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Diocese of Lodi

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Bishop(s)

  • Maurizio Malvestiti, Bishop
  • Giuseppe Merisi, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 4th Century
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 894 (345 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Lombardia
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesi.lodi.it/
  • Mailing Address: Vescovado, Via Cavour 31, 26900 Lodi, Italia
  • Telephone: 0371.94.81.00
  • Fax: 0371.94.81.01

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
4th CenturyErectedDiocese of Lodi (erected)
23 May 1978Territory AddedArchdiocese of Milano {Milan} (Frazione Riozzo from Natività di San Giovanni Battista in Melegnano in Cerro al Lambro) Diocese of Lodi
20 January 1979Territory LostDiocese of Lodi (Castel Lambro (in Marzano Pavese) and parts of Bascapè (Guastalla, Mangialupo, Piacentina, Foppa, Gamborello, Barbetto, S. Zeno 1°, S. Zeno 2° Bosco, Villarzino, S. Martina)) Diocese of Pavia
20 January 1979Territory AddedDiocese of Pavia (Campo Rinaldo and Corte S. Andrea (in Miradolo and Senna Lodigiano)) Diocese of Lodi
3 March 1989Territory AddedArchdiocese of Milano {Milan} (Sant'Antonino and San Giacomo Maggiore) Diocese of Lodi

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1886184,596.0%3240108OTC
1950205,400205,491100.0%3203135158550744115ap1951
1970209,000209,40099.8%2933032364740600122ap1971
1980215,000215,30099.9%2642128575436700125ap1981
1990219,173219,69599.8%2422326582736518125ap1991
1999240,439242,37299.2%2222524797331360127ap2000
2000241,034242,95499.2%2182524399131348127ap2001
2001246,128248,40399.1%213232361,04229324127ap2002
2002249,087251,58399.0%213202331,06925322127ap2003
2003251,230254,05998.9%211192301,09223316127ap2004
2004253,166256,85598.6%209192281,11023302126ap2005
2013272,900286,46995.3%190142041,337317192123ap2014
2016277,825291,73795.2%186142001,389316186123ap2017
2019277,578291,11695.3%174161901,460316152123ap2020
2021271,689285,51095.2%158111691,607415138123ap2022

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 295, and Page 296
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 173
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 220
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 216
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 238
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 254
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 793, to Page 794
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 70, Page 436
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 71, Page 378, and Page 379
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 81, Page 889, and Page 890

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