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Diocese of Caltanissetta

Dioecesis Calatanisiadensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Mario Russotto, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 25 May 1844
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Agrigento
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 1,121 (432 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Sicilia
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesicaltanissetta.it/
  • Mailing Address: Vescovado, Via Cairoli 8, 93100 Caltanissetta, Italia
  • Telephone: 0934.21.446
  • Fax: 0934.543.449

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
25 May 1844ErectedDiocese of Agrigento (Girgenti) Diocese of Caltanissetta (erected)
2 December 2000Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Caltanissetta (from Monreale)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1886111,510.0%260017OTC
1950184,500185,00099.7%153241771,0424044031ap1951
1959190,773191,27399.7%147341811,0535247549ap1960
1970190,000190,80099.6%130391691,1244954461ap1971
1980158,500159,60099.3%133471808805542068ap1981
1990150,700155,37097.0%1252715299113431969ap1991
1999152,300154,04498.9%111251361,11952826562ap2000
2000151,250153,09598.8%111241351,12072726062ap2001
2001151,050153,05098.7%103221251,20872525562ap2002
2002153,000154,04499.3%103211241,23382425062ap2003
2003153,000154,04099.3%104211251,22482318056ap2004
2004153,000154,05099.3%105201251,22482217256ap2005
2006150,500151,81899.1%108161241,21381816656ap2007
2013164,000166,87498.3%102131151,426132321957ap2014
2016166,700167,50099.5%102191211,377143820269ap2017
2019164,200166,00098.9%104111151,427121918569ap2020
2021162,214163,61499.1%95151101,474142514769ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 956
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 93, Page 128, and Page 129

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