrosian and Roman Rite |
Established | 1st century |
Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Maria Nascente |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Cardinal Angelo Scola |
Auxiliary Bishops | Erminio De Scalzi, Luigi Stucchi, Mario Delpini |
Vicar General | Mario Delpini |
Emeritus Bishops | Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi |
Map | |
Website | |
www.chiesadimilano.it |
The Archdiocese of Milan (Italian: Arcidiocesi di Milano, Latin: Archidioecesis Mediolanensis) is a metropolitan see of the Catholic Church in Italy which covers the areas of Milan, Monza, Lecco and Varese. It has long maintained its own Latin liturgical rite, the Ambrosian rite, which is still used in the greater part of the diocesan territory. Among its past archbishops, the better known are Saint Ambrose, Saint Charles Borromeo, Pope Pius XI and blessed Pope Paul VI.
The Archdiocese of Milan is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province of Milan, which includes the suffragan dioceses of Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Crema, Cremona, Lodi, Mantova, Pavia, and Vigevano.