Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Frascati

Suburbicarian See of Frascati

Tusculanus
Location
CountryItaly
Ecclesiastical provinceDiocese of Rome
Statistics
Area168 km2 (65 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
124,500 (est.)
117,700 (est.) (94.5%)
Parishes24
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteLatin Rite
Established3rd Century
CathedralBasilica Cattedrale di San Pietro Apostolo
Secular priests27 (diocesan)
20 (Religious Orders)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopTarcisio Bertone (cardinal-bishop)
Raffaello Martinelli (diocesan bishop)
Map
Website
www.diocesifrascati.it

The Diocese of Frascati (Lat.: Tusculana) is a Latin suburbicarian see of the Diocese of Rome and a diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy, based at Frascati, near Rome. The bishop of Frascati is a Cardinal Bishop; from the Latin name of the area, the bishop has also been called Bishop of Tusculum.[A] Tusculum was destroyed in 1191. The bishopric moved from Tusculum to Frascati, a nearby town which is first mentioned in the pontificate of Pope Leo IV.[1] Until 1962, the Cardinal-Bishop was concurrently the diocesan bishop of the see. Pope John XXIII removed the Cardinal Bishops from any actual responsibility in their suburbicarian dioceses and made the title purely honorific.


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  1. ^ L. Duchesne, Le Liber Pontificalis Vol. II, part 1, p. 136, note 36.