Roman Catholic Diocese of San Benedetto del Tronto-Ripatransone-Montalto

Diocese of San Benedetto del Tronto-Ripatransone-Montalto

Dioecesis Sancti Benedicti ad Truentum-Ripana-Montis Alti
Location
CountryItaly
Ecclesiastical provinceFermo
Statistics
Area456 km2 (176 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2017)
144,000 (guess)
137,400
Parishes54
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established1 August 1571 (453 years ago)
CathedralBasilica Cattedrale di S. Maria della Marina (San Benedetto del Tronto)
Co-cathedralBasilica Concattedrale di S. Gregorio Magno (Ripatransone)
Basilica Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Montalto Marche)
Secular priests54 (diocesan)
48 (Religious Orders)
14 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopCarlo Bresciani
Map
Website
www.diocesisbt.it

The Diocese of San Benedetto del Tronto-Ripatransone-Montalto (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Benedicti ad Truentum-Ripana-Montis Alti) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the Marche. It has existed in its current form since 1986. In that year the Diocese of Montalto was united into the Diocese of Ripatransone-San Benedetto del Tronto, which was the renamed historical Diocese of Ripatransone (as of 1983). The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Benedetto del Tronto-Ripatransone-Montalto has been a suffragan see of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fermo since 1680.[1][2]


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