Diocese of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea Dioecesis Miletensis-Nicotriensis-Tropiensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Reggio Calabria-Bova |
Statistics | |
Area | 943 km2 (364 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 170,700 (est.) 155,900 (est.) (91.3%) |
Parishes | 132 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 11th century |
Cathedral | Cattedrale di Maria SS. Assunta in Cielo (Mileto) |
Co-cathedral | Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Nicotera) Concattedrale di Maria SS. di Romania (Tropea) |
Secular priests | 119 (diocesan) 19 (Religious Orders) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Vacant |
Bishops emeritus | Luigi Renzo |
Map | |
Website | |
www.diocesimileto.it/ |
The Diocese of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea (Latin: Dioecesis Miletensis-Nicotriensis-Tropiensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Calabria, southern Italy, created in 1986. In that year the historical Diocese of Mileto was united with the Diocese of Nicotera-Tropea. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova.[1][2]