Roman Catholic Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello

Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello

Dioecesis Pitilianensis-Soanensis-Urbetelliensis
Location
CountryItaly
Ecclesiastical provinceSiena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino
Statistics
Area2,177 km2 (841 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2021)
67,800 (est.)
66,500 (guess)
Parishes71
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established7th century
CathedralCattedrale di SS. Pietro e Paolo (Pitigliano)
Co-cathedralConcattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Orbetello)
Former cathedral: Former cattedrale di SS. Pietro e Paolo (Sovana)
Secular priests46 (diocesan)
11 (Religious orders)
10 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopGiovanni Roncari, O.F.M. Cap.
Map
Website
www.diocesipitigliano.it

The Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello (Latin: Dioecesis Pitilianensis-Soanensis-Urbetelliensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino, in Tuscany.[1][2] The diocese of Sovana had originally been directly dependent upon the Holy See, and its bishops attended the pope's synods. When Pope Pius II, who was a Piccolomini of Siena, created the metropolitan archdiocese of Siena, he made Sovana one of its suffragan dioceses.[3] The bishops of Sovana usually resided in the former palace of the Orsini in Pitigliano, which was given to Bishop Francesco Pio Santi (1776–1789) by the Grand Duke of Tuscany.[4]

The bishop has his seat in the Cattedrale di Ss. Pietro e Paolo, dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul, in Pitigliano, a part of the province of Grosseto; the municipality of Sovana (Soana) in Toscana also has a Co-Cathedral named in honour of Saint Peter. Orbetello has the Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (S. Biagio), dedicated to the Assumption and St. Biagio.

  1. ^ "Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved 4 December 2015.[self-published source]
  2. ^ "Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016.[self-published source]
  3. ^ Ughelli III, p. 734.
  4. ^ G. C. Fabriziani (1897). I conti Aldobrandeschi e Orsini: sunti storici con note topografiche (in Italian). Pitigliano: O. Paggi. pp. 83–84.