Archdiocese of Florence Archidioecesis Florentina | |
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 The Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore Florence Cathedral, illuminated at night, showing the large red brick dome. | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Florence |
| Coordinates | 43°46′23″N 11°15′15″E / 43.77306°N 11.25417°E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,205 km2 (851 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 812,474 808,286 |
| Parishes | 291 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1st century |
| Cathedral | Basilica Cattedrale di S. Maria del Fiore |
| Secular priests | 352 (diocesan) 238 (religious) 66 permanent deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Gherardo Gambelli |
| Bishops emeritus | |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| diocesifirenze.it | |
The Archdiocese of Florence (Latin: Archidioecesis Florentina) is a Latin Church metropolitan see of the Catholic Church in Italy.[1][2] It was traditionally founded in the 1st century, according to the 14th century chronicler Giovanni Villani.[3] The diocese was directly subordinate to the Holy See (Papacy) until 1420.[4]
Florence was elevated to the dignity of an archdiocese on 10 May 1419, by Pope Martin V.[5] The ecclesiastical province of Florence, of which the Archbishop of Florence in the metropolitan, includes the suffragan dioceses of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Fiesole, Pistoia, Prato, and San Miniato.
The seat of the Archbishop of Florence is Florence Cathedral, otherwise the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore. Since 24th June 2024 Archbishop Gherardo Gambelli has been the Archbishop of Florence.
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- ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Firenze" Archived 8 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved 7 October 2016.[self-published source]
- ^ Villani places "Saint Frontinus" here, one of Jesus' seventy-two disciples and a follower of Saint Peter, in the time of Nero. Lanzoni, p. 577.
- ^ Kehr, Italia pontificia III, p. 7.
- ^ Cappelletti, Le chiese d'Italia XVI, p. 568.