Diocese of Brescia Dioecesis Brixiensis | |
|---|---|
 Brescia Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Milan |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,538 km2 (1,752 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2015) 1,152,107 960,000 (est.) (83.3%) |
| Parishes | 473 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1st Century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta e Ss. Pietro e Paolo (Duomo Nuovo) |
| Secular priests | 735 (diocesan) 199 (Religious Orders) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Pierantonio Tremolada |
| Bishops emeritus | Luciano Monari Giulio Sanguineti |
| Map | |
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| 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.
- ^ "Diocese of Brescia" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "Diocese of Brescia" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016