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Diocese of Mazara del Vallo

Dioecesis Mazariensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Angelo Giurdanella, Bishop
  • Domenico Mogavero, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 1093
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Palermo
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 1,374 (530 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Sicilia
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesimazara.eu/
  • Mailing Address: Vescovado, Piazza della Repubblica 6, 91026 Mazara del Vallo [Trapani], Italia
  • Telephone: 0923.90.27.01
  • Fax: 0923.90.27.31

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
1093ErectedDiocese of Mazara del Vallo (erected)
31 May 1844Territory LostDiocese of Mazara del Vallo Diocese of Trapani (erected)
15 September 1950Territory LostDiocese of Mazara del Vallo (Aloamo, Galatafimi, Castellammare del Golfo, and Borgo Fazio Communis Drepanensis) Diocese of Trapani
15 September 1950Territory AddedDiocese of Trapani (Cossura island (Pantelleria)) Diocese of Mazara del Vallo

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1886200,482.0%634022OTC
1950275,800275,800100.0%189342231,2364231458ap1951
1970226,183227,18399.6%120201401,6152922656ap1971
1980229,700236,90097.0%80341142,0144223061ap1981
1990222,723231,56296.2%68351032,1624121678ap1991
1999223,358234,69395.2%70301002,2333624177ap2000
2000223,124233,95195.4%71301012,2093624177ap2001
2001223,250234,59295.2%72281002,2323424177ap2002
2002223,025234,29595.2%7124952,3473024177ap2003
2003222,965233,59295.5%7323962,3222924177ap2004
2004220,659233,70694.4%7025952,3223124177ap2005
2005221,096235,40993.9%6826942,3523316377ap2006
2006220,906235,60093.8%6628942,3503516377ap2007
2013210,652231,45091.0%70301002,10613813163ap2014
2016223,900241,20092.8%6731982,28413914367ap2017
2019218,178228,60395.4%6422862,53632611067ap2020
2021215,820227,74094.8%6418822,6314228767ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 331, and Page 332
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 188
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 238, and Page 239
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 235
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 261
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 282
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 948, to Page 949
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 42, Page 888, and Page 889

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