Diocese of Urbino
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Archdiocese of Urbino-Urbania-Sant'Angelo in Vado Archidioecesis Urbinatensis-Urbaniensis-Sancti Angeli in Vado |
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Urbino Cathedral
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Pesaro |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 781 km2 (302 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 54,900 50,500 (92%) |
| Parishes | 54 |
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| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 6th century |
| Cathedral | Basilica Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Urbino) |
| Co-cathedral | Concattedrale di S. Cristoforo Martire (Urbania) Basilica Concattedrale di S. Michele Arcangelo (Sant'Angelo in Vado) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Giovanni Tani |
| Emeritus Bishops | Francesco Marinelli |
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| Website | |
| www.arcidiocesiurbino.it | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Urbino-Urbania-Sant'Angelo in Vado (Latin: Archidioecesis Urbinatensis-Urbaniensis-Sancti Angeli in Vado) is a Latin rite formerly Metropolitan archbishopric in the Pesaro and Urbino province of Marche region of central Italy.
The current archbishop is Giovanni Tani, appointed in June 2011.
Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is a Minor basilica and Minor World Heritage Site : Basilica Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta, in Urbino
It has two Co-Cathedrals, both former cathedrals of absorbed bishoprics whose title was also adopted :
Urbino is the ancient Urbinum Mataurense, a Roman municipium. Urbino was held by the Ostrogoths from the late 5th century, but was captured by Belisarius (538). Under Pepin the Short it became part of the pontifical domain. Circa 590 it was established as Diocese of Urbino, on reassigned territory from the suppressed Diocese of Sant’Angelo in Vado.
As per 2014, it pastorally served 54,000 Catholics (94.7% of 57,000 total) on 781 km² in 54 parishes and 1 mission wiyh 66 priests (55 diocesan, 11 religious), 4 deacons, 122 lay religious (11 brothers, 111 sisters) and 2 seminarians.
(all Roman rite)
Erected: 6th Century
Latin Name: Urbinatensis
Elevated: 7 July 1563
United: 30 September 1986 with the Archdiocese of Urbino
Latin Name: Urbinatensis-Urbaniensis-Sancti Angeli in Vado
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Pesaro (no longer a metropolitan see)
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