Diocese of Cesena-Sarsina Dioecesis Caesenatensis-Sarsinatensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Ravenna-Cervia |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,185 km2 (458 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 168,600 (est.) 159,700 (est.) (94.7%) |
Parishes | 96 |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 1st century |
Cathedral | Basilica Cattedrale di S. Giovanni Battista (Cesena) |
Co-cathedral | Concattedrale di SS. Annuniziata, S. Vicinio (Sarsina) |
Secular priests | 111 (diocesan) 37 (Religious Orders) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Antonio Giuseppe Caiazzo |
Bishops emeritus | Douglas Regattieri |
Website | |
diocesicesenasarsina.it |
The Diocese of Cesena-Sarsina (Latin: Dioecesis Caesenatensis-Sarsinatensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Emilia Romagna was created on September 30, 1986, after the Diocese of Sarsina was united with the historic Diocese of Cesena as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia.[1]
The current bishop of Cesena-Sarsina is Archbishop Antonio Giuseppe Caiazzo, who was formerly the archbishop of Matera-Irsina and retained the personal title of archbishop upon being transferred to this see. He was appointed January 7, 2025, after Bishop Douglas Regattieri, who is now bishop emeritus.