Diocese of Chiavari Dioecesis Clavarensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Genoa |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 559 km2 (216 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 142,600 (est.) 137,430 (est.) |
| Parishes | 140 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 3 December 1892 |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di Nostra Signora dell’Orto e di Montallegro |
| Secular priests | 93 (diocesan) 23 (Religious Orders) 8 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Giampio Luigi Devasini |
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| Diocesi di Chiavari | |
The Diocese of Chiavari (Latin: Dioecesis Clavarensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Liguria, northern Italy. It was created on 3 December 1892 by Pope Leo XIII in the Bull Romani Pontifices.[1] It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Genoa.[2]
- ^ Romani Pontifices: Leonis XIII. pontificis maximi Acta (in Latin). Vol. XII. Roma: ex Typographia vaticana. 1893. pp. 297–313.
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy page