Ecclesiastical Hierarchy
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Botucatú, Diocese of (BOTUCATÙ, DIOCESI DI)
BOTUCATÚ, Diocese of. - In Brazil, in the State of São Paulo. Erected on 7 June 1908 with a territory of the very vast diocese of São… -
Bourg-en-Bresse, Diocese of (BOURG-EN-BRESSE, DIOCESI DI)
BOURG-EN-BRESSE, DIOCESE OF. - Capital of the department of the Ain on the left bank of the river Reyssouze; it was erected in 1515 at the… -
Bourges, Archdiocese of (BOURGES, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
BOURGES, ARCHDIOCESE OF. - City in central France, capital of the department of Cher; the archdiocese also extends into the department of… -
Bovino, Diocese of (BOVINO, DIOCESI DI)
BOVINO, Diocese of. - A small town in the province of Foggia, on the spur between the Cervaro valley and the Biletra valley. The long,… -
Braga, Diocese of (BRAGA, DIOCESI DI)
BRAGA, Diocese of. - In the north of Portugal, capital of a department in the province of Minho. Conquered by the Romans and called Bracara… -
Bragança, Diocese of (BRAGANÇA, DIOCESI DI)
BRAGANÇA, DIOCESE OF. - Nel Brasile, Stato di S. Paolo. La diocesi fu eretta il 24 luglio 1925 con la bolla Ad Sacram Petri sedem con 10… -
Braganza (Bragança), Diocese of (BRAGANZA (BRAGANÇA), DIOCESI DI)
BRAGANZA (BRAGANÇA), DIOCESE OF. - Ancient city of Portugal, in the province of Trás-os-Montes, at 685 m. of altitude on a hill that… -
Brazzaville, Apostolic Vicariate of (BRAZZAVILLE, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
BRAZZAVILLE, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF. - The city of B., capital of French Equatorial Africa, on the right bank of the Congo, at the point… -
Breda, Diocese of (BREDA, DIOCESI DI)
BREDA, Diocese of. - In Holland, suffragan of Utrecht. It occupies the western part of the civil province of North Brabant and the southern… -
Brema-Amburgo, Ancient Diocese of (BREMA-AMBURGO, ANTICA DIOCESI DI)
BREMEN-HAMBURG, ANCIENT DIOCESE OF. - In the year 780 Charlemagne entrusted to the Anglo-Saxon missionary Willehad the region between the… -
Brentwood, Diocese of (BRENTWOOD, DIOCESI DI)
BRENTWOOD, Diocese of. - In England, county of Essex (northeast of London), erected on 22 March 1917 as a suffragan of Westminster. The… -
Brescia, Diocese of (BRESCIA, DIOCESI DI)
BRESCIA, Diocese of. - A city of the Cenomani, later a Roman colony (Brixia), it has notable monuments and inscriptions from the first… -
Breslavia (Vratislavia, Wrocław, Breslau), Archdiocese of (BRESLAVIA (LAT. VRATISLAVIA, POLACCO WRÓCLAW, TED. BRESLAU), ARCIDIOCESI DI)
BRESLAVIA (Vratislavia, Wrocław, Breslau), Archdiocese of. - Now in Poland. Capital of Silesia and metropolitan see. I. FORMATION… -
Bressanone, Diocese of (BRESSANONE, DIOCESI DI)
BRESSANONE, Diocese of. - In Alto Adige, in the province of Bolzano. The city, at 560 m., lies in a sunny basin where the Rienza joins the… -
Brindisi, Archdiocese of (BRINDISI, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
BRINDISI, ARCHDIOCESE OF. - B., a city of Apulia, is situated at the bottom of a deep inlet, which presents two branches inland: the… -
Brisbane, Archdiocese of (BRISBANE, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
BRISBANE, ARCHDIOCESE OF. - The circumscription, erected as a diocese suffragan to Sydney (Australia) on 12 April 1859, was elevated on 10… -
Brno (Brünn), Diocese of (BRNO (BRŮNN), DIOCESI DI)
BRNO (Brünn), Diocese of. - Capital of Moravia (Czechoslovakia), area 10,370 sq. km., pop. 1,259,613, of whom 1,113,189 are Catholics; it… -
Brooklyn, Diocese of (BROOKLYN, DIOCESI DI)
BROOKLYN, Diocese of. - In the State of New York (United States of A.); a suffragan diocese of New York. Erected on 29 July 1853 by the… -
Bruges, Diocese of (BRUGES, DIOCESI DI)
BRUGES, Diocese of. - In Belgium, a suffragan of Malines. The historic city of B. had no episcopal see at the time of its political and… -
Bucharest, United Vicariate of (BUCAREST, VICARIATO UNITO DI)
BUCHAREST, UNITED VICARIATE OF. - After the union with Rome that took place in 1700 in Transylvania, the united Romanians had to be… -
Budějovice (Budweis), Diocese of (BUDÉ JOVICE (BUDWEIS), DIOCESI DI)
BUDĚJOVICE (BUDWEIS), DIOCESE OF. - City of Czechoslovakia, the most important in southern Bohemia, founded in the second half of the 13th… -
Buea, Apostolic Vicariate of (BUEA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
BUEA, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF. - Formerly a prefecture (from 1923) and from 1939 an apostolic vicariate, this mission comprises all and only… -
Buenos Aires, Archdiocese of (BUENOS AIRES, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
BUENOS AIRES, ARCHDIOCESE OF. - Capital of Argentina, B. A. was founded in 1536 by Pedro de Mendoza and rebuilt in 1580 by Juan de Garay… -
Buffalo, Diocese of (BUFFALO, DIOCESI DI)
BUFFALO, Diocese of. - In the State of New York, of which it is a suffragan diocese. Separated on 23 April 1847 from this diocese, from… -
Buichu, Apostolic Vicariate of (BUICHU, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
