Roman Catholic Diocese of Parma

Diocese of Parma

Dioecesis Parmensis
Parma Cathedral
Location
CountryItaly
Ecclesiastical provinceModena-Nonantola
Statistics
Area2,100 km2 (810 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2016)
339,547
278,429 (82.0%)
Parishes309
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established4th century
CathedralBasilica Cattedrale della Assunzione di Maria Virgine
Secular priests151 diocesan
104 (Religious Orders)
24 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopEnrico Solmi
Map
Locator map for diocese of Parma, central Po valley, south of the river
Website
www.diocesi.parma.it

The Diocese of Parma (Latin: Dioecesis Parmensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church. It has properly been called Diocese of Parma-Fontevivo since 1892.[1][2] The bishop's seat is in Parma Cathedral. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola.

Originally the diocese of Parma was in the ecclesiastical province of Milan, but it subsequently became a suffragan of the Archbishop of Ravenna. In 1106, Pope Paschal II removed Parma from the supervision of Ravenna, but in 1119 Pope Gelasius II restored the dioceses of Emilia to the jurisdiction of Ravenna. With the creation of the new archdiocese of Bologna in 1593, Parma became subject to Bologna. In 1875, the diocese of Parma became immediately subject to the Holy See (papacy).[3]

  1. ^ "Diocese of Parma (-Fontevivo)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. ^ "Diocese of Parma" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016. In 1892 the diocese absorbed the spiritualities of Fontevivo Abbey, a former territorial abbey. The Bishop of Parma has since also had the title of Abbot of Fontevivo.
  3. ^ Kehr, p. 414.