Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pisa

Archdiocese of Pisa
Archidioecesis Pisana
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Pisa
Statistics
Area 847 km2 (327 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2013)
356,566
336,930 (94.5%)
Information
Established 4th century
Cathedral Pisa Cathedral (Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta)
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Giovanni Paolo Benotto
Map
Website
www.diocesidipisa.it

The Archdiocese of Pisa (Latin: Archidioecesis Pisana) is a metropolitan see of the Catholic Church in Italy.[1][2] It was founded in the 4th century and elevated to the dignity of an archdiocese on 21 April 1092 by Pope Urban II. Its mother church is the cathedral in the Piazza del Duomo. Since 2008 the Archbishop of Pisa has been Giovanni Paolo Benotto.

History

From the late 12th to the early 13th century, the Pisan archdiocese was the feudal suzerain of the four giudicati of Sardinia.

In 1092 Pope Urban II gave the archbishop of Pisa the title of Primate of Corsica and Sardinia. The title is nowadays honorary for historical reasons.

List of Archbishops and Bishops of Pisa (incomplete)

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See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Archdiocese of Pisa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pisa" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pisa". GCatholic. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 Skinner, Patricia (2009). "From Pisa to the Patriarchate: Some Chapters in the Life of (Arch)bishop Daibert of Pisa". In Skinner, Patrica. Challenging the Boundaries of Medieval History: The Legacy of Timothy Reuter. Brepols. p. 159. ISBN 978-2503523590.
  5. ↑ The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of November 20, 1551
  6. ↑ The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of March 12, 1565
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 280. (in Latin)

Sources

  • Picotti, Giovanni Battista (1946), "I vescovi pisani del secolo IX," Miscellanea Giovanni Mercati. Studi e testi (Biblioteca apostolica vaticana), 125 (in Italian). Volume V. Citta del Vaticano. 1946. pp. 206–217.
  • Archdiocese of Pisa website
  •  Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Pisa". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  • Catholic Hierarchy page

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

Coordinates: 43°43′24″N 10°23′43″E / 43.7233°N 10.3954°E / 43.7233; 10.3954

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