Roman Catholic Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello
Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello Dioecesis Pitilianensis-Soanensis-Urbetelliensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,177 km2 (841 sq mi) |
Population
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| Parishes | 71 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 7th century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di SS. Pietro e Paolo (Pitigliano) |
| Co-cathedral | Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Orbetello) Former cathedral: Former cattedrale di SS. Pietro e Paolo (Sovana) |
| Secular priests | 46 (diocesan) 11 (Religious orders) 10 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Giovanni Roncari, O.F.M. Cap. |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| www.diocesipitigliano.it | |
The Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello (Latin: Dioecesis Pitilianensis-Soanensis-Urbetelliensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino, in Tuscany. The diocese of Sovana had originally been directly dependent upon the Holy See, and its bishops attended the pope's synods. When Pope Pius II, who was a Piccolomini of Siena, created the metropolitan archdiocese of Siena, he made Sovana one of its suffragan dioceses. The bishops of Sovana usually resided in the former palace of the Orsini in Pitigliano, which was given to Bishop Francesco Pio Santi (1776–1789) by the Grand Duke of Tuscany.
The bishop has his seat in the Cattedrale di Ss. Pietro e Paolo, dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul, in Pitigliano, a part of the province of Grosseto; the municipality of Sovana (Soana) in Toscana also has a Co-Cathedral named in honour of Saint Peter. Orbetello has the Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (S. Biagio), dedicated to the Assumption and St. Biagio.