BUICHU, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF. - On Sept. 5, 1848, the vicariate of Central Tonkin, named after B. in 1924, was detached from the… -
Bukoba, Apostolic Vicariate of (BUKOBA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
BUKOBA, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF. - The vicariate of B., evangelized by the White Fathers, was erected in 1929, its territory being taken… -
Bulawayo, Apostolic Vicariate of (BULAWAYO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
BULAWAYO, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF. - The city of B., at about 1362 m. on the high plateau, is situated on the route of the great railway… -
Burgos, Diocese of (BURGOS, DIOCESI DI)
BURGOS, Diocese of. - In Old Castile (Spain). Once the Greek or Roman origin of the city of B. has been dismissed as unfounded, one must… -
Burlington, Diocese of (BURLINGTON, DIOCESI DI)
BURLINGTON, Diocese of. - In the State of Vermont, thus named by Samuel de Champlain, south of Canada. In 1666 a Sulpician priest came from… -
Burma, Apostolic Vicariate of Southern (BIRMANIA MERIDIONALE, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DELLA)
BURMA, Apostolic Vicariate of Southern. - A mission created in 1866 (under the name of South-Western B.) and definitively in 1870 (v.… -
Buta, Apostolic Vicariate of (BUTA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
BUTA, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF. - Formerly an apostolic vicariate of western Uellè in the Belgian Congo, it was created under this name as an… -
Cadiz and Ceuta, Diocese of (CADICE E CEUTA, DIOCESI DI)
CADIZ AND CEUTA, Diocese of. - Cadiz is a very ancient maritime city on the Atlantic, founded around 140 B.C. by the Phoenicians, who… -
Caetité, Diocese of (CAETITÉ, DIOCESI DI)
CAETITÉ, Diocese of. - In the State of Bahia (Brazil), a suffragan of San Salvador, it occupies the central-southern part of that State,… -
Cafelandia, Diocese of (CAFELANDIA, DIOCESI DI)
CAFELANDIA, Diocese of. - In the republic of Brazil, State of S. Paulo, suffragan of S. Paulo. It was erected by Pius XI with the bull Ea… -
Cagayan, Diocese of (CAGAYAN, DIOCESI DI)
CAGAYAN, Diocese of. - A city in the Philippines in the province of Eastern Misamis, it is the seat of the diocese of the same name, a… -
Cagliari, Archdiocese of (CAGLIARI, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
CAGLIARI, ARCHDIOCESE OF. - The principal city of Sardinia with about 60,000 inhabitants, situated on the southern coast, the capital of a… -
Cagli e Pergola, Diocese of (CAGLI E PERGOLA, DIOCESI DI)
CAGLI E PERGOLA, Diocese of. - In the Marche, in the province of Pesaro, suffragan of Urbino. The ancient Callium, perhaps derived from a… -
Cahors, Diocese of (CAHORS, DIOCESI DI)
CAHORS, Diocese of. - In France, capital of the department of Lot, on the peninsula formed by the river Lot. It is a suffragan of Albi.… -
Caicò, Diocese of (CAICÒ, DIOCESI DI)
CAICÒ, Diocese of. - In the State of Rio Grande do Norte, in Brazil, suffragan of Paraíba, situated in the central-southern part of the… -
Cairns, Diocese of (CAIRNS, DIOCESI DI)
CAIRNS, Diocese of. - City in the province of Queensland in Australia and suffragan diocese of Brisbane. Its territory, which comprises a… -
Cajamarca, Diocese of (CAJAMARCA, DIOCESI DI)
CAJAMARCA, Diocese of. - In the Republic of Peru, department of C., suffragan of Trujillo. Erected on 5 April 1908, it comprises the… -
Cajazeiras, Diocese of (CAJAZEIRAS, DIOCESI DI)
CAJAZEIRAS, Diocese of. - Republic of Brazil, State of Parahyba do Norte. Erected by Pius X on 6 February 1914 with the bull Maius… -
Cajazzo, Diocese of (CAJAZZO, DIOCESI DI)
CAJAZZO, Diocese of. - On the border between Molise and Campania. C. is the ancient Calatia, a city of Oscan origin occupied successively… -
Calabar, Apostolic Vicariate of (CALABAR, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
CALABAR, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF. - In Nigeria, at the estuary of the Cross. The missionary work in the territory of the apostolic vicariate… -
Calabozo, Diocese of (CALABOZO, DIOCESI DI)
CALABOZO, Diocese of. - In the republic of Venezuela, State of Guárico, suffragan of Santiago del Venezuela. Founded on 7 March 1863, it… -
Calahorra and La Calzada, Diocese of (CALAHORRA E LA CALZADA, DIOCESI DI)
CALAHORRA AND LA CALZADA, Diocese of. - C. is a city in northern Spain in Old Castile, in the province of Logroño, and the seat of a… -
Calbayog, Diocese of (CALBAYOG, DIOCESI DI)
CALBAYOG, Diocese of. - City in the province of Samar in the Philippine Islands, and seat of the diocese suffragan of the Name of Jesus… -
Calcutta, Archdiocese of (CALCUTTA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
CALCUTTA, ARCHDIOCESE OF. - The archdiocese of C. is made up of the western part of the ancient apostolic vicariate of Bengal (1834),… -
Calgary, Diocese of (CALGARY, DIOCESI DI)
CALGARY, Diocese of. - City in the province of Alberta in Canada and suffragan diocese of Edmonton (formerly St. Albert), comprising the… -
