Diocese of Sovana
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Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello Dioecesis Pitilianensis-Soanensis-Urbetelliensis |
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,177 km2 (841 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 71,536 71,000 (99.3%) |
| Parishes | 71 |
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| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 7th century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di SS. Pietro e Paolo (Pitigliano) |
| Co-cathedral | Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Orbetello) Former cathedral: Former cattedrale di SS. Pietro e Paolo (Sovana) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Guglielmo Borghetti |
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| www.diocesipitigliano.it | |
The Italian Catholic Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello (Latin: Dioecesis Pitilianensis-Soanensis-Urbetelliensis) is a Latin suffragan see in the ecclesiastical province]] of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino, in Tuscany.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Duomo/Cattedrale di Ss. Pietro e Paolo, dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul, in Pitigliano, a part of Grosseto, which municipality in Toscana also has
As per 2014, it pastorally served 70,000 Catholics (97.1% of 72,100 total) on 2,177 km² in 71 parishes with 65 priests (54 diocesan, 11 religious), 9 deacons, 68 lay religious (13 brothers, 55 sisters) and 5 seminarians.
The two towns, Sovana and Pitigliano, are situated in the Province of Grosseto, Central Italy. The bishopric was established in 670 as Diocese of Sovana, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Siena, without formal precursor. Sovana was an ancient Etruscan city, and preserved a certain importance till the end of the thirteenth century, having been from the days of Charlemagne the capital of the counts of Aldobrandeschi, lords of Southern Tuscany.
(all Latin Rite) Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Siena
Latin Name: Soanensis
Latin Name: Soanensis et Pitilianensis
Name Changed: 25 March 1981
Latin Name: Soanensis-Pitilianensis-Urbetelliensis
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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