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Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola

Archidioecesis Mutinensis-Nonantulana
Modena Cathedral
Location
CountryItaly
Ecclesiastical provinceModena-Nonantola
Statistics
Area2,089 km2 (807 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2004)
462,000
455,000 (98.5%)
Parishes246
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established3rd century
CathedralBasilica Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta
Co-cathedralBasilica Abbaziale di San Silvestro I Papa
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopErio Castellucci
Website
www.webdiocesi.chiesacattolica.it
Nonantola Abbey, the co-cathedral

The Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola (Latin: Archidioecesis Mutinensis-Nonantulana) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Italy. It existed as the Diocese of Modena in central Italy from the 3rd century CE. In 1820 it incorporated the territory of Nonantola Abbey; it became an archdiocese in 1855 and took its current name in 1986.[1][2]

Its suffragans are the Diocese of Carpi, Diocese of Fidenza, Diocese of Parma, Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio, and Diocese of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla.

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola (according to the Annuario Pontificale, or Pontifical Yearbook, of 2004) had a total population of 462,000, and a Catholic population of 455,000 (98.5% Catholic). There were 260 total priests (184 diocesan and 76 religious, with 1,750 Catholics per priest), there were 42 permanent deacons, 85 male religious, and 538 female religious. There were 246 parishes. The archdiocese is 2,089 square miles (5,410 km2) in area.

List of bishops

Diocese of Modena

Erected: 3rd Century
Latin Name: Mutinensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Bologna

2

Diocese of Modena e Nonantola

United: 15 December 1820 with the Territorial Abbey of Nonantola
Latin Name: Mutinensis et Nonantulana

  • Giuseppe Emilio Sommariva (July 12, 1824 - March 7, 1829 died)
  • Adeodato Antonio Giovanni Luigi Caleffi, O.S.B. (July 5, 1830 - August 5, 1837 died)
  • Luigi Reggianini (February 12, 1838 - February 9, 1847 died)
  • Luigi Ferrari (July 3, 1848 - April 19, 1851 died)
  • Francesco Emilio Cugini (March 18, 1852 - 1872 died)

Archdiocese of Modena e Nonantola

Elevated: 22 August 1855

  • Giuseppe Maria delli Guidelli Guidi (May 6, 1872 - 1889 died)
  • Carlo Maria Borgognini (1889 - 1900 died)
  • Natale Bruni (December 17, 1900 - April 14, 1926 died)
  • Giuseppe Antonio Ferdinando Bussolari, O.F.M.Cap. (May 7, 1926 - 1939 died)
  • Cesare Boccoleri (March 28, 1940 - October 31, 1956 died)
  • Giuseppe Amici (December 23, 1956 - 1976 retired)
  • Bruno Foresti (April 2, 1976 appointed - April 7, 1983 named Archbishop (personal title) of Brescia)
  • Santo Bartolomeo Quadri (September 3, 1983 - April 12, 1996 retired)

Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola

Name Changed: 30 September 1986

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Modena–Nonantola" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. ^ "Guglielmo Cardinal di Modena, O. Cart". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
  4. ^ "Bishop Jacopo-Antonio dalla Torre" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved June 15, 2016
  5. ^ "Bishop Giacomo Antonio della Torre" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  6. ^ "Bishop Francesco Ferrari" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 25, 2016

External links

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Modena". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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