Diocese of Pavia
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Diocese of Pavia Dioecesis Papiensis |
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Pavia Cathedral
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Milan |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 782 km2 (302 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 185,161 173,000 (approx.) (93.4%) |
| Parishes | 100 |
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| Rite | Roman |
| Established | 1st Century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di Maria Assunta e S. Stefano Protomartire |
| Secular priests | 110 (diocesan) 24 (Religious Orders) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Corrado Sanguineti |
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| Website | |
| www.diocesi.pavia.it | |
The Diocese of Pavia (Latin: Dioecesis Papiensis) is a see of the Catholic Church in Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan. The diocese has produced one Pope and Patriarch of Venice, and three cardinals.
The diocese's motherchurch and thus seat of its bishop is the Cattedrale di Maria Assunta e S. Stefano Protomartire. The current Bishop of Pavia is Corrado Sanguineti, appointed by Pope John Paul II on 1 December 2003.
The diocese's 100 parishes are all located in the (civil) region Lombardy: 97 in the Province of Pavia and 2 in the Province of Milan. There is one priest for every 1291 Catholics.
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