Catholic ChurchinItalian Republic (Italy) |
Also known as: Italien (Deutsch), l’Italie (français), Italia (español, Italiano, latine), Włochy (polski), Itália (Português), 意大利 (正體中文), イタリア (日本語)
See of the Vicar of Christ (1)
Patriarchal Sees (Patriarchates) (1)
Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses) (40)
Archiepiscopal Sees (Archdioceses) (20)
Roman Rite (221): Acerenza, Acerra, Acireale, Acqui, Adria–Rovigo, Agrigento, Alba, Albano, Albenga–Imperia, Ales–Terralba, Alessandria, Alghero–Bosa, Alife–Caiazzo, Altamura–Gravina–Acquaviva delle Fonti, Amalfi–Cava de’ Tirreni, Anagni–Alatri, Ancona–Osimo, Andria, Aosta, Arezzo–Cortona–Sansepolcro, Ariano Irpino–Lacedonia, Ascoli Piceno, Assisi–Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino, Asti, Avellino, Aversa, Avezzano, Bari–Bitonto, Belluno–Feltre, Benevento, Bergamo, Biella, Bologna, Bolzano–Bressanone, Brescia, Brindisi–Ostuni, Cagliari, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Camerino–San Severino Marche, Campobasso–Boiano, Capua, Carpi, Casale Monferrato, Caserta, Cassano all’Jonio, Castellaneta, Catania, Catanzaro–Squillace, Cefalù, Cerignola–Ascoli Satriano, Cerreto Sannita–Telese–Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Cesena–Sarsina, Chiavari, Chieti–Vasto, Chioggia, Città di Castello, Civita Castellana, Civitavecchia–Tarquinia, Como, Concordia–Pordenone, Conversano–Monopoli, Cosenza–Bisignano, Crema, Cremona, Crotone–Santa Severina, Cuneo–Fossano, Fabriano–Matelica, Faenza–Modigliana, Fano–Fossombrone–Cagli–Pergola, Fermo, Ferrara–Comacchio–Pomposa, Fidenza, Fiesole, Firenze, Foggia–Bovino, Foligno, Forlì–Bertinoro, Frascati, Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino, Gaeta, Genova, Gorizia, Grosseto, Gubbio, Iglesias, Imola, Ischia, Isernia–Venafro, Ivrea, Jesi, L’Aquila, La Spezia–Sarzana–Brugnato, Lamezia Terme, Lanciano–Ortona, Lanusei, Latina–Terracina–Sezze–Priverno, Lecce, Livorno, Locri–Gerace–Santa Maria di Polsi, Lodi, Loreto, Lucca, Lucera–Troia, Macerata, Manfredonia–Vieste–San Giovanni Rotondo, Mantova, Massa Carrara–Pontremoli, Massa Marittima–Piombino, Matera–Irsina–San Michele Arcangelo di Montescaglioso, Mazara del Vallo, Melfi–Rapolla–Venosa, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela–Santissimo Salvatore, Mileto–Nicotera–Tropea, Modena–Nonantola, Molfetta–Ruvo–Giovinazzo–Terlizzi, Mondovì, Monreale, Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Montecassino, Montepulciano–Chiusi–Pienza, Montevergine, Napoli, Nardò–Gallipoli, Nicosia, Nocera Inferiore–Sarno, Nola, Noto, Novara, Nuoro, Oppido Mamertina–Palmi, Ordinariato Militare per l’Italia, Oria, Oristano, Orvieto–Todi, Ostia, Otranto, Ozieri, Padova, Palermo, Palestrina, Parma–Fontevivo, Patti, Pavia, Perugia–Città della Pieve, Pesaro, Pescara–Penne, Pescia, Piacenza–Bobbio–San Colombano, Piazza Armerina, Pinerolo, Pisa, Pistoia, Pitigliano–Sovana–Orbetello, Pompei, Porto–Santa Rufina, Potenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico Nuovo, Pozzuoli, Prato, Ragusa, Ravenna–Cervia, Reggio Calabria–Bova, Reggio Emilia–Guastalla, Rieti–San Salvatore Maggiore, Rimini, Roma, Rossano–Cariati, Sabina–Poggio Mirteto–Farfa, Salerno–Campagna–Acerno, Saluzzo, San Benedetto del Tronto–Ripatransone–Montalto, San Marco Argentano–Scalea, San Marino–Montefeltro, San Miniato, San Severo, Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi–Conza–Nusco–Bisaccia, Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Sassari, Savona–Noli, Senigallia, Sessa Aurunca, Siena–Colle di Val d’Elsa–Montalcino, Siracusa, Sora–Cassino–Aquino–Pontecorvo, Sorrento–Castellammare di Stabia, Spoleto–Norcia, Subiaco, Sulmona–Valva, Susa, Taranto, Teano–Calvi, Teggiano–Policastro, Tempio–Ampurias, Teramo–Atri, Termoli–Larino, Terni–Narni–Amelia, Tivoli, Torino, Tortona, Trani–Barletta–Bisceglie–Nazareth, Trapani, Trento, Treviso, Tricarico, Trieste, Trivento, Tursi–Lagonegro, Udine, Ugento–Santa Maria di Leuca, Urbino–Urbania–Sant’Angelo in Vado, Vallo della Lucania, Velletri–Segni, Venezia, Ventimiglia–San Remo, Vercelli, Verona, Vicenza, Vigevano, Viterbo–San Martino al Monte Cimino, Vittorio Veneto, Volterra
