Diocese of Massa Marittima-Piombino Dioecesis Massana-Plumbinensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,200 km2 (460 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 126,700 (est.) 124,750 (guess) |
Parishes | 53 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 5th century |
Cathedral | Basilica Cattedrale di Cerbone Vescovo (Massa Marittima) |
Co-cathedral | Chiesa Abbaziale di S. Antimo Martire (Piombino) |
Secular priests | 35 (diocesan) 12 (Religious Orders) 4 Permanent Deacons |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Carlo Ciattini |
Map | |
Website | |
www.diocesimassamarittima.it |
The Diocese of Massa Marittima-Piombino (Latin: Dioecesis Massana-Plumbinensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Tuscany, central Italy. It was known as Diocese of Massa Marittima before 1978. Up until 1458, it was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Pisa; since 1458, it has been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Siena.[1][2] The territory of the diocese includes the islands of Elba and Pianosa, and (up to 1817) Capraia.