Diocese of Parma Dioecesis Parmensis | |
|---|---|
 Parma Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Modena-Nonantola |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,100 km2 (810 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 339,547 278,429 (82.0%) |
| Parishes | 309 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 4th century |
| Cathedral | Basilica Cattedrale della Assunzione di Maria Virgine |
| Secular priests | 151 diocesan 104 (Religious Orders) 24 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Enrico Solmi |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| www.diocesi.parma.it | |
The Diocese of Parma (Latin: Dioecesis Parmensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church. It has properly been called Diocese of Parma-Fontevivo since 1892.[1][2] The bishop's seat is in Parma Cathedral. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola.
Originally the diocese of Parma was in the ecclesiastical province of Milan, but it subsequently became a suffragan of the Archbishop of Ravenna. In 1106, Pope Paschal II removed Parma from the supervision of Ravenna, but in 1119 Pope Gelasius II restored the dioceses of Emilia to the jurisdiction of Ravenna. With the creation of the new archdiocese of Bologna in 1593, Parma became subject to Bologna. In 1875, the diocese of Parma became immediately subject to the Holy See (papacy).[3]
- ^ "Diocese of Parma (-Fontevivo)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "Diocese of Parma" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016. In 1892 the diocese absorbed the spiritualities of Fontevivo Abbey, a former territorial abbey. The Bishop of Parma has since also had the title of Abbot of Fontevivo.
- ^ Kehr, p. 414.