Diocese of San Marco Argentano-Scalea Dioecesis Sancti Marci Argentanensis-Scaleensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Cosenza-Bisignano |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,148 km2 (443 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 116,900 (est.) 113,715 (97.4%%) |
Parishes | 65 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1179 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Nicholas |
Patron saint | Mark the Evangelist |
Secular priests | 72 (diocesan) 0 (Religious Orders) 10 Permanent Deacons |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Stefano Rega |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Salvatore Nunnari |
Bishops emeritus | Leonardo Antonio Paolo Bonanno |
Map | |
Website | |
Diocesan web site (in Italian) |
The Diocese of San Marco Argentano-Scalea (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Marci Argentanensis-Scaleensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. Its episcopal see is Cosenza, Calabria. The diocese existed as the Diocese of San Marco since at least 1171, when the name of Bishop Ruben appears in a document.[1] It is now a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano.[2][3]