Diocese of Albenga
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Diocese of Albenga-Imperia Dioecesis Albinganensis-Imperiae |
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Albenga Cathedral
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Genoa |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 979 km2 (378 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2015) 171,500 (est.) 158,400 (est.) (92.4%) |
| Parishes | 162 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 5th Century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Michele Arcangelo (Albenga) |
| Co-cathedral | Basilica Concattedrale di S. Maurizio e Compagni Martiri (Porto Maurizio) |
| Secular priests | 135 (diocesan) 47 (Religious Orders) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Guglielmo Borghetti |
| Website | |
| www.webdiocesi.chiesacattolica.it | |
The Diocese of Albenga-Imperia (Latin: Dioecesis Albinganensis-Imperiae) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Liguria, northern Italy; the historical Diocese of Albenga had its name changed in 1973. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Genoa.
Legend makes Albenga between the years 121 and 125 the scene of the martyrdom of Calocerus of Brescia (Calogero), an officer of the court of Hadrian. But the Acts of his martyrdom, together with those of Faustinus and Jovita with which they are incorporated, are not historically verified.
The first bishop of whom we know anything is Quintius, who in the year 451 signed the Synodal Letter of Eusebius, Bishop of Milan, to Pope Leo I, in which the condemnation of Nestorius and Eutyches was sanctioned.
Erected: 5th Century
Latin Name: Albinganensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Genoa
Name Changed: 1 December 1973
Latin Name: Albinganensis-Imperiae
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Genoa
The diocese’s 163 parishes are divided between the provinces of Imperia and Savona, both in Liguria
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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