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Diocese of Caltanissetta Dioecesis Calatanisiadensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Agrigento |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,120 km2 (430 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 166,874 164,000 (est.) (98.3%) |
Parishes | 56 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 25 May 1844 (179 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Maria La Nova |
Secular priests | 102 (diocesan) 13 (Religious Orders) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Mario Russotto |
Map | |
Website | |
www.diocesicaltanissetta.it |
The Diocese of Caltanissetta ( Latin: Dioecesis Calatanisiadensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Sicily, It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Agrigento. [1]
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Caltanissetta once belonged to the diocese of Girgenti, but was created an episcopal see by Gregory XVI, in 1844. At that time it was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Monreale. The first bishop was Antonio Stromillo.
The immense cavern of Caltabillotta is famous on account of the legend of a great dragon, driven away by the holy hermit Peregrinus when he chose that spot for a life of penance. [2]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Caltanissetta". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.