Diocese of Noto, Italy

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Noto / Neten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Siracusa

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Maria SS. Scala del Paradiso (August 3), Saint Corrado Confalonieri

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: November 25

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History

1844.05.15: Established as Diocese of Noto / Neten(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Siracusa)
1844.05.20: Became suffragan of Siracusa
1950.07.11: Lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Siracusa and lost territory to establish Diocese of Ragusa
1954.11.16: Lost territory to Diocese of Ragusa

Contact Info

Address: Via Mons. Blandini 6, 96017 Noto, Italy

Phone: 0931 835286

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.12.22 – ...):

Bishop Salvatore Rumeo (58)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Noto (Roman Rite)

Bishop Salvatore Rumeo (58)
(2022.12.22 – ...)

Bishop of Noto (Italy)

Misericordia ejus in æternum

Born:	1966.05.23 (Caltanissetta, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1990.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.03.18

Priest of Caltanissetta (Italy) (1990.06.29 – 2022.12.22)

Bishop of Noto (Italy) (2022.12.22 – ...)

Bishop Antonio Staglianò (65)
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.08.06 – 2022.12.22)

Bishop Antonio Staglianò (65)
(2009.01.22 – 2022.08.06)

President of Pontifical Academy of Theology
Bishop emeritus of Noto (Italy)

Misericordia et vertitas in caritate

Born:	1959.06.14 (Isola Capo Rizzuto, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1984.10.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.03.19

Priest of Crotone–Santa Severina (Italy) (1984.10.20 – 2009.01.22)

Bishop of Noto (Italy) (2009.01.22 – 2022.08.06)

Apostolic Administrator of Noto (Italy) (2022.08.06 – 2022.12.22)

President of Pontifical Academy of Theology (2022.08.06 – ...)

Bishop Mariano Crociata (71)
(2007.07.16 – 2008.09.25)

Bishop of Latina–Terracina–Sezze–Priverno (Italy)
President of Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community

Crux Christi pax

Born:	1953.03.16 (Castelvetrano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1979.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.10.06

Priest of Mazara del Vallo (Italy) (1979.06.29 – 2007.07.16)

Bishop of Noto (Italy) (2007.07.16 – 2008.09.25)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Italy (2008.09.25 – 2013.11.19)

Bishop of Latina–Terracina–Sezze–Priverno (Italy) (2013.11.19 – ...)

Vice-President of Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (2018.03.08 – 2023.03.22)

President of Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (2023.03.22 – ...)

Bishop Giuseppe Malandrino (93)
(1998.06.19 – 2007.07.16)

Bishop emeritus of Noto (Italy)

Dei verbum audiens

Born:	1931.07.12 (Pachino, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1955.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.01.26

Priest of Noto (Italy) (1955.03.19 – 1979.11.30)

Bishop of Acireale (Italy) (1979.11.30 – 1998.06.19)

Bishop of Noto (Italy) (1998.06.19 – 2007.07.16)

Bishop Salvatore Nicolosi
(1970.06.27 – 1998.06.19)

Born:	1922.02.20 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1944.10.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.04.21
Died:	2014.01.10 († 91)

Bishop of Lipari (Italy) (1963.03.21 – 1970.06.27)

Bishop of Noto (Italy) (1970.06.27 – 1998.06.19)

Bishop Angelo Calabretta
(1936.07.16 – 1970.06.27)

Born:	1896.11.22 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1919.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1936.08.24
Died:	1975.01.04 († 78)

Bishop of Noto (Italy) (1936.07.16 – 1970.06.27)

Titular Bishop of Vergi (1970.06.27 – 1975.01.04)

Bishop Giuseppe Vizzini
(1913.08.19 – 1935.12.08)

Born:	1874.11.10 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1897
Consecrated Bishop:	1913.09.14
Died:	1935.12.08 († 61)

Bishop of Noto (Italy) (1913.08.19 – 1935.12.08)

Bishop Giovanni Blandini
(1875.07.05 – 1913.01.03)

Born:	1832.03.07 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1855.03.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1875.08.15
Died:	1913.01.03 († 80)

Bishop of Noto (Italy) (1875.07.05 – 1913.01.03)

Bishop Benedetto La Vecchia, O.F.M. (later Archbishop)
(1872.02.23 – 1875.07.05)

Born:	1813.07.03 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1837.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1872.03.17
Died:	1896.03.06 († 82)

Bishop of Noto (Italy) (1872.02.23 – 1875.07.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Siracusa (Italy) (1875.07.05 – 1896.03.06)

Bishop Mario Giuseppe Mirone
(1853.06.27 – 1864.02.17)

Born:	1789.03.02
Ordained Priest:	1813.04.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1840.07.25
Died:	1864.02.17 († 74)

Bishop of Sulmona (Italy) (1840.04.27 – 1853.06.27)

Bishop of Valva (Italy) (1840.04.27 – 1853.06.27)

Bishop of Noto (Italy) (1853.06.27 – 1864.02.17)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Naselli Morso e Montaperto, C.O. (later Archbishop)
(1851.02.17 – 1853.06.27)

Born:	1786.06.25 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1809.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1851.04.21
Died:	1870.05.03 († 83)

Bishop of Noto (Italy) (1851.02.17 – 1853.06.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy) (1853.06.27 – 1870.05.03)

Bishop Giuseppe Menditto
(1844.07.22 – 1849.11.14)

Born:	1794.06.21
Ordained Priest:	1818.04.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1844.07.28
Died:	1850.03.02 († 55)

Bishop of Noto (Italy) (1844.07.22 – 1849.11.14)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica, World Heritage Site (Minor): Basilica Cattedrale di San Nicolò, Noto, Siracusa, Sicilia
Minor Basilica: Basilica Santuario Madonna delle Grazie, Modica, Ragusa, Sicilia
Church: Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, Ispica, Ragusa, Sicilia
Church: Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore, Ispica, Ragusa, Sicilia
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (113)

Ragusa (←), Siracusa (↑), Malta (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,323 km²

Population: 210,000 Catholics (97.6% of 215,082 total)

Pastoral Centres: 98 parishes

Personnel: 129 priests (105 diocesan, 24 religious), 22 deacons, 170 religious (28 brothers, 142 sisters), 9 seminarians