Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia
| Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia Archidioecesis Ravennatensis-Cerviensis Arcidiocesi di Ravenna-Cervia | |
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| Ravenna Cathedral
Ravenna Cathedral
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Ravenna-Cervia |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,185 km2 (458 sq mi) |
| Population Total Catholics |
(as of 2023) 215,600 (est.) 193,400 (est.) |
| Parishes | 88 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1st century |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Ravenna |
| Co-cathedral | Cathedral of St. Peter, Cervia |
| Secular priests | 57 (diocesan) 22 (Religious Orders) 13 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Archbishop | Lorenzo Ghizzoni |
| Website | |
| www.ravenna-cervia.chiesacattolica.it | |
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The Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia (Latin: Archidioecesis Ravennatensis-Cerviensis) is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church. It is a metropolitan see of the Latin Church, located in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.[1]
The cathedral of the archdiocese is the Cathedral Basilica of the Resurrection of Our Lord in Ravenna. There is a co-cathedral in Cervia, the Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta ('co‑cathedral of the Assumption of Santa Maria'), which had formerly been the Cervia Cathedral.[2][3]
Following the appointment by Pope Benedict XVI and in succession to Giuseppe Verucchi, Lorenzo Ghizzoni has been the metropolitan archbishop of the archdiocese since 17 November 2012.[4][2]
History
The Archdiocese of Ravenna was a Roman Catholic diocese in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The diocese was elevated to an archdiocese in the 6th century.[1] Among its famous archbishops are Saint Peter Chrysologus, a Doctor of the Church, and Saint Guido Maria Conforti, who was canonized as a saint in 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI. The early medieval Ravenna papyri form an important record from the church's chancery between the 5th and 10th century.
The archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia was created in 1947 through the merger of the Archdiocese of Ravenna and the Diocese of Cervia.[1] The archdiocese in 2014 had one priest for every 1,830 Catholics.
See also
- Bishop of Ravenna, for a list of bishops
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Cervia
Canonical status and jurisdiction
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church.[5]
External links
References
- Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 Back to citation occurrence 1.2 "Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- Back to citation occurrence 2.0 Back to citation occurrence 2.1 "Concattedrale di Cervia – S. Maria Assunta". Arcidiocesi di Ravenna-Cervia (in Italian). 16 October 2023.
- Back to citation Cocchi, Alessandra. "Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta a Cervia". Geometrie fluide (in Italian). "Diocesi di Cervia Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta". BEWEB: bene ecclesiastici in WEB (in Italian). 30 June 2017.
- Back to citation Holy See Press Office (17 November 2012). "Rinunce e Nomine: Rinuncia Dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Ravenna-Cervia (Italia) e Nomina del Succssore" [Resignations and Appointments: Resignation of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia (Italy) and Appointment of the Successor] (Press release) (in Italian). Vatican.
- Back to citation Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia, official website
Further reading
- Agnellus, Andreas (1708); Bacchini, Benedetto (ed.) Agnelli Liber Pontificalis, sive; Vitæ Pontificum Ravennatum Mutinæ: Typis Antonii Capponii..., MDCCVIII. (in Latin)
- Later editions 1723; in Patrologia Latina; and 2006
- Pallotti, Riccardo (2015). "L'antipapa Clemente III e il governo dell'Esarcato tra Impero, Papato e signorie comitali." In: Ravenna Studi e Ricerche, XXII (2015), fasc. 1 (gennaio-dicembre), pp. 155-198. (in Italian)