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

Salé, Diocese of

SALE, DIOCESI DI

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SALÉ, Diocese of. - It is located in the State of Victoria (Australia) and was erected on 10 May 1887 with territory detached from the archdiocese of Melbourne, of which it was declared a suffragan.

It comprises Gippsland. It has an area of 26,312 sq. km. with a population of 69,000 inhabitants. Catholics number 18,000 and the others are Protestants. Diocesan priests 23, religious 3, brothers 11, sisters 102. Districts 15, churches 59. Primary schools 14, secondary schools 4.

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BIBL.: P. Moran, History of Catholic Church in Australia, Sydney n.d., pp. 849-50; Australasian Catholic Directory, Sydney 1952, p. 294 ff.

Saverio Paventi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), col. 1654.

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Paventi, Saverio. “Sale, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 1654. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/sale-diocesi-di.

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Paventi, Saverio. “Sale, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1654. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/sale-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Paventi, Saverio},
  title     = {Sale, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {X},
  pages     = {1654},
  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/sale-diocesi-di}
}

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