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Archdiocese of Fermo

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Bishop(s)

  • Rocco Pennacchio, Archbishop

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 24 May 1589
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 1,319 (509 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Marche
  • Official Web Site: http://www.fermodiocesi.it/
  • Mailing Address: Arcivescovado, Via Sisto V 11, 63900 Fermo, Italia
  • Telephone: 0734.22.90.05

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Fermo
3rd CenturyErectedDiocese of Fermo (erected)
1 August 1571Territory LostDiocese of Fermo
Territorial Abbey of Farfa
Diocese of Ripatransone (erected)
24 November 1586Territory LostDiocese of Fermo Diocese of Montalto (delle Marche) (erected)
Archdiocese of Fermo
24 May 1589ElevatedDiocese of Fermo Archdiocese of Fermo

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Fermo
1886160,632.0%5820147OTC
1950225,250225,50099.9%3047337759790920152ap1951
1969250,360.0%851172020147809178ap1971
1980260,000270,00096.3%261102363716121401217ap1981
1990255,715272,50093.8%23890328779111237123ap1991
1999261,284264,71098.7%202752779431090412123ap2000
2000267,918273,01698.1%194802749771099385123ap2001
2001269,227274,39798.1%192732651,0151291391123ap2002
2002268,302273,96397.9%1948027497913107365123ap2003
2003268,500276,37397.2%191772681,0011496366123ap2004
2004269,953275,58998.0%179842631,0261597366123ap2005
2006278,086283,42398.1%175722471,1251798302123ap2007
2013283,002294,00296.3%168652331,21439103286123ap2014
2016273,924287,04995.4%166622281,2014074199123ap2017
2019271,943294,80792.2%151592101,2943767189123ap2020
2021264,354286,33792.3%138511891,3983762157123ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Fermo
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 249, and Page 250
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 154
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 196, and Page 197
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 692, to Page 693
  • Archdiocese of Fermo
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 188
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 202
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 217

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