Diocese of Livorno ( Latin: Dioecesis Liburnensis , Italian: Diocesi di Livorno ) The diocese of the Roman Catholic Church , as part of the Metropolitanate of Pisa , which is part of the church region of Tuscany . The diocese is currently governed by Bishop Simone Giusti .
| Diocese of Livorno | |
|---|---|
| lat Dioecesis liburnensis ital. Diocesi di livorno | |
 St. Francis Cathedral, Livorno | |
| Latin rite | |
| Main city | Livorno |
| A country | Italy |
| Established | September 25, 1806 |
| Cathedral | St. Francis |
| Metropolis | Pisa |
| Parishes | 46 |
| Hierarch | Simone giustini |
| Diocese Square | 250 kmΒ² |
| Diocese population | 195 972 people |
| The number of Catholics | 189 602 people |
| Share of Catholics | 96.7% |
| Site | diocesilivorno.it |
The clergy of the diocese includes 112 priests (69 diocesan and 43 monastic priests ), 19 deacons , 50 monks, 388 nuns.
Diocese address: Via del Seminario 61, 57122 Livorno, Italia. Phone: 0586 88 90 51; 0586 88 71 92. Fax: 0586 21 22 21.
Content
Territory
The jurisdiction of the diocese includes 46 parishes in the communes of Tuscany - Livorno , Rosignano Marittimo , Capraia Isola and part of Collesalvetti .
The bishop's chair is located in the city of Livorno in the Church of St. Francis .
History
Throughout the XVIII century , efforts were made to ensure that the city received its bishop. The public, the local clergy, and the people addressed the Holy See with a request to establish a diocese. Only at the personal request of Maria Louise of Bourbon-Spain, Queen Regent of the Kingdom of Etruria bull Militantis Ecclesiae Pope Pius VII September 25, 1806 founded the diocese of Livorno. [one]
For the first time in the history of the diocese on September 14, 2007, the diocesan administrator, Monsignor Paolo Razzauti, agreed to perform in the cathedral an Orthodox funeral rite over four children of Romani immigrants from Romania who died in a fire in the barracks in Livorno on August 11, 2007 . [2]
Ordinaries of the diocese
- Filippo Ganucci (6.10. 1806 - 12.2. 1813 );
- Angolo Maria Giraldoni (23.8. 1821 - 23.6. 1834 ) - appointed bishop of Parto and Pistoi;
- Raffaelo De Gantus Cubbe (28.7. 1834 - 2.12. 1840 );
- Girolamo Gavi (3.7. 1848 - 4.4. 1869 ) - apostolic administrator;
- Giulio Metti (11.8. 1872 - 4.9. 1874 );
- Raffaele Mezzetti (3.1. 1875 - 20.8. 1880 );
- Remigio Pacini (20.8. 1880 - 6.1. 1886 );
- Leopoldo Franky (7.6. 1886 - 24.3. 1898 );
- Giulio Matteoli (24.3. 1898 - 25.7. 1900 );
- Sabbatino Jani (12/17/1900 - 18.2. 1921 );
- Giovanni Piccioni (13.6. 1921 - 10.2. 1959 );
- Andrea Pangratio (10.2. 1959 - 4.4. 1962 ) - appointed Archbishop of Gorizia and Gradiska;
- Emilio Guano (27.4. 1962 - 26.9. 1970 );
- Alberto Ablondi (26.9. 1970 - 9.12. 2000 );
- Diego Coletti (December 9, 2000 - December 2, 2006 ) - appointed bishop of Como;
- Simone Giusti (from December 2, 2007 to the present).
Statistics
At the end of 2004, out of 195,972 people residing on the territory of the diocese, 189 602 were Catholics, which corresponds to 96.7% of the total population of the diocese.
| year | population | priests | permanent deacons | the monks | parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Total | % | Total | secular clergy | black clergy | the number of Catholics per priest | men | women | |||
| 1950 | 162.000 | 165.000 | 98.2 | 92 | 55 | 37 | 1.760 | 42 | 540 | 39 | |
| 1968 | 200,000 | 204.000 | 98.0 | 152 | 70 | 82 | 1.315 | 118 | 732 | 46 | |
| 1980 | 213.700 | 215.800 | 99.0 | 137 | 75 | 62 | 1.559 | one | 67 | 621 | 49 |
| 1990 | 222.000 | 225.000 | 98.7 | 127 | 66 | 61 | 1.748 | 7 | 64 | 530 | 52 |
| 1999 | 190.000 | 212.753 | 89.3 | 107 | 60 | 47 | 1.775 | 18 | 57 | 465 | 49 |
| 2000 | 190.000 | 211.997 | 89.6 | 101 | 62 | 39 | 1.881 | nineteen | 40 | 458 | 49 |
| 2001 | 189.800 | 211.676 | 89.7 | 102 | 64 | 38 | 1.860 | nineteen | 38 | 454 | 49 |
| 2002 | 189.000 | 200.519 | 94.3 | 97 | 60 | 37 | 1.948 | 18 | 38 | 401 | 48 |
| 2003 | 189.000 | 200.593 | 94.2 | 108 | 69 | 39 | 1.750 | 18 | 42 | 390 | 46 |
| 2004 | 189.602 | 195.972 | 96.7 | 112 | 69 | 43 | 1.692 | nineteen | 50 | 388 | 46 |
Notes
- β Giovanni Wiquel, Dizionario di persone e cose livornesi , pubblicato sulla rivista La Canaviglia . Livorno, Ugo Bastogi editore, 1976-1985.
- β Articolo di Toscana Oggi del 14 settembre 2007 .
Sources
- Annuario pontificio for 2005 and previous years on the site [1] , page [2]
- The official website of the diocese
- Giuseppe Cappelletti, Le Chiese d'Italia dalla loro origine sino ai nostri giorni , vol. XVI, Venezia 1861, p. 255 e sgg.
- The boundaries of the diocese at gcatholic.org
- Bulla Militantis Ecclesiae , in Bullarii romani continuatio , Tomo XIII, Romae 1847, pp. 63β68 (lat.)
See also
- St. Francis Cathedral (Livorno)