Diocese of Ventimiglia-Sanremo Dioecesis Ventimiliensis-Sancti Romuli Diocesi di Ventimiglia e Sanremo | |
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 Ventimiglia Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Genoa |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 715 km2 (276 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 158,000 (est.) 152,400 (est.) (96.5%) |
| Parishes | 99 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 7th Century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di Nostra Signora Assunta (Ventimiglia) |
| Co-cathedral | Basilica Concattedrale di S. Siro (Sanremo) |
| Secular priests | 56 (diocesan) 34 (Religious Orders) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Antonio Suetta |
| Bishops emeritus | Alberto Maria Careggio |
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| Website | |
| www.diocesiventimiglia.it | |
The Diocese of Ventimiglia-Sanremo (Latin: Dioecesis Ventimiliensis-Sancti Romuli) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Liguria, northern Italy. The name of the historic Diocese of Ventimiglia (dioecesis Albintimiliensis, and Intimiliensis) was changed in 1975. It was originally a suffragan diocese of the Metropolitanate of Milan up to 1806, when it was transferred to the Metropolitanate of Aix; but it has been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Genoa since 1818.[1]
- ^ Kehr, p. 364: Pertinuit ad Mediolanensium archiepiscoporum provinciam ad annum usque 1806, quo Aquensi metropoli in Gallia addicta est. Anno vero 1818 Pius VII eam Ianuensi provinciae metropolitanae subdidit. Cf. David M. Cheney, Catholic-Hierarchy.org, "Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org; retrieved February 29, 2016. [self-published source] Gabriel Chow, GCatholic.org., "Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo" GCatholic.org; retrieved February 29, 2016. [self-published source]. Umberto Benigni, "Diocese of Ventimiglia." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912; retrieved: 13 May 2018.