Calicut, Diocese of (CALICUT, DIOCESI DI)
CALICUT, Diocese of. - It is a suffragan diocese of Bombay in India: it comprises almost all of Malabar with an area of 8,500 km², and a… -
Cali, Diocese of (CALI, DIOCESI DI)
CALI, Diocese of. - In the Republic of Colombia, department of Valle del Cauca, suffragan of Popayán. Erected by Pius X on 7 June 1910, it… -
Caltagirone, Diocese of (CALTAGIRONE, DIOCESI DI)
CALTAGIRONE, DIOCESE OF. - City of eastern Sicily. The Saracens called it Qal'at al-gīrān, that is, castle of the Caves. The diocese… -
Caltanissetta, Diocese of (CALTANISSETTA, DIOCESI DI)
CALTANISSETTA, DIOCESI di. - In Sicily, erected by Gregory XVI (25 May 1844) with jurisdiction over 17 municipalities, until then forming… -
Calvi and Teano, Diocese of (CALVI E TEANO, DIOCESI DI)
CALVI AND TEANO, Diocese of. - Dioceses of Campania, united aequae et principaliter in 1818 with episcopal residence in T. Area 447.4 sq… -
Camagüey, Diocese of (CAMAGÜEY, DIOCESI DI)
CAMAGÜEY, Diocese of. - City in the province of C. on the island of Cuba, and a diocese suffragan of Santiago de Cuba. It comprises the… -
Cambrai, Archdiocese of (CAMBRAI, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
CAMBRAI, ARCHDIOCESE OF. - Situated on the left bank of the Scheldt, C. was, along with Tournai and Bavay, the capital of the country of… -
Camden, Diocese of (CAMDEN, DIOCESI DI)
CAMDEN, Diocese of. - In the State of New Jersey (U.S.A.), a suffragan of Newark, it comprises the counties of Atlantic, Camden, Cape May,… -
Camerino, Archdiocese of (CAMERINO, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
CAMERINO, ARCHDIOCESE OF. - In the Marches, in the province of Macerata. Reliable documents make known that the episcopal see was certainly… -
Campagna, Diocese of (CAMPAGNA, DIOCESI DI)
CAMPAGNA, Diocese of. - In the province of Salerno, C. rises on the southern slopes of the Monti Picentini, in a gorge crossed by the… -
Campanha, Diocese of (CAMPANHA, DIOCESI DI)
CAMPANHA, Diocese of. - In Brazil, located in the southern part of the State of Minas Geraes, suffragan of the archdiocese of Marianna.… -
Campeche, Diocese of (CAMPECHE, DIOCESI DI)
CAMPECHE, Diocese of. - In the Republic of Mexico, erected by Leo XIII on 2 Dec. 1895 with the constitution Praedecessorum nostrorum,… -
Campina Grande, Diocese of (CAMPINA GRANDE, DIOCESI DI)
CAMPINA GRANDE, DIOCESE OF. - In Brazil, in the State of Paraíba. Erected in May 1949, by dismemberment of the archdiocese of Paraíba do… -
Campinas, Diocese of (CAMPINAS, DIOCESI DI)
CAMPINAS, Diocese of. - In the State of São Paulo (Brazil), suffragan of the archdiocese of São Paulo. It has a territory of 6,999 sq km,… -
Campos, Diocese of (CAMPOS, DIOCESI DI)
CAMPOS, Diocese of. - In the northern region of the State of Rio de Janeiro, suffragan of the archdiocese of St. Sebastian of Rio de… -
Canberra-Goulburn, Archdiocese of (CANBERRA-GOULBURN, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
CANBERRA-GOULBURN, ARCHDIOCESE OF. - In Australia until 1948 the archdiocese of C. G. was simply a diocese with its seat at Goulburn. It… -
Canelos, Apostolic Prefecture Of (CANELOS, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
CANELOS, APOSTOLIC PREFECTURE OF. - The mission of St. Joseph of C. in the Republic of Ecuador was founded in 1624 by the Dominican… -
Canossa, Luigi di
CANOSSA, LUIGI di. - Cardinal, b. in Verona on 30 April 1809, d. there on 12 March 1900. Having entered the Society of Jesus in Rome in… -
Canton, Archdiocese of (CANTON, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
CANTON, ARCHDIOCESE OF. - It takes its name from the city of the same name, the residence of the archbishop and the capital of the civil… -
Cape Town, Apostolic Vicariate of (CAPE TOWN, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
CAPE TOWN, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF. - It is the ancient vicariate of the Cape of Good Hope, western district, originating in 1847 from the… -
Cap-Haïtien, Diocese of (CAPO HAITIANO, DIOCESI DI)
CAP-HAÏTIEN, DIOCESE OF. - A small town in the north of the Republic of Haiti in the Antilles, and a suffragan diocese of Port-au-Prince… -
Capua, Archdiocese of (CAPUA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
CAPUA, Archdiocese of. - In Campania, a short distance from the point where the Via Latina joins the Appian Way, C. must have received the… -
Caquetá, Apostolic Vicariate of (CAQUETÀ, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
CAQUETÁ, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF. - In Colombia. The territory of C. was first evangelized, with the Spanish conquest, by the Franciscans,… -
Caracas (Santiago de Venezuela), Archdiocese of (CARACAS (SANTIAGO DE VENEZUELA), ARCIDIOCESI DI)
CARACAS (Santiago de Venezuela), Archdiocese of. - Capital of Venezuela; city founded in 1567 by Diego Losada; it was erected as a diocese… -
Caratinga, Diocese of (CARATINGA, DIOCESI DI)
CARATINGA, Diocese of. - In the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil, it extends across the so-called zona da mata, the eastern part of the… -
