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The diocese consists of fifteen towns in the province of [[Catania]]: [[Caltagirone]], [[Castel di Judica]], [[Grammichele]], [[Mazzarrone]], [[San Michele di Ganzaria]], [[Raddusa]], [[Ramacca]], [[Mirabella Imbaccari]], [[Scordia]], [[Militello in Val di Catania]], [[Palagonia]], [[Mineo]], [[Licodia Eubea]], [[San Cono]] and [[Vizzini]]. The main town, where is 's [[cathedral]] [[Church (building)|]], is [[Caltagirone]].
The territory is subdivided into 57 [[parish church]]es.

== History ==

The [[diocese]] was created on 12 September 1817 with the [[Pope]] [[Pius VII]]' [[papal bull]] Romanus Pontifex. Originally it was a [[suffragan]] of the [[diocese of Monreale]], but from 20 May 1844 it entered in the [[ecclesiastic province]] of [[Syracuse, Sicily|Siracusa]].  From 2 December 2000, with the [[Pope]] [[John Paul II]]'s [[papal bull]], Ad maiori consulendum, the [[diocese]] becam a [[suffragan]] of [[archdiocese of Catania]]. On 20 March 2010, the 15° [[bishop]] of [[Caltagirone]], [[Calogero Peri]], was the first consecrated in St. Julian's [[cathedral]] of [[Caltagirone]].

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{{Infobox diocese
| jurisdiction      = Diocese
| name              = Caltagirone
| latin             = Dioecesis Calatayeronensis
| local             =  
| image             = Caltagirone Kathedrale Innen.jpg
| image_size        =  
| image_alt         = 
| caption           = Interior of the Cathedral of [[Caltagirone]]

| country           = [[Italy]]
| metropolitan      =  
| territory         = 
| province          = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Catania|Catania]]
| coordinates       =  

| area_km2          = 1,551 
| population        = 154,290
| population_as_of  = 2006
| catholics         = 151,430
| catholics_percent = 98.1
| parishes          = 57
| churches          = 
| congregations     = 
| schools           = 
| members           = 

| denomination      = [[Catholic Church]]
| rite              = [[Roman Rite]]
| established       = 12 September 1816 ({{age|1816|9|12}} years ago)  
| cathedral         = Basilica Cattedrale di S. Giuliano
| cocathedral       = 
| patron            = 
| priests           = 

| pope              = {{Incumbent pope}} 
| bishop_title      = Bishop
| bishop            = [[Calogero Peri]], [[O.F.M. Cap.]]
| coadjutor         = 
| auxiliary_bishops = 
| vicar_general     = 
| emeritus_bishops  = 

| map               = Diocesi di Caltagirone.png
| map_alt           = 
| map_caption       = 

| website           = [http://www.diocesidicaltagirone.it/ www.diocesidicaltagirone.it]
| footnotes         = 
}}
The Italian Catholic '''diocese of Caltagirone''' ({{lang-la|Dioecesis Calatayeronensis}}) is situated in the [[east]] of [[Sicily]]. It is a [[suffragan]] of the [[archdiocese of Catania]].
In 2006 it counted 151.430 [[baptism|baptized]] between 154.290 inhabitants. From 20 March 2012 the bishop is [[Calogero Peri]].<ref>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcltg.html ''Catholic Hierarchy'' page].</ref>

The diocese consists of fifteen towns in the province of [[Catania]]: [[Caltagirone]], [[Castel di Judica]], [[Grammichele]], [[Mazzarrone]], [[San Michele di Ganzaria]], [[Raddusa]], [[Ramacca]], [[Mirabella Imbaccari]], [[Scordia]], [[Militello in Val di Catania]], [[Palagonia]], [[Mineo]], [[Licodia Eubea]], [[San Cono]] and [[Vizzini]]. The main town, where is <<link:0>>'s [[cathedral]] [[Church (building)|church]], is [[Caltagirone]].
The territory is subdivided into 57 [[parish church]]es.

==History==
The [[diocese]] was created on 12 September 1817 with the [[Pope]] [[Pius VII]]' [[papal bull]] ''Romanus Pontifex''. Originally it was a [[suffragan]] of the [[diocese of Monreale]], but from 20 May 1844 it entered in the [[ecclesiastic province]] of [[Syracuse, Sicily|Siracusa]].  From 2 December 2000, with the [[Pope]] [[John Paul II]]'s [[papal bull]], ''Ad maiori consulendum'', the [[diocese]] becam a [[suffragan]] of [[archdiocese of Catania]]. On 20 March 2010, the 15° [[bishop]] of [[Caltagirone]], [[Calogero Peri]], was the first consecrated in St. Julian's [[cathedral]] of [[Caltagirone]].

==Bishops==

* Gaetano Maria Giuseppe Benedetto Placido Vincenzo Trigona e Parisi † (21 December 1818 - 15 April 1833)
* Benedetto Denti, O.S.B. † (15 March 1833 - 3 August 1853)
* Giuseppe Maria Maniscalco, O.F.M. † (17 April 1854 - 10 April 1855)
* Luigi Natoli † (15 March 1858 - 22 February 1867)
* Vacant (1867-1872)
* Antonio Morana † (23 February 1872 - 18 August 1879)
* Giovanni Battista Bongiorno † (22 September 1879 - 14 March 1887)
* Saverio Gerbino † (14 March 1887 - 16 March 1898)
* Damaso Pio De Bono † (28 November 1898 - 17 December 1925)
* Giovanni Bargiggia † (14 March 1927 - 6 July 1937)
* Pietro Capizzi † (12 August 1937 - 11 November 1960)
* Francesco Fasola, O.SS.G.C.N. † (11 November 1960 - 25 June 1963)
* Carmelo Canzonieri † (30 July 1963 - 8 January 1983)
* Vittorio Luigi Mondello (30 July 1983 - 28 July 1990)
* Vincenzo Manzella (30 April  1991 - 17 September 2009)
* Calogero Peri, O.F.M.Cap., from 30 January 2010

==See also==
* [[Caltagirone]]

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{it icon}} [http://www.diocesidicaltagirone.it/ Home page]

{{coord missing|Italy}}
{{Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Catania}}
[[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses in Italy|Caltagirone]]
[[Category:Religious organizations established in 1816]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century|Caltagirone]]

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