Roman Catholic Diocese of Parma

Diocese of Parma Dioecesis Parmensis
Parma Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Modena-Nonantola
Statistics
Area	2,100 km2 (810 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2016) 339,547 278,429 (82.0%)
Parishes	309
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	4th century
Cathedral	Basilica Cattedrale della Assunzione di Maria Virgine
Secular priests	151 diocesan 104 (Religious Orders) 24 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Enrico Solmi
Map
Website
www.diocesi.parma.it

The Diocese of Parma (Latin: Dioecesis Parmensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church. It has properly been called Diocese of Parma-Fontevivo since 1892.^[1][2] The bishop's seat is in Parma Cathedral. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola.

Originally the diocese of Parma was in the ecclesiastical province of Milan, but it subsequently became a suffragan of the Archbishop of Ravenna. In 1106, Pope Paschal II removed Parma from the supervision of Ravenna, but in 1119 Pope Gelasius II restored the dioceses of Emilia to the jurisdiction of Ravenna. With the creation of the new archdiocese of Bologna in 1593, Parma became subject to Bologna. In 1875, the diocese of Parma became immediately subject to the Holy See (papacy).^[3]