Carcassonne, Diocese of (CARCASSONA, DIOCESI DI)
CARCASSONNE, Diocese of. - In the department of the Aude, in France. It is mentioned by Pliny under the name Carcaso Volcarum Tectosagum,… -
Cariati, Diocese of (CARIATI, DIOCESI DI)
CARIATI, Diocese of. - C. is a small city on the Ionian coast, between the point of Fiume Freddo and Cape Trionto in the province of… -
Caroline and Marshall, Apostolic Vicariate of the Islands (CAROLINE E MARSHALL, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DELLE ISOLE)
CAROLINE AND MARSHALL, Apostolic Vicariate of the Islands. - The evangelization of the C. began in the 18th century, through the work of… -
Caroni, Apostolic Vicariate of (CARONI, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
CARONI, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF. - The evangelization of the territory of C. (Venezuela) was begun in 1687 by a group of Capuchins from the… -
Carpentras, Diocese of (CARPENTRAS, DIOCESI DI)
CARPENTRAS, Diocese of. - Small town and ancient diocese in the department of Vaucluse, from the Celtic name Carpentoracte. Its first… -
Carpi, Diocese of (CARPI, DIOCESI DI)
CARPI, Diocese of. - An episcopal see in the province of Modena, Carpi was originally a possession of Countess Matilda, passed under the… -
Cartagena, Archdiocese Of (CARTAGENA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
CARTAGENA, ARCHDIOCESE OF. - In the Republic of Colombia, department of Bolivar. Erected as a diocese by Clement VII on 24 April 1534,… -
Cartagena, Diocese Of (CARTAGENA, DIOCESI DI)
CARTAGENA, Diocese Of. - C., which comprises almost the whole of the provinces of Murcia and Albacete (Spain) as well as some towns of… -
Caruaru, Diocese of (CARUARÙ, DIOCESI DI)
CARUARU, Diocese of. - City and diocese of Brazil, in the State of Pernambuco, suffragan of Olinda and Recife, erected by Pope Pius XII on… -
Casale Monferrato, Diocese of (CASALE MONFERRATO, DIOCESI DI)
CASALE MONFERRATO, DIOCESE OF. - In Piedmont, province of Alessandria, on the right bank of the Po. It is of Roman origin, according to… -
Casanare, Apostolic Vicariate of (CASANARE, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
CASANARE, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF. - The first evangelizers of the region of C. in Colombia were the Augustinian Recollects, who had to… -
Caserta, Diocese of (CASERTA, DIOCESI DI)
CASERTA, Diocese of. - On the slopes of Monte Virgo at 400 m. above sea level lies the present village of old C., which some would have… -
Cashel and Emly, Archdiocese of (CASHEL E EMLY, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
CASHEL AND EMLY, Archdiocese of. - In Eire (Ireland). The name of this metropolitan see is an English transliteration of the Gaelic… -
Cassano All'Ionio, Diocese of (CASSANO ALL'IONIO, DIOCESI DI)
CASSANO ALL'IONIO, Diocese of. - In the province of Cosenza. It extends from the Tyrrhenian to the Ionian Sea, has 108,000 inhabitants, all… -
Castellammare di Stabia, Diocese of (CASTELLAMMARE DI STABIA, DIOCESI DI)
CASTELLAMMARE DI STABIA, DIOCESE OF. - In the province of Naples. The ancient Stabiae of the Romans, famous for its thermal waters. It has… -
Castellaneta, Diocese of (CASTELLANETA, DIOCESI DI)
CASTELLANETA, DIOCESE OF. - In the province of Taranto, on the Talvo, a tributary of the Lieto. It extends over 717 sq km, with 10… -
Catamarca, Diocese of (CATAMARCA, DIOCESI DI)
CATAMARCA, Diocese of. - Capital city of the province of the same name in the Argentine Republic; the city was founded in 1683 by Fernando… -
Catania, Archdiocese of (CATANIA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
CATANIA, ARCHDIOCESE OF. - A city in Sicily at the foot of Etna and almost at the center between the two extreme points of the island's… -
Catanzaro, Diocese of (CATANZARO, DIOCESI DI)
CATANZARO, Diocese of. - The city of C., capital of the province of the same name in Calabria, rises between the gulfs of Squillace and St.… -
Cava e Sarno, Diocese of (CAVA E SARNO, DIOCESI DI)
CAVA AND SARNO, DIOCESE OF. - In the province of Salerno. Boniface IX adorned the territory of C. with the title of city in 1396 and… -
Caxias del Maragnano, Diocese of (CAXIAS DEL MARAGNANO, DIOCESI DI)
CAXIAS DEL MARAGNANO, DIOCESE OF. - In the State of Maranhão (Brazil), a suffragan of St. Louis of Maragnano, it extends over the eastern… -
Caxias, Diocese of (CAXIAS, DIOCESI DI)
CAXIAS, Diocese of. - In Brazil; State of Rio Grande do Sul. Erected on 8 Sept. 1934, by division from the archdiocese of Porto Alegre, of… -
Cefalù, Diocese of (CEFALÚ, DIOCESI DI)
CEFALÙ, Diocese of. - In Sicily, province of Palermo, suffragan of Palermo. Its jurisdiction today extends over 22 municipalities of the… -
Central New Guinea, Apostolic Vicariate of (NUOVA GUINEA CENTRALE, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DELLA)
CENTRAL NEW GUINEA, Apostolic Vicariate of. - It is located in the region of New Guinea that is under Australian mandate. The territory,… -
Cervia, Diocese of (CERVIA, DIOCESI DI)
