Diocese of Locri-Gerace Dioecesis Locrensis-Hieracensis | |
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 Co-cathedral in Gerace | |
| 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 |
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| 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]
- ^ "Diocese of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 8, 2016
- ^ "Diocese of Locri–Gerace" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved June 16, 2016