Diocese of Viterbo Dioecesis Viterbiensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediately exempt to the Holy See |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,161 km2 (834 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 181,116 174,400 (est.) (96.3%) |
| Parishes | 96 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 6th century |
| Cathedral | Basilica Cattedrale di S. Lorenzo Martire (Viterbo) |
| Co-cathedral | Basilica Cattedrale del S. Sepolcro (Acquapendente) Basilica di S. Maria Maggiore (Tuscania) Concattedrale di S. Nicola (Bagnoregio) |
| Secular priests | 112 (diocesan) 61 (religious Orders) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Lino Fumagalli |
| Website | |
| www.webdiocesi.chiesacattolica.it | |
The Diocese of Viterbo (Latin: Dioecesis Viterbiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in central Italy. From the 12th century, the official name of the diocese was the Diocese of Viterbo e Tuscania. In 1986, several dioceses were combined, and the title was changed to "Diocese of Viterbo, Acquapendente, Bagnoregio, Montefiascone, Tuscania and San Martino al Monte Cimino"; in 1991 the name was shortened to "Diocese of Viterbo".[1][2]
The diocese has always been exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See, not belonging to any ecclesiastical province. The diocesan cathedral is the Cattedrale di San Lorenzo, in the episcopal see of Viterbo.
- ^ "Diocese of Viterbo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 2, 2017.[self-published source]
- ^ "Diocese of Viterbo" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016.[self-published source]