Diocese of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato Dioecesis Spediensis-Sarzanensis-Brugnatensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Genoa |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 881 km2 (340 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 221,263 219,024 (98.8%) |
| Parishes | 186 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 5th century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di Cristo Re (La Spezia) |
| Co-cathedral | Concattedrale Basilica di S. Maria Assunta (Sarzana) Cattedrale di S. Pietro, S. Lorenzo e S. Colombano (Brugnato) |
| Secular priests | 103 (diocesan) 30 (Religious Orders) 19 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Luigi Palletti |
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| Diocesi della Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato | |
The Diocese of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato (Latin: Dioecesis Spediensis-Sarzanensis-Brugnatensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Liguria, northern Italy, created in 1929. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Genoa.
The historic diocese of Luni (earlier Luna) was united to the Diocese of Sarzana in 1465, and then to the Diocese of Brugnato in 1820, to form the current diocese; its name has been changed more than once.[1][2] The diocese of La Spezia was created on 12 January 1929 by Pope Pius XI, into which he incorporated the diocese of Luni-Sarzana and Brugnato. The title of Luni was dropped from the name of the diocese on 12 August 1975, which became La Spezia, Sarzana and Brugnato. The name was hyphenated in 1986. The name Luni has been reserved since 1975 as the title of a titular diocese.[3]
The current bishop is Luigi Palletti, who was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on October 20, 2012.
- ^ "Diocese of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 26, 2016.[self-published source]
- ^ "Diocese of La Spezia–Sarzana–Brugnato" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved March 26, 2016.[self-published source]
- ^ Acta Apostolica Sedis LXVII (Città del Vaticano: Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis 1975), p. 558. David M. Cheney, Catholic-Hierarchy.org, "Luni: (Titular See)"; retrieved: 2018-01-07.[self-published source]