CERVIA, Diocese of. - In Romagna, a suffragan of Ravenna, founded around 500. The first known bishop of C. is St. Gerontius, who subscribed… -
Cesena, Diocese of (CESENA, DIOCESI DI)
CESENA, Diocese of. - In Emilia, in the province of Forlì, suffragan of Ravenna. The episcopal lists of Cesena prior to the 6th century do… -
Chachapoyas, Diocese of (CHACHAPOYAS, DIOCESI DI)
CHACHAPOYAS, DIOCESE OF. - In the republic of Peru, department of Amazonas, suffragan of Trujillo. Erected by Pius VII on 28 May 1805 under… -
Chaco, Apostolic Vicariate of (CHACO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
CHACO, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF. - In Bolivia: the evangelization of the region was begun in the 16th century by the Carmelites, who in the… -
Chaco Paraguayan, Apostolic Vicariate of (CHACO PARAGUAYANO, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
CHACO PARAGUAYAN, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF. - It comprises the territory of the northern Chaco annexed to Paraguay by the Treaty of Buenos… -
Châlons-sur-Marne, Diocese of (CHÂLONS-SUR-MARNE, DIOCESI DI)
CHÂLONS-SUR-MARNE, DIOCESE OF. - City and department of the Marne, in Champagne, suffragan of Reims. Formed by a vast plain watered by the… -
Chambéry, Archdiocese of (CHAMBÉRY, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
CHAMBÉRY, ARCHDIOCESE OF. - In the department of Savoy (France). It was erected at the request of King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia by… -
Changanacherry, Diocese of (CHANGANACHERRY, DIOCESI DI)
CHANGANACHERRY, DIOCESE OF. - Bishopric for the Indian Catholics of the Syro-Malabar rite, established on 21 Dec. 1923, replacing an… -
Changsha, Archdiocese of (CHANGSHA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
CHANGSHA, ARCHDIOCESE OF. - Mission entrusted to the Italian Franciscans in China in the province of Hunan. Its area is 22,820 sq. km.; the… -
Changteh, Diocese of (CHANGTEH, DIOCESI DI)
CHANGTEH, Diocese of. - It is located in China, in the civil province of Hunan. From 1879 to 1924 it was called the apostolic vicariate of… -
Chanthaburi, Apostolic Vicariate of (CHANTABURI, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
CHANTHABURI, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF. - The Christianity of C. (Siam) goes back to the early 18th century. The first Christians were… -
Chaosien, Diocese of (CHAOSIEN, DIOCESI DI)
CHAOSIEN, Diocese of. - It is located in the southwestern part of the civil province of Hopeh > (from Ch. Samaran, La C. de R. Reproduction… -
Chaotung, Apostolic Prefecture of (CHAOTUNG, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
CHAOTUNG, APOSTOLIC PREFECTURE OF. - It is located in that north-eastern part of the civil province of Yunnan (China) which wedges between… -
Charleston, Diocese of (CHARLESTON, DIOCESI DI)
CHARLESTON, Diocese of. - City of the State of South Carolina, in the United States, seat of a diocese, suffragan of Baltimore-Washington,… -
Charlottetown, Diocese of (CHARLOTTETOWN, DIOCESI DI)
CHARLOTTETOWN, DIOCESE OF. - In Canada. The capital of the smallest province of Canada (Prince Edward Island), C. is a suffragan of Halifax… -
Chartres, Diocese of (CHARTRES, DIOCESI DI)
CHARTRES, Diocese of. - Diocese and city in the department of Eure-et-Loir (France), with an area of 5,869 sq. km. and a population of… -
Chefoo, Diocese of (CHEFOO, DIOCESI DI)
CHEFOO, Diocese of. - It is located in the civil province of Shantung (China). The mission was erected as an apostolic vicariate on 27… -
Chengchow, Diocese of (CHENGCHOW, DIOCESI DI)
CHENGCHOW, Diocese of. - It is located in the civil province of Honan (China); it was erected as an apostolic prefecture on 15 May 1906… -
Chengtu, Diocese of (CHENGTU, DIOCESI DI)
CHENGTU, Diocese of. - The civil province of Szechwan, in western China, detached from the diocese of Nanking, was erected as an apostolic… -
Cheyenne, Diocese of (CHEYENNE, DIOCESI DI)
CHEYENNE, Diocese of. - Capital of the State of Wyoming in the United States, it is a suffragan diocese of Denver in the State of Colorado.… -
Chełmża, Diocese of (CULMA, DIOCESI DI)
CHEŁMŻA, Diocese of. - In Poland (Polish Chełmno), founded in 1218, organized in 1243 by William, bishop of Modena and papal legate of… -
Chiapas, Diocese of (CHIAPAS, DIOCESI DI)
CHIAPAS, Diocese of. - In the Republic of Mexico, a suffragan of Antequera. It comprises the entire State of Chiapas, with an area of… -
Chiavari, Diocese of (CHIAVARI, DIOCESI DI)
CHIAVARI, Diocese of. - Diocese and city in the province of Genoa, erected by Leo XIII on 3 Dec. 1892; it has an area of 570 sq km with 148… -
Chicago, Archdiocese of (CHICAGO, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
CHICAGO, ARCHDIOCESE OF. - City in the State of Illinois in the United States, and seat of a metropolitan archdiocese comprising the… -
Chicoutimi, Diocese of (CHICOUTIMI, DIOCESI DI)
CHICOUTIMI, Diocese of. - In Canada. A city in the province of Quebec, and a suffragan of Quebec, it comprises the counties of C.,… -
