Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugano

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Diocese of Lugano Dioecesis Luganensis Diocesi di Lugano
Lugano Cathedral
Location
Country	Switzerland
Metropolitan	Immediately exempt to the Holy See
Statistics
Area	2,811 km2 (1,085 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2019) 353,920 247,800 (70%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman and Ambrosian
Established	8 March 1971
Cathedral	Cathedral of Saint Lawrence (Lugano)
Patron saint	Charles Borromeo
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	vacant
Apostolic Administrator	Alain de Raemy
Vicar General	Ernesto Storelli
Bishops emeritus	Pier Giacomo Grampa Valerio Lazzeri
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Lugano (Latin: Dioecesis Luganensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Switzerland covering the canton of Ticino. The diocese immediately subject to the Holy See. In 2004, there were 233,017 baptised persons of 306,846 inhabitants. It has as its principal patron Charles Borromeo, Archbishop of Milan, and as a secondary patron Abundius, Bishop of Como.