Diocese of Cesena-Sarsina Dioecesis Caesenatensis-Sarsinatensis | |
|---|---|
 Cesena Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Ravenna-Cervia |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,185 km2 (458 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 168,600 (est.) 159,700 (est.) (94.7%) |
| Parishes | 96 |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 1st century |
| Cathedral | Basilica Cattedrale di S. Giovanni Battista (Cesena) |
| Co-cathedral | Concattedrale di SS. Annuniziata, S. Vicinio (Sarsina) |
| Secular priests | 111 (diocesan) 37 (Religious Orders) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Douglas Regattieri |
| Website | |
| diocesicesenasarsina.it | |
The Diocese of Cesena-Sarsina (Latin: Dioecesis Caesenatensis-Sarsinatensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Emilia Romagna was created on September 30, 1986, after the Diocese of Sarsina was united with the historic Diocese of Cesena as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia.[1]
The current bishop of Cesena-Sarsina is Douglas Regattieri. He was appointed on October 8, 2010, after Bishop Antonio Lanfranchi was named Metropolitan Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola by Pope Benedict XVI.
- ^ "Diocese of Cesena-Sarsina" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016. [self-published source] "Diocese of Cesena-Sarsina" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016. [self-published source]