Roman Catholic Diocese of Imola

Diocese of Imola

Dioecesis Imolensis
Cathedral of Imola
Location
CountryItaly
Ecclesiastical provinceBologna
Statistics
Area740 km2 (290 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2021)
143,460 (est.)
136,280 (guess)
Parishes108
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established4th Century
CathedralBasilica Cattedrale di S. Cassiano Martire
Secular priests77 (diocesan)
17 (religious Orders)
17 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopGiovanni Mosciatti
Bishops emeritusTommaso Ghirelli
Website
www.diocesiimola.it (in Italian)

The Diocese of Imola (Latin: Diocesis Imolensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Romagna, northern Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bologna.[1][2] The diocese had originally been a suffragan of the metropolitan of Milan, and was then subject to the Archbishop of Ravenna until 1582, when Pope Gregory XIII made Bologna an archbishopric and assigned it two suffragans, Imola and Cervia. In 1604, however, Pope Clement VIII returned them to the metropolitanate of Ravenna.[3] Pope Pius VII transferred Imola back to the metropolitanate of Bologna.

The diocese of Imola is noted for having had a number of its bishops elected to the Papacy, including Cardinal Fabio Chigi (1652), afterwards Pope Alexander VII; Cardinal Barnaba Chiaramonti (1785), afterwards Pope Pius VII; and Cardinal Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti (1832), afterwards Pope Pius IX.

  1. ^ "Diocese of Imola" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016.[self-published source]
  2. ^ "Diocese of Imola" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016.[self-published source]
  3. ^ Kehr, Italia pontificia V, p. 162.