Diocese of Bergamo
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Diocese of Bergamo Dioecesis Bergomensis |
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Bergamo Cathedral
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Milan |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,243 km2 (1,638 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2015) 995,323 930,000 (est.) (96.3%) |
| Parishes | 389 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 4th Century |
| Cathedral | Basilica Cattedrale di S. Alessandro in Colonna |
| Patron saint | St. John XXIII |
| Secular priests | 727 (diocesan) 193 (Religious Orders) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Francesco Beschi |
| Emeritus Bishops | Lino Bortolo Belotti |
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| Website | |
| diocesi.bergamo.it | |
The Diocese of Bergamo (Latin: Dioecesis Bergomensis) is a see of the Catholic Church in Italy, and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan. It was founded in the fourth century AD, and its first bishop was Saint Narno, who was succeeded by Viator.
August 26 is the feast day of Bergamo's patron, Saint Alexander, who is believed to have been a Roman centurion of the Theban legion imprisoned for his Christian beliefs. He escaped, was recaptured, and was executed as a martyr around 297 AD. There is a church, San Alessandro da Bergamo, had been dedicated to him since the earliest days of the diocese. It is currently administered by Benedictine priests.
The 390 parishes all fall within the Lombardy region. 375 are within the civil Province of Bergamo, 14 in the civil Province of Lecco, and one in the civil Province of Brescia. In the diocese of Bergamo in 2015 there was one priest for every 1,010 Catholics.
An unusual feature of diocesan life is that for historical reasons a number of the parishes in the diocese, even if a minority, celebrate the liturgy not according to the Roman Rite, but according to the Ambrosian Rite. The areas in question are the vicariate of Calolzio-Caprino (Calolziocorte, Caprino Bergamasco, Carenno, Cisano Bergamasco, Erve, Monte Marenzo, Torre de' Busi and Vercurago) and the parishes of Averara, Brumano, Cassiglio, Cusio, Ornica, Santa Brigida, Taleggio, Valtorta and Vedeseta.
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