Chieti and Vasto, Archdiocese of (CHIETI E VASTO, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
CHIETI AND VASTO, ARCHDIOCESE OF. - In the Abruzzi, C. is a provincial capital. The archdiocese has an area of 2,500 sq km, 138 parishes,… -
Chifeng, Diocese of (CHIHFENG, DIOCESI DI)
CHIFENG, Diocese of. - It is located in China, in the civil province of Jehol. It was erected as an apostolic prefecture on 21 Jan. 1932,… -
Chihuahua, Diocese of (CHIHUAHUA, DIOCESI DI)
CHIHUAHUA, Diocese of. - In the republic of Mexico, State of Chihuahua. Erected on 23 June 1891. It is the most extensive in Mexico… -
Chilapa, Diocese of (CHILAPA, DIOCESI DI)
CHILAPA, Diocese of. - In the republic of Mexico, suffragan of Mexico City, erected by Pius IX on 16 March 1863 with the constitution… -
Chilaw, Diocese of (CHILAW, DIOCESI DI)
CHILAW, Diocese of. - It was erected on 5 Jan. 1939 with territory detached from the archdiocese of Colombo (Ceylon). It comprises the… -
Chillán, Diocese of (CHILLÁN, DIOCESI DI)
CHILLÁN, Diocese of. - In Chile, suffragan of the Most Holy Conception. Erected on 18 Oct. 1925, it comprises the province of Nuble and… -
Chioggia, Diocese of (CHIOGGIA, DIOCESI DI)
CHIOGGIA, Diocese of. - City in the Venetian lagoon south of Venice, founded on two main islands and other smaller ones. It is the fossa… -
Chiquitos, Apostolic Vicariate of (CHIQUITOS, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
CHIQUITOS, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF. - It is located in the central-southern part of Bolivia. It has an area of 210,000 sq. km. and a… -
Chittagong, Diocese of (CHITTAGONG, DIOCESI DI)
CHITTAGONG, Diocese of. - It is a suffragan of Calcutta (India) and is entrusted to the missionaries of the Canadian province of the… -
Chiusi and Pienza, Diocese of (CHIUSI E PIENZA, DIOCESI DI)
CHIUSI AND PIENZA, Diocese of. - In the province of Siena, suffragan of Siena. C. in the Valdichiana was one of the 12 Etruscan lucumonies.… -
Chocó, Apostolic Prefecture of (CHOCÒ, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
CHOCÓ, APOSTOLIC PREFECTURE OF. - It was erected in 1908 and entrusted to the Claretian fathers of the province of Colombia. Before that… -
Chouchi (Chowchih), Apostolic Prefecture of (CHOUCHIH (CHOWCHIH), PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
CHOUCHI (Chowchih), Apostolic Prefecture of. - It is located in the central part of the province of Shensi (China). It was erected on June… -
Christchurch, Diocese of (CHRISTCHURCH, DIOCESI DI)
CHRISTCHURCH, DIOCESE OF. - By pontifical brief of 10 May 1887 it was erected with territory detached from the archdiocese of Wellington… -
Chumati, Diocese of (CHUMATIEN, DIOCESI DI)
CHUMATI, Diocese of. - In China, in the central part of the civil province of Honan. It was erected as an apostolic prefecture on 2 March… -
Chungking, Archdiocese of (CHUNGKING, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
CHUNGKING, ARCHDIOCESE OF. - It is located in the south-eastern part of the civil province of Szechwan (China); it originated on 2 Apr.… -
Chur, Diocese of (COIRA, DIOCESI DI)
CHUR, Diocese of. - City of Switzerland (Latin Curia Rhaetorum, Romansh Cuera, French Coire, German Chur), capital of the Canton of… -
Cienfuegos, Diocese of (CIENFUEGOS, DIOCESI DI)
CIENFUEGOS, Diocese of. - City of the Republic of Cuba in the Antilles, and seat of a diocese, suffragan of Santiago de Cuba (v.), which… -
Cincinnati, Archdiocese of (CINCINNATI, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
CINCINNATI, ARCHDIOCESE OF. - City in the State of Ohio in the United States and seat of a metropolitan archdiocese comprising a territory… -
Cinquechiese, Diocese of (CINQUECHIESE, DIOCESI DI)
CINQUECHIESE, DIOCESE OF. - City (called Pécs in Hungarian and Fünfkirchen in German), episcopal see and capital of the province of Baranya… -
Ciudad Rodrigo, Diocese of (CIUDAD RODRIGO, DIOCESI DI)
CIUDAD RODRIGO, DIOCESE OF. - City of Spain, in the province of Salamanca and a suffragan diocese of Valladolid. It borders to the north… -
Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Diocese of (CIVITA CASTELLANA, ORTE E GALLESE, DIOCESI DI)
CIVITA CASTELLANA, ORTE E GALLESE, DIOCESE OF. - In Lazio, in the province of Viterbo, immediately subject to the Holy See. The three… -
Clermont-Ferrand, Diocese of (CLERMONT-FERRAND, DIOCESI DI)
CLERMONT-FERRAND, DIOCESE OF. - In France, currently formed by the department of Puy-de-Dôme; it is a suffragan of Bourges, comprises 5… -
Cleveland, Diocese of (CLEVELAND, DIOCESI DI)
CLEVELAND, Diocese of. - City in the State of Ohio in the United States and suffragan of Cincinnati. Its territory comprises 14 counties of… -
Clifton, Diocese of (CLIFTON, DIOCESI DI)
CLIFTON, Diocese of. - In the south of the Bristol Channel (England); it comprises the county borough of Bristol and the counties of… -
Cloche, Diocese of (CLOCHER, DIOCESI DI)
CLOCHE, Diocese of. - In Eire (Ireland), suffragan of Armagh. The name comes from the Gaelic Clochar (= stone church). The see was founded… -
Clonfert, Diocese of (CLONFERT, DIOCESI DI)