Ambrosian Rite (1): Milano
Byzantine Church in Italy (3): Lungro, Piana degli Albanesi, Santa Maria di Grottaferrata
Ukrainian Church (1): Italy
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Apostolic Nunciature: Italy
Holy See Representation: Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Holy See Representation: International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)
Conference of Bishops: Conferenza Episcopale Italiana (C.E.I.)
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Commissio Episcopatuum Communitatis Europææ (COM.E.C.E.)
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Consilium Conferentiarum Episcopalium Europæ (C.C.E.E.)
Angelo Amato, S.D.B. (86)
Ennio Antonelli (87)
Angelo Bagnasco (81)
Lorenzo Baldisseri (84)
Gualtiero Bassetti (82)
Giuseppe Bertello (82)
Giuseppe Betori (77)
Domenico Calcagno (81)
Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap. (90)
Oscar Cantoni (74)
Angelo Comastri (81)
Angelo De Donatis (70)
Salvatore De Giorgi (94)
Enrico Feroci (84)
Fortunato Frezza (82)
Mauro Gambetti, O.F.M. Conv. (59)
Gianfranco Ghirlanda, S.J. (82)
Claudio Gugerotti (69)
Giovanni Lajolo (89)
Agostino Marchetto (84)
Edoardo Menichelli (85)
Arrigo Miglio (82)
Francesco Montenegro (78)
Francesco Monterisi (90)
Pietro Parolin (69)
Giuseppe Petrocchi (76)
Mauro Piacenza (80)
Gianfranco Ravasi (82)
Giovanni Battista Re (90)
Paolo Romeo (86)
Camillo Ruini (93)
Angelo Scola (83)
Marcello Semeraro (76)
Crescenzio Sepe (81)
Beniamino Stella (83)
Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S. (84)
Agostino Vallini (84)
Antonio Maria Vegliò (86)
Giuseppe Versaldi (81)
Mario Zenari (78)
Matteo Maria Zuppi (69)
Patron Saints: Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Catherine of Siena
Saints: 1382 Saints, 593 Blesseds
Continent: West Europe
Capital: Rome
Area: 294,140 km²
Population: 62,137,802
Neighbouring Countries: ↖ France , ↑ Switzerland , ↗ Austria , ↗ Slovenia , ↗ Croatia , → Montenegro , → Albania , ↘ Greece , ↓ Tunisia , ↓ Malta , ☉ Vatican City State , ☉ San Marino
Religions: Christian 80% (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic with very small groups of Jehovah's Witnesses and Protestants), Muslim (about 800,000 to 1 million), atheist and agnostic 20%
Languages: Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area)
Ethnic Groups: Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south)
Area: 301,318 km²
Catholic Population: 57,561,000 Catholics (97.2% of 59,236,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 25,546 parishes, 6 mission stations (5 with resident priest, 1 without resident priest), 5,483 other centres
Clergy: 549 bishops (205 diocesan, 344 titular), 41,191 priests (28,352 diocesan, 12,839 religious), 4,773 permanent deacons (4,697 diocesan, 76 religious)
Non-Clergy: 70,173 religious (2,463 brothers, 67,710 sisters), 5,197 members of secular institutes (132 brothers, 5,065 sisters), 4,423 major seminarians, 1,459 missionaries, 229,614 catechists
Statistics include present-day Vatican City State |
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