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Catholic ChurchinItalian Republic (Italy) | ![]() |
Also known as: Italien (Deutsch), l'Italie (français), Italia (español, Italiano, latine), Włochy (polski), Itália (Português),
Continent: West Europe
Capital: Rome
Area: 294,140 km²
Population: 62,137,802
Patron Saints: Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Catherine of Siena
Saints: 1367 Saints, 588 Blesseds
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)
Neighbouring Countries: ↖ France , ↑ Switzerland
, ↗ Austria
, ↗ Slovenia
, ↗ Croatia
, → Montenegro
, → Albania
, ↘ Greece
, ↓ Tunisia
, ↓ Malta
, ☉ Vatican City State
, ☉ San Marino
Jurisdictions (228): Papal See (1), Patriarchates
(1), Metr. Archdioceses
(40), Archdioceses
(20), Dioceses
(155), Territorial Prelatures
(2), Territorial Abbacies
(6), Apostolic Exarchates
(1), Military Ordinariates
(1), Personal Prelature
(1)
Roman Rite (223): 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, Fabriano–Matelica, Faenza–Modigliana, Fano–Fossombrone–Cagli–Pergola, Fermo, Ferrara–Comacchio, Fidenza, Fiesole, Firenze, Foggia–Bovino, Foligno, Forlì–Bertinoro, Fossano, 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, Lodi, Loreto, Lucca, Lucera–Troia, Macerata–Tolentino–Recanati–Cingoli–Treia, Manfredonia–Vieste–San Giovanni Rotondo, Mantova, Massa Carrara–Pontremoli, Massa Marittima–Piombino, Matera–Irsina, Mazara del Vallo, Melfi–Rapolla–Venosa, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, 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, Opus Dei, Ordinariato Militare in Italia, Oria, Oristano, Orvieto–Todi, Ostia, Otranto, Ozieri, Padova, Palermo, Palestrina, Parma, Patti, Pavia, Perugia–Città della Pieve, Pesaro, Pescara–Penne, Pescia, Piacenza–Bobbio, 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, Rimini, Roma, Rossano–Cariati, Sabina–Poggio Mirteto, 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, 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, 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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Cardinals (19 electors/45 total):
Amato (83),
Antonelli (85),
Bagnasco (79),
Baldisseri (81),
Bassetti (80),
Becciu (73),
Bertello (79),
Bertone (87),
Betori (75),
Calcagno (79),
Cantalamessa (87),
Coccopalmerio (84),
Comastri (78),
De Donatis (68),
De Giorgi (91),
Farina (88),
Feroci (81),
Filoni (75),
Gambetti (56),
Lajolo (87),
Lojudice (57),
Martino (89),
Menichelli (82),
Montenegro (75),
Monterisi (87),
Parolin (67),
Petrocchi (73),
Piacenza (77),
Poletto (89),
Ravasi (79),
Re (88),
Romeo (84),
Ruini (91),
Scola (80),
Sebastiani (90),
Semeraro (74),
Sepe (78),
Sodano (94),
Stella (80),
Tomasi (81),
Vallini (81),
Vegliò (84),
Versaldi (78),
Zenari (76),
Zuppi (66) | All Cardinals
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Special Churches:
Cathedrals (505),
Basilicas (582),
National Shrines (3),
World Heritage Churches (133)
Papal Basilicas
Pontifical Churches
Properties of Vatican City State
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy
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.)
as of 2022.04.08
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