Diocese of Tortona Dioecesis Derthonensis | |
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 Tortona Cathedral and Bishop's Palace on the right | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Genoa |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,350 km2 (910 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 282,420 (est.) 275,912 |
| Parishes | 314 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 4th Century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta e. S. Lorenzo |
| Secular priests | 93 (diocesan) 57 (Religious Orders) 17 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Guido Marini |
| Bishops emeritus | Martino Canessa |
| Website | |
| www.diocesitortona.it | |
The Diocese of Tortona (Latin: Dioecesis Derthonensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Northern Italy, spanning parts of three regions of Piedmont (Province of Alessandria), Lombardy (Province of Pavia) and Liguria (Province of Genoa). It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Genoa and forms part of the ecclesiastical region of Liguria.[1][2] The diocese claims to be one of the oldest in Lombardy and the Piedmont.
- ^ "Diocese of Tortona" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 7, 2016.[self-published source]
- ^ "Diocese of Tortona" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved October 7, 2016.[self-published source]