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Diocese of Pescia

Dioecesis Pisciensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Fausto Tardelli, Bishop
  • Roberto Filippini, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 17 March 1727
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Pisa
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 224 (86 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Toscana
  • Official Web Site: https://www.diocesidipescia.it
  • Mailing Address: Palazzo Vescovile, Via G. Giusti 1, 51017 Pescia [Pistoia], Italia
  • Telephone: 0572.476.224
  • Fax: 0572.499.745

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Territorial Prelature of Pescia
15 April 1519ErectedTerritorial Prelature of Pescia (erected)
Diocese of Pescia
17 March 1727ElevatedTerritorial Prelature of Pescia Diocese of Pescia

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Pescia
188656,913.0%174037OTC
195082,000.0%48ap1951
196987,74287,85499.9%45451,9495223245ap1971
1980102,500103,40099.1%4534791,29713619347ap1981
1990101,099101,98299.1%4513581,74321415641ap1991
1999103,375106,45897.1%4332751,37813311241ap2000
2000103,800106,87497.1%4327701,48232810641ap2001
2001104,850108,05297.0%4827751,39842711141ap2002
2002106,167108,43797.9%4426701,51652610441ap2003
2003104,925109,42695.9%4227691,5207279941ap2004
2004105,093109,56795.9%4229711,4807299841ap2005
2013113,000121,50093.0%4725721,5698256141ap2014
2016112,600122,20092.1%4723701,6086236141ap2017
2019112,800122,40092.2%4823711,5886236141ap2020
2021111,460120,95092.2%4823711,5696236141ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Pescia
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 762

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