CLONFERT, Diocese of. - In Eire (Ireland), suffragan of Tuam. The name derives from the Gaelic Cluain Fearta Breanaina (= meadow of… -
Cloyne, Diocese of (CLOYNE, DIOCESI DI)
CLOYNE, Diocese of. - In Ireland, a suffragan of Cashel. The name comes from the Gaelic Cluain (= meadow). The diocese was founded around… -
Cluj-Gherla, Diocese of (CLUJ-GHERLA, DIOCESI DI)
CLUJ-GHERLA, Diocese of. - Cluj is a city in Romania, the capital of Transylvania, with 99,720 inhabitants (1937 census). A very ancient… -
Coccino (Cochin), Diocese of (COCCINO (COCHIN), DIOCESI DI)
COCCINO (COCHIN), DIOCESE OF. - A city of eastern India on the Malabar coast and the seat of a diocese suffragan to the patriarchal see of… -
Cochabamba, Diocese of (COCHABAMBA, DIOCESI DI)
COCHABAMBA, Diocese of. - In the Republic of Bolivia, erected by Pius IX on 23 June 1847. It has a population of 642,000 inhabitants, of… -
Coimbatore (Coimbatur), Diocese of (COIMBATORE (COIMBATUR), DIOCESI DI)
COIMBATORE (COIMBATUR), DIOCESE OF. - On 16 March 1845 the pro-vicariate of C. was detached from the apostolic vicariate of the Coromandel… -
Coimbra, Diocese of (COIMBRA, DIOCESI DI)
COIMBRA, Diocese of. - In Portugal, it extends over 5,300 sq km and has 571,256 inhabitants, of whom 547,428 are Catholics; it has 254… -
Colima, Diocese of (COLIMA, DIOCESI DI)
COLIMA, Diocese of. - In the Republic of Mexico, suffragan of Guadalajara, erected by Leo XIII on 11 Dec. 1896, with the constitution Si… -
Colle Val d’Elsa, Diocese of (COLLE VAL D'ELSA, DIOCESI DI)
COLLE VAL D’ELSA, DIOCESE OF. - In Tuscany, province of Siena, suffragan of Florence. The origins of this diocese are to be sought in the… -
Colocza (Hung. Kalocsa), Archdiocese of (COLOCZA (UNGH. KALOCSA), ARCIDIOCESI DI)
COLOCZA (Hung. Kalocsa), Archdiocese of. - A city in Hungary, in the county of Pest, seat of the archdiocese of Kalocsa-Bacs. The city was… -
Cologne, Archdiocese of (COLONIA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
COLOGNE, ARCHDIOCESE OF. - The archdiocese of C. forms, together with its suffragan sees of Limburg, Trier, Aachen, Münster and Osnabrück,… -
Colombo in Ceylon, Archdiocese of (COLOMBO IN CEYLON, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
COLOMBO IN CEYLON, ARCHDIOCESE. - The evangelization of the island of Ceylon was begun by the Franciscans in 1517. The island depended… -
Columbus, Diocese of (COLUMBUS, DIOCESI DI)
COLUMBUS, Diocese of. - Capital of the State of Ohio in the United States and seat of a diocese suffragan of Cincinnati, comprising as its… -
Comacchio, Diocese of (COMACCHIO, DIOCESI DI)
COMACCHIO, Diocese of. - Episcopal see of Emilia, in the province of Ferrara, suffragan of Ravenna. Its origin has often been traced back… -
Como, Diocese of (COMO, DIOCESI DI)
COMO, Diocese of. - In Lombardy it is part of the province of C., and it comprises the whole of that of Sondrio (province 3,123 sq. km.)… -
Conakry, Vicariate Apostolic of (KONAKRY, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
CONAKRY, VICARIATE APOSTOLIC OF. - It is located in French Guinea, where in 1877 the Fathers of the Holy Spirit penetrated from the… -
Concepción and Chaco, Diocese of (CONCEZIONE E CHACO, DIOCESI DI)
CONCEPCIÓN AND CHACO, Diocese of. - In the Republic of Paraguay, erected by Pius XI on 1 May 1929, with the constitution Universi Dominici… -
Concordia, Diocese of (CONCORDIA, DIOCESI DI)
CONCORDIA, Diocese of. - In Venetia; its boundaries run from the Tagliamento to the Livenza, from the Adriatic to the mountains toward the… -
Consilinum, Diocese of (CONSILINUM, DIOCESI DI)
CONSILINUM, Diocese of. - Ancient diocese in Lucania (Sala Consilina), of which only two bishops are known: Sabinus, in the years 494-96… -
Constantina, Diocese of (COSTANTINA, DIOCESI DI)
CONSTANTINA, Diocese of. - It is the ancient Cirta in Numidia (now Algeria), which had an episcopal see in the 3rd century, restored on 25… -
Conversano, Diocese of (CONVERSANO, DIOCESI DI)
CONVERSANO, Diocese of. - Suffragan of Bari, perhaps arisen on the site of ancient Norba; it was a Roman colony, then a municipium, then… -
Cook, Apostolic Vicariate of the Islands (COOK, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DELLE ISOLE)
COOK, Apostolic Vicariate of the Islands. - The evangelization of the Cook Islands began in 1894 through the work of the Picpus Fathers,… -
Coquilhatville, Apostolic Vicariate of (COQUILHATVILLE, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI)
COQUILHATVILLE, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF. - The name derives from Coquilhat, the name of the founder of the city of C. (Belgian Congo),… -
Córdoba, Archdiocese of (CORDOBA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
CÓRDOBA, ARCHDIOCESE OF. - City and archdiocese in the Argentine Republic on the Rio Primero. In 1700 the bishopric of Tucumán was… -
Córdova, Diocese of (CORDOVA, DIOCESI DI)
CÓRDOVA, Diocese of. - City, provincial capital and diocese of Spain in Andalusia; the Corduba of the Romans in Baetica (Hispania… -
Corepiscopus (COREPISCOPO)
