Diocese of Locri-Gerace Dioecesis Locrensis-Hieracensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Reggio Calabria-Bova |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,248 km2 (482 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 119,560 (est.) 105,642 |
Parishes | 73 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 5th century |
Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Maria del Mastro (Locri) |
Co-cathedral | Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Gerace) |
Secular priests | 48 (diocesan) 18 (Religious Orders) 9 Permanent Deacons |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Francesco Oliva |
Map | |
Website | |
www.diocesilocri.it |
The Diocese of Locri-Gerace (Latin: Dioecesis Locrensis-Hieracensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Calabria. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova.
Historically it was the Diocese of Gerace, becoming in 1954 the Diocese of Gerace-Locri and taking the current name in 1986.[1][2]