Roman Catholic Diocese of Brescia

Diocese of Brescia

Dioecesis Brixiensis
Brescia Cathedral
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical provinceMilan
Statistics
Area4,538 km2 (1,752 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2015)
1,152,107
960,000 (est.) (83.3%)
Parishes473
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established1st Century
CathedralCattedrale di S. Maria Assunta e Ss. Pietro e Paolo (Duomo Nuovo)
Secular priests735 (diocesan)
199 (Religious Orders)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopPierantonio Tremolada
Bishops emeritusLuciano Monari
Giulio Sanguineti
Map
Website
diocesi.brescia.it

The Diocese of Brescia (Latin: Dioecesis Brixiensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Milan, in Lombardy (Northwestern Italy).[1][2]

Its cathedral episcopal see is the 'new' Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta e Ss. Pietro e Paolo (Duomo Nuovo) dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and to the Apostles Peter and Paolo, in Brescia. The city also has a Co-cathedral: Concattedrale invernale di Santa Maria Assunta, also dedicated to the Assumption of Mary, a Minor basilica: Basilica-Santuario di S. Maria delle Grazie dedicated to Our Lady of Graces, and another World Heritage Site (now not in use): Chiesa di San Salvatore.
The diocese has four more Minor basilicas: Basilica di S. Lorenzo Martire, in Verolanuova; Basilica di S. Maria della Visitazione, in Bagnolo Mella; Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta, in Botticino Sera and Basilica Sant’Antonino Martire, in Concesio.

  1. ^ "Diocese of Brescia" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. ^ "Diocese of Brescia" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016