The Italian Catholic diocese of Caltagirone ( la, Dioecesis Calatayeronensis) is situated in the

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Sicily (man) it, Siciliana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = Ethnicity , demographics1_footnotes = , demographi ...

. It is a

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of the

archdiocese of Catania The Archdiocese of Catania ( la, Archidioecesis Catanensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastic territory in Sicily, southern Italy, with its seat in Catania. It was elevated to an archdiocese in 1859, and became a metropolitan see in 2000. Its suff ...

. Since 20 March 2012 the bishop is Calogero Peri. The diocese consists of fifteen towns in the province of

Catania Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also by ...

: Caltagirone,

Castel di Judica Castel di Iudica ( Sicilian: ''Castel di Jùdica'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo and about west of Catania. Castel di Judica borders the foll ...

Grammichele Grammichele ( scn, Grammicheli, Greek: ''Echetle'' (meaning "plowshare"); Latin: ''Echetla'', ''Ochula''; Medieval: ''Occhiolà'') is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Catania in Sicily, southern Italy. It is located at the feet o ...

Mazzarrone Mazzarrone ( Sicilian: ''Mazzarruni'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo and about southwest of Catania. Mazzarrone borders the following municipa ...

, San Michele di Ganzaria,

Raddusa Raddusa is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Catania in the Italian region of Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo and about west of Catania near the lake Ogliastro. Raddusa borders the following municipalities: Aidone, ...

Ramacca Ramacca is a ''comune'' (municipality) in a mountainous area in the Metropolitan City of Catania in the Italian region of Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo and about southwest of Catania. It lies west of the Plain of Catania. Ramacca ...

Mirabella Imbaccari Mirabella Imbaccari ( scn, Màcara, Latin: ''Imachara'' and ''Imacara'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo and about southwest of Catania. Mirab ...

Scordia Scordia ( scn, Scurdìa) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Catania in the Italy, Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo and about southwest of Catania. Scordia borders the following municipalities ...

Militello in Val di Catania Militello in Val di Catania ( Sicilian: ''Militeḍḍu'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo and about southwest of Catania, on the last slopes ...

Palagonia Palagonia ( Sicilian: ''Palagunìa'', Latin: ''Palica'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo and about southwest of Catania. Palagonia borders the ...

Mineo Mineo ( scn, Minìu, Greek: ''Menaion'' and ''Μεναί'', Latin: ''Menaeum'' and ''Menaenum'') is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Catania, part of Sicily. It lies southwest of Catania, from Ragusa, from Gela, and from ...

Licodia Eubea Licodia Eubea ( scn, Licuddìa) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Catania, on the island of Sicily, southern Italy. It is bounded by the comuni of Caltagirone, Chiaramonte Gulfi, Giarratana, Grammichele, Mazzarrone, Mineo, ...

, San Cono and

Vizzini Vizzini is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Catania, on the island of Sicily, southern Italy. It is located from Catania in the Hyblaean Mountains, on the most northwesterly slopes of Monte Lauro. The commune territory is b ...

. The main town, where is St. Julian's

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, is Caltagirone. The territory is subdivided into 57

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es.

History

The

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was created on 12 September 1817 with the papal bull ''Romanus Pontifex'' of

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Pius VII Pope Pius VII ( it, Pio VII; born Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti; 14 August 1742 – 20 August 1823), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 14 March 1800 to his death in August 1823. Chiaramonti was also a m ...

, and the permission of the King of Naples which was registered on 20 February 1818. Originally it was a

of the diocese of Monreale, but from 20 May 1844 it entered in the ecclesiastic province of Siracusa. From 2 December 2000, with the

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's papal bull, ''Ad maiori consulendum'', the

became a

. On 20 March 2010, the 15th

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of Caltagirone, Calogero Peri, O.F.M.Cap., was the first bishop to be consecrated in St. Julian's

of Caltagirone.

Bishops

* Gaetano Maria Giuseppe Benedetto Placido Vincenzo Trigona e Parisi (21 December 1818 – 15 April 1833) * Benedetto Denti, O.S.B. (15 March 1833 – 3 August 1853) * Giuseppe Maria Maniscalco, O.F.M. (17 April 1854 – 10 April 1855)Zigarelli, Giuseppe (1856). Storia della Cattedra di Avellino e de'suoi pastori, con brevi notizie de'Metropolitani della chiesa di Benevento seguito dalla serie cronologica de'vescovi di Frigento e da una esatta descrizione de'luoghi onde di presente viene composta la prima opera (in Italian). Napoli: Vaglio, pp. 259-311. * Luigi Natoli (15 March 1858 – 22 February 1867) * Vacant (1867–1872) * Antonio Morana (23 February 1872 – 18 August 1879) * Giovanni Battista Bongiorno † (22 September 1879 – 14 March 1887) * Saverio Gerbino (14 March 1887 – 16 March 1898) * Damaso Pio De Bono (28 November 1898 – 17 December 1925) * Giovanni Bargiggia (14 March 1927 – 6 July 1937) * Pietro Capizzi (12 August 1937 – 11 November 1960) * Francesco Fasola, O.SS.G.C.N. (11 November 1960 – 25 June 1963) * Carmelo Canzonieri (30 July 1963 – 8 January 1983) * Vittorio Luigi Mondello (30 July 1983 – 28 July 1990) * Vincenzo Manzella (30 April 1991 – 17 September 2009) * Calogero Peri, O.F.M.Cap., from 30 January 2010

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