Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Frascati
Suburbicarian See of Frascati Tusculanus | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Diocese of Rome |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 168 km2 (65 sq mi) |
Population
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| Parishes | 24 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 3rd Century |
| Cathedral | Basilica Cattedrale di San Pietro Apostolo |
| Secular priests | 27 (diocesan) 20 (Religious Orders) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Tarcisio Bertone (cardinal-bishop) Raffaello Martinelli (diocesan bishop) |
| Map | |
| Website | |
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The Diocese of Frascati (Lat.: Tusculana) is a Latin suburbicarian see of the Diocese of Rome and a diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy, based at Frascati, near Rome. The bishop of Frascati is a Cardinal Bishop; from the Latin name of the area, the bishop has also been called Bishop of Tusculum. Tusculum was destroyed in 1191. The bishopric moved from Tusculum to Frascati, a nearby town which is first mentioned in the pontificate of Pope Leo IV. Until 1962, the Cardinal-Bishop was concurrently the diocesan bishop of the see. Pope John XXIII removed the Cardinal Bishops from any actual responsibility in their suburbicarian dioceses and made the title purely honorific.