Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia Archidioecesis Ravennatensis-Cerviensis |
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Ravenna-Cervia |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,185 km2 (458 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2014) 229,403 210,500 (est.) (91.8%) |
Parishes | 89 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1st century |
Cathedral | Cattedrale di Risurrezione di N.S. Gesù Cristo (Ravenna) |
Co-cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Pietro (Cervia) |
Secular priests | 86 (diocesan) 29 (Religious Orders) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Lorenzo Ghizzoni |
Emeritus Bishops | Giuseppe Verucchi |
Website | |
www.ravenna-cervia.chiesacattolica.it |
The Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia (Latin: Archidioecesis Ravennatensis-Cerviensis) is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.
The cathedral of the archdiocese is the Cathedral Basilica of the Resurrection of Our Lord in Ravenna; the Cathedral of Saint Peter in Cervia is the co-cathedral of the archdiocese.
The current Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia, since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday, November 17, 2012, is Lorenzo Ghizzoni.
The Archdiocese of Ravenna was a Roman Catholic diocese in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The archdiocese was erected in the 1st century as a diocese, and was elevated to an archdiocese in the 5th century. Among its famous archbishops are Saint Peter Chrysologus, a Doctor of the Church, and Saint Guido Maria Conforti, who was canonized as a saint in 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI. The early medieval Ravenna papyri form an important record from the church's chancery between the 5th and 10th century.