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Diocese of Gozo Dioecesis Gaudisiensis Djoċesi ta' Għawdex | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Malta Gozo |
| Territory | Gozo and Comino |
| Ecclesiastical province | Malta |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Malta |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 67 km2 (26 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 34,430 32,954 (95.7%) |
| Parishes | 15 |
| Churches | 48 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 22 September 1864 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Assumption |
| Patron saint | Saint George Saint Ursula |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Anton Teuma |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Charles Scicluna |
| Vicar General | Tarcisio Camilleri |
| Judicial Vicar | Joe Zammit |
| Bishops emeritus | Mario Cardinal Grech |
| Map | |
 The Diocese of Gozo marked in red. | |
| Website | |
| gozodiocese.org | |
The Diocese of Gozo (Latin: Dioecesis Goulos-Gaudisiensis)[1] is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Malta, and the only suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Malta, together covering the insular state.
The diocese comprises the island of Gozo (seventeen miles west of the Maltese capital Valletta) and the islet of Comino.[2]
- ^ Diocese of Gozo - from Catholic Hierarchy[self-published source]
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Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Gozo". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