COREPISCOPUS. - The c., or country bishop (from χώρα = district, and ἐπίσκοπος = bishop), in ancient times governed in the East a rural… -
Corfu, Zante and Cephalonia, Diocese of (CORFÙ, ZANTE E CEFALONIA, DIOCESI DI)
CORFU, Zante and Cephalonia, Diocese of. - According to tradition, the Gospel was preached by Jason, a disciple of the apostle Paul (Acts… -
Coria, Diocese of (CORIA, DIOCESI DI)
CORIA, Diocese of. - City in Spain, suffragan of Toledo, situated on the eastern borders of Portugal. There is no information about the… -
Cork, Diocese of (CORK, DIOCESI DI)
CORK, Diocese of. - In Eire (Ireland), a suffragan of Cashel. The name derives from the Gaelic corcach (market). The origin of the diocese… -
Coro, Diocese of (CORO, DIOCESI DI)
CORO, Diocese of. - In the Republic of Venezuela. Erected by Pius XI on 1 Oct. 1922, this diocese had already been erected a first time by… -
Corpus Christi, Diocese of (CORPUS CHRISTI, DIOCESI DI)
CORPUS CHRISTI, DIOCESE OF. - City in the State of Texas (USA) and seat of a diocese suffragan to San Antonio. It comprises a territory of… -
Corumbà, Diocese of (CORUMBÀ, DIOCESI DI)
CORUMBÀ, Diocese of. - Located in the west of the State of Mato Grosso, in Brazil, a suffragan of the archdiocese of Cuiabà, with an area… -
Cosenza, Archdiocese of (COSENZA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
COSENZA, ARCHDIOCESE OF. - C., an ancient metropolis of Bruttium, on the extreme northern spurs of the Sila, at the confluence of the Crati… -
Coutances, Diocese of (COUTANCES, DIOCESI DI)
COUTANCES, Diocese of. - Diocese and city of France in the department of la Manche. It extends over 5,800 sq. km. It comprises six… -
Covington, Diocese of (COVINGTON, DIOCESI DI)
COVINGTON, Diocese of. - City in the State of Kentucky (USA) and seat of a diocese suffragan of Louisville. Its territory, situated east of… -
Cracow, Archdiocese of (CRACOVIA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
CRACOW, ARCHDIOCESE OF. - In Poland (Kraków), founded in 1000, a metropolis since 1925. Suffragan dioceses: Częstochowa, Katowice, Kielce,… -
Crato, Diocese of (CRATO, DIOCESI DI)
CRATO, Diocese of. - It occupies the southern part of the State of Ceará in Brazil, a hot and very fertile region, but sometimes struck by… -
Crema, Diocese of (CREMA, DIOCESI DI)
CREMA, Diocese of. - In Lombardy, province of Cremona; before 1580 the territory of Crema was divided among three dioceses: Cremona, Lodi,… -
Cremona, Diocese of (CREMONA, DIOCESI DI)
CREMONA, Diocese of. - In Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po, a suffragan of Milan, and the capital of a province (area 943.8 sq. km.).… -
Crookston, Diocese of (CROOKSTON, DIOCESI DI)
CROOKSTON, Diocese of. - A city in Minnesota (U.S.A.) and the seat of a diocese suffragan to St. Paul of Minnesota. Its territory of… -
Crotone, Diocese of (CROTONE, DIOCESI DI)
CROTONE, Diocese of. - In the province of Catanzaro. It was a very powerful republic, founded by the Achaeans and Corinthians, rival of… -
Csanád, Diocese of (CSANÁD, DIOCESI DI)
CSANÁD, DIOCESI di. - In southern Hungary, on the eastern bank of the Tisza River. The diocese was founded by St. Stephen in 1030, after… -
Cuenca, Diocese of (CUENCA, DIOCESI DI)
CUENCA, Diocese of. - City and diocese in Castile (Spain), suffragan of Toledo. It has an area of 21,797 sq km with 435,000 inhabitants,… -
Cuernavaca, Diocese of (CUERNAVACA, DIOCESI DI)
CUERNAVACA, Diocese of. - In the Republic of Mexico, suffragan of Mexico City. It was erected by Leo XIII on 23 June 1891 with the bull… -
Cuiabá, Archdiocese of (CUIABÀ, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
CUIABÁ, Archdiocese of. - In the center of the State of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Its suffragan dioceses are Corumbá and São Luís de Cáceres,… -
Cumaná, Diocese of (CUMANÀ, DIOCESI DI)
CUMANÁ, Diocese of. - In Venezuela (State of Sucre), suffragan of Santiago de Venezuela. It was erected by Pius XI on 12 Oct. 1922, by… -
Cuneo, Diocese of (CUNEO, DIOCESI DI)
CUNEO, Diocese of. - In southern Piedmont, it borders to the north with Fossano and Saluzzo, to the east with Mondovì, to the south and… -
Curaçao
CURAÇAO. - It is the largest (447 sq. km.) and most populous (80,000 inhabitants) of the 6 islands that make up the Netherlands Antilles… -
Curitiba, Archdiocese of (CURITIBA, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
CURITIBA, ARCHDIOCESE OF. - In the State of Paraná, Brazil, it is the metropolis of the ecclesiastical province of the same name, which… -
Cusco, Archdiocese of (CUZCO, ARCIDIOCESI DI)
CUSCO, Archdiocese of. - In the Republic of Peru, department of C. In chronological order it is the first diocese of Peru, having been… -
Cuttack, Diocese of (CUTTACK, DIOCESI DI)
CUTTACK, Diocese of. - Suffragan of Madras (India), it is entrusted to the Spanish missionaries of the Congregation of the Mission… -
Cyprus of the Maronites, Diocese of (CIPRO DEI MARONITI, DIOCESI DI)
CYPRUS OF THE MARONITES, Diocese of. - Since 1357 C. of the M. has been the seat of a Catholic bishopric of the Maronite rite (Cyprensis…