Diocese of Caltagirone
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Diocese of Caltagirone Dioecesis Calatayeronensis |
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Interior of the Cathedral of Caltagirone
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Catania |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,551 km2 (599 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 154,290 151,430 (98.1%) |
| Parishes | 57 |
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| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 12 September 1816 (200 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Basilica Cattedrale di S. Giuliano |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Calogero Peri, O.F.M. Cap. |
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| Website | |
| www.diocesidicaltagirone.it | |
The Italian Catholic diocese of Caltagirone (Latin: Dioecesis Calatayeronensis) is situated in the east of Sicily. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Catania. Since 20 March 2012 the bishop is Calogero Peri.
The diocese consists of fifteen towns in the province of Catania: Caltagirone, Castel di Judica, Grammichele, Mazzarrone, San Michele di Ganzaria, Raddusa, Ramacca, Mirabella Imbaccari, Scordia, Militello in Val di Catania, Palagonia, Mineo, Licodia Eubea, San Cono and Vizzini. The main town, where is St. Julian's cathedral church, is Caltagirone. The territory is subdivided into 57 parish churches.
The diocese was created on 12 September 1817 with the papal bull Romanus Pontifex of Pope Pius VII, and the permission of the King of Naples which was registered on 20 February 1818. Originally it was a suffragan of the diocese of Monreale, but from 20 May 1844 it entered in the ecclesiastic province of Siracusa. From 2 December 2000, with the Pope John Paul II's papal bull, Ad maiori consulendum, the diocese became a suffragan of archdiocese of Catania. On 20 March 2010, the 15° bishop of Caltagirone, Calogero Peri, O.F.M.Cap., was the first bishop to be consecrated in St. Julian's cathedral of Caltagirone.
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