Roman Catholic Diocese of Locri-Gerace

Diocese of Locri-Gerace

Dioecesis Locrensis-Hieracensis
Co-cathedral in Gerace
Location
CountryItaly
Ecclesiastical provinceReggio Calabria-Bova
Statistics
Area1,248 km2 (482 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2021)
119,560 (est.)
105,642
Parishes73
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established5th century
CathedralCattedrale di S. Maria del Mastro (Locri)
Co-cathedralConcattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Gerace)
Secular priests48 (diocesan)
18 (Religious Orders)
9 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopFrancesco 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]

  1. ^ "Diocese of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 8, 2016
  2. ^ "Diocese of Locri–Gerace" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved June 16, 2016