Diocese of Patti Dioecesis Pactensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,648 km2 (636 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 161,400 (est.) 166,400 (est.) (97.0%) |
Parishes | 40 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 12th century |
Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Bartolomeo |
Secular priests | 113 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Giglielmo Giombanco |
Bishops emeritus | Ignazio Zambito |
Map | |
Website | |
diocesipatti.it |
The Diocese of Patti (Latin: Dioecesis Pactensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church located on the north shore of the island of Sicily. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela.[1][self-published source?][2][self-published source?] Its patron saint is Bartholomew the Apostle, in whose honor the cathedral is named.