Roman Catholic Diocese of Gozo

Diocese of Gozo

Dioecesis Gaudisiensis

Djoċesi ta' Għawdex
Location
Country Malta
 Gozo
TerritoryGozo and Comino
Ecclesiastical provinceMalta
MetropolitanArchdiocese of Malta
Statistics
Area67 km2 (26 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2021)
34,430
32,954 (95.7%)
Parishes15
Churches48
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established22 September 1864
CathedralCathedral of the Assumption
Patron saintSaint George
Saint Ursula
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopAnton Teuma
Metropolitan ArchbishopCharles Scicluna
Vicar GeneralTarcisio Camilleri
Judicial VicarJoe Zammit
Bishops emeritusMario Cardinal Grech
Map
The Diocese of Gozo marked in red.
The Diocese of Gozo marked in red.
Website
gozodiocese.org

The Diocese of Gozo (Latin: Dioecesis Goulos-Gaudisiensis)[1] is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Malta, and the only suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Malta, together covering the insular state.

The diocese comprises the island of Gozo (seventeen miles west of the Maltese capital Valletta) and the islet of Comino.[2]

  1. ^ Diocese of Gozo - from Catholic Hierarchy[self-published source]
  2. ^ Public Domain Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Gozo". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.