Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova Archidioecesis Rheginensis-Bovensis | |
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 Reggio Calabria Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Reggio Calabria-Bova |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,004 km2 (388 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 283,720 (est.) 279,260 (est.) (98.4%) |
| Parishes | 119 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1st century |
| Cathedral | Basilica Cattedrale di Maria SS. Assunta in Cielo (Reggio Calabria) |
| Co-cathedral | Concattedrale della Presentazione della Beata Vergine Maria (Bova) |
| Secular priests | 119 (diocesan) 53 (Religious Orders) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Fortunato Morrone |
| Bishops emeritus | Giuseppe Fiorini Morosini, O.M. |
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The Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova (Latin: Archidioecesis Rheginensis-Bovensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Calabria, southern Italy.[1] It received its current title in 1986, when the independent Diocese of Bova was suppressed,[2][3] and the territory and title of the diocese added to that of the Archdiocese of Reggio.
- ^ Reggio di Calabria - Catholic Encyclopedia article
- ^ "Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 7, 2016
- ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria–Bova" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved October 7, 2016