Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. X, 1953 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Reno, Diocese of

RENO, DIOCESI DI

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RENO, Diocese of. - City and diocese in the State of Nevada (U. S. A.).

The diocese of R. covers a territory of 110,829 sq. miles and the total population is 158,370 inhabitants (1950 census); Catholics number only 23,719 (1951); 49 priests exercise the sacred ministry in 26 parishes, 14 chapels and 20 stations. There are 6 congregations of women, one seminary and 2 hospitals.

The diocese of R. was erected by the apostolic constitution Pastoris aeterni vices of Pius XI on 27 March 1931 for the whole of Nevada, dismembering the dioceses of Salt Lake and Sacramento.

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BIBL.: AAS, 23 (1931), p. 366 ff.; The Official catholic Directory, New York 1930, pp. 495-96.

Gastone Carrière

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), col. 778.

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Carrière, Gastone. “Reno, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 778. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/reno-diocesi-di.

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Carrière, Gastone. “Reno, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 778. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/reno-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Carrière, Gastone},
  title     = {Reno, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {X},
  pages     = {778},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/reno-diocesi-